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Gemma was diagnosed with epilepsy at 16. She is now on lamotrigine and her absence and tonic clonic seizures are controlled.
Gemma is 17 and in year 12 of Sixth Form. She is single and lives at home. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Rachael was diagnosed with tonic clonic epilepsy at 21. She is on lamotrigine and has seizures occasionally.
Rachael is 25 and full-time student nurse. She is in a relationship and lives in a shared student house. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Al was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 17. He's been using recreational drugs for a while and is now trying to get clean. He has occasional seizures.
Al is 24 and single. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Martyn was diagnosed with epilepsy at 12 and he's had both tonic-clonic and absence seizures. He has not had a tonic-clonic seizure since he changed onto Keppra (levetiracetam) and Epilim (sodium valproate).
Martyn is 22 and full-time university student. He is single. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Clair was diagnosed with epilepsy at 19 and is now on lamotrigine. She's been seizure free for two years.
Clair is 22 and a full-time support worker. She is in a relationship and lives together with her partner. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Dave was diagnosed with epilepsy at 12 and he has had both simple partial and tonic-clonic seizures. He also has left-sided hemiplegia. He is on lamotrigine 250mg twice daily, oxcarbazepine 900mg twice daily and phenytoin 100mg in the mornings and 200mg in the evenings.
Dave is 24, single and lives at home with his parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Donna was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy when she was 3. She had very severe and frequent seizures for years. She had neurosurgery two years before the interview and has been seizure-free since.
Donna is 28, a housewife and lives with her husband and four-year-old daughter. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Alistair has temporal lobe epilepsy and is on lamotrogine 200 mgs twice a day. He hasn't had a seizure for a year.
Alistair is 18 and works as fulltime administrator. He is single and lives at home with his parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Archie has had auras since he was 5 but he was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 10. He is on Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) 700mg per day and has complex partial seizures about twice a year.
Archie is 16, single and lives at home with his parents. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
Rania has tonic-clonic epilepsy and Asperger's syndrome. She is on 600mg sodium valproate twice a day. She has seizures most nights and one every few weeks in the day time.
Rania goes to college and lives at home with her family. Ethnic background / nationality: Mixed (White and Arabic).
