Person-to-Person Support

Support Group Meetings

For live person-to-person support we invite you to attend our support group meetings. Meeting are held monthly in Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green and Owensboro, KY.  The Youth Support Group also meets monthly.  Check the Support Groups page for this month's meetings.

Talk with a Mentor

The Foundation has many individuals who are available to talk with people who are new to epilepsy or who are undergoing some tough times or new treatment. You can call or email the Foundation to request a phone call or email from one of the Foundation's mentors. Foundation staff will do their best to connect you with someone whose experience would be most beneficial to you. The Foundation has individuals who volunteer to talk to people about:

• Being Newly Diagnosed
• Having a Child with Epilepsy
• The Ketogenic Diet
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation
• Caring for an Adult with Epilepsy
• And Most Other Issues

E-mail Network

Anyone can submit a question to the email network. There are many adults and parents who are signed up on the network who answer other's questions. Once you ask a question of the network, you are invited to join the network. Those on the email network also receive announcements about Foundation program's and services. To become part of the email network or ask a question of its members, email your name to bblakeley@efky.org. Be sure to include your relationship to epilepsy and indicate that you would like to be on the email network.

Online Discussion Forums

The National Epilepsy Foundation offers some great discussion forums and live chats where there are many people from across the country looking for and offering support. Visit eCommunities and register for free.

Some of the lively discussion forums include: Living Well With Epilepsy, Parents Helping Parents, Teen Chat, Women & Epilepsy, Epilepsy & Work, Family, Friends, & Loved Ones, and Seniors and Seizure Disorders.