What happens when a respected ER doctor suddenly has to disclose that her epilepsy is no longer controlled? Inspired by a powerful episode of The Pitt, this blog explores the fear, stigma, isolation, and impossible choices people with drug resistant epilepsy face every day when deciding whether to “come out” with their diagnosis.

Follow Harper’s journey with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and uncontrolled epilepsy as her family shares the reality behind seizures, the power of understanding, and the support they found through Empowering Epilepsy.

Leigh told me that 1 out of 26 people are diagnosed with epilepsy… I did not know that for a while until I met her.