Matt - Interview 40
Matt was diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy at the age of 15. At the moment he has seizures about once a month.
Matt is 24, single and lives in a shared student house. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
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Helen - Interview 07
Helen has had simple and complex partial seizures for most of her life but was diagnosed only 14 months before the interview. She is on lamotrigine and her seizures are reasonably well controlled.
Helen is 23 and works fulltime as a broadcast assistant. She is single and lives on her own. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Kimberley - Interview 42
Kimberley was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was about 6. She didn't have any seizures for years, but they came back a year before the interview. Currently Kimberley is on lamotrigine and has seizures at night time. She also has Diabetes Type 1.
Kimberley is 17 and currently unemployed. She is single and lives at home. Ethnic background / nationality: White British / Scottish.
Kirsty - Interview 01
Kirsty was diagnosed with epilepsy 10 months before the interview. She is currently on lamotrigine 200mg daily but her tonic-clonic seizures are not controlled at the moment.
Kirsty is 20 and works as a full-time hairdresser. She lives with her boyfriend. Ethnic background / nationality: White British / Welsh.
Katherine - Interview 02
Katherine started having seizures at the age of 15 but was conclusively diagnosed with epilepsy at 20. She is on 20ml phenytoin three times and 5 ml Keppra (levetiracetam) twice a day. She has about one seizure a month.
Katherine is 22 and a part-time nursery nurse. She is single and lives at home with her parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Harry - Interview 17
Harry has had epilepsy since he was 7. He has had fairly uncontrolled tonic clonic and absence seizures. He changed medication 6 months before the interview and has been doing much better since.
Harry is a 20-year-old college student. He is single and lives at home with his parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Maria - Interview 23
Maria was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy at the age of 18. She is on 300 mg of lamotrigine a day and her last seizure was a few months before the interview.
Maria is a 19-year-old student. She lives in a shared student house. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Nick - Interview 24
Nick was diagnosed with AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) at 15 which causes his epilepsy. He had surgery to remove the AVM but still has uncontrolled seizures. He's on levetiracetam, sodium valproate and oxycarbamazapine.
Nick is 21 and studies engineering. He is single and lives at home with his parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Francesca - Interview 03
Francesca had her first seizure a couple of years before the interview. It took a year for her to get the diagnosis of atonic drop seizures. Now Francesca has about one seizure a month and she is not on any medication.
Francesca is 20 and a full-time law student. She is single and lives at home with her parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Bex - Interview 04
Bex was diagnosed with photosensitive absence epilepsy at 13. At the moment she is changing medication from Epilim (sodium valproate) to Keppra (levetiracetam). She has several absence and myoclonic seizures a day.
Bex is 20 and full-time history student. She is single and lives at university student halls of residence. Ethnic background / nationality: White British / Welsh.