2006 Kids Speak Up! Participant Biography

Lindsay Mead

Age: 14
Grade: 8
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

"My seizures have caused me to break my arm and loose my front teeth. I know it sounds bad, but I'm hoping with research the negative stuff that has happened to me won't happen to anyone else."

An active teenager who enjoys participating in community events aimed to promote epilepsy awareness, Lindsay takes pleasure in involving herself in projects that benefit children with epilepsy.

Since her first seizure at 3 years old, Lindsay Mead has experimented with at least 10 different medications to treat her seizure condition. One of those treatments, the ketogenic diet, lasted for a year, but was unable to prevent her seizures from occurring.

Today, she controls her seizures with aid from Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy and her service dog, Gracie.

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