Profiles

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Finlay - Interview 10

Finlay has tonic clonic epilepsy which was conclusively diagnosed at 16. He is on Tegretol Retard (carbamazepine) and Keppra (levetiracetam) and his last seizure was 1,5 years previous to the interview.

  • Background

    Finlay is 21 and studies music industry management. He lives in a shared student house. Ethnic background / nationality: White British / Scottish.

  • Age at interview 21
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Becky - Interview 09

    Becky was diagnosed with tonic clonic epilepsy at 15. She is on topiramate 100 mg per day and her seizures are well controlled at the moment.

  • Background

    Becky is 23 and unemployed at the time of the interview. She lives together with her partner. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.

  • Age at interview 23
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • 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.

  • Background

    Helen is 23 and works fulltime as a broadcast assistant. She is single and lives on her own. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.

  • Age at interview 23
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Anna - Interview 05

    Anna was diagnosed with generalised absence epilepsy at the age of 11. She is on lamotrigine now but has several seizures daily.

  • Background

    Anna is a 20-year-old English literature student. She is single and lives in a shared student house. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.

  • Age at interview 20
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • 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.

  • Background

    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.

  • Age at interview 20
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • 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.

  • Background

    Francesca is 20 and a full-time law student. She is single and lives at home with her parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.

  • Age at interview 20
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • 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.

  • Background

    Nick is 21 and studies engineering. He is single and lives at home with his parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.

  • Age at interview 21
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • 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.

  • Background

    Maria is a 19-year-old student. She lives in a shared student house. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.

  • Age at interview 19
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • 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.

  • Background

    Harry is a 20-year-old college student. He is single and lives at home with his parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.

  • Age at interview 20
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • 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.

  • Background

    Katherine is 22 and a part-time nursery nurse. She is single and lives at home with her parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.

  • Age at interview 22
  • Sex/Gender Female