Epilepsy Awareness: Caring for teens living with epilepsy

Epilepsy can aggravate or create issues of low self-esteem, mood fluctuation, or behavioural difficulties in teenagers (Shutterstock)

It’s natural for teenagers and young adults to seek more independence, but when it comes to those living with Epilepsy, need to be able to control seizures remains essential.

Mercy Mboya recently turned 14 years and she has lived with Epilepsy since she was 2 years old. Although her seizures have greatly been controlled, his doctor, Eddie Chengo an epileptologist, at The Epilepsy Neurology Centre – Malindi, says that while younger children are usually compliant with taking their seizure medicines at their parents’ bidding, teens are more likely to be ambivalent about taking medications and may be less consistent.