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Carole has temporal lobe epilepsy and was diagnosed at 18, after four years of tests. She is on Keppra (levetiracetam) 4000 mg per day and the seizures are fairly controlled at the moment.
Carole is 20 and currently a part-time student. She is in a relationship and lives at home with her family. Ethnic background / nationality: White British
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.
Finlay is 21 and studies music industry management. He lives in a shared student house. Ethnic background / nationality: White British / Scottish.
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.
Becky is 23 and unemployed at the time of the interview. She lives together with her partner. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
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.
Anna was diagnosed with generalised absence epilepsy at the age of 11. She is on lamotrigine now but has several seizures daily.
Anna is a 20-year-old English literature student. She is single and lives in a shared student house. Ethnic background / nationality: White British.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
