About this episode

Dr. Jacob Pellinen discusses the signs of focal epilepsy that can appear before seizures, including early learning difficulties and mental health issues.

Signs of focal epilepsy before the seizures start: hear all about it from neurologist and epileptologist Dr. Jacob Pellinen, who shares with us his research and results proving that people can experience things like depression or learning difficulties at school or work before seizure onset. Chapters 📖 00:00 Trailer & intro 00:44 Meet Jacob 02:34 Epilepsy is more than seizures 02:54 Later epilepsy diagnosis & The Human Epilepsy Project 03:05 “Later onset focal epilepsy with roots in childhood: Evidence from early learning difficulty and brain volumes in the Human Epilepsy Project” paper 07:29 Anticipating seizure onset 08:30 Improving recognition of seizure symptoms 09:02 Seizing for years before diagnosis 10:33 Learning difficulties not Intellectual Disability 13:18 Closing thoughts & thanks 🔗 Episode page and transcript epilepsysparks.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights/unrecognised-focal-onset-childhood 🌐 More about Jacob epilepsysparks.com/guests/jacob-pellinen 🌐 More Epilepsy Sparks Insights epilepsysparks.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights 🎥 Watch on YouTube youtube.com/@EpilepsySparksInsights 🔤 Don’t understand terms used? Check out the Epilepsy Sparks Glossary…

People in this episode

Host: Torie Robinson

Guest: Dr. Jacob Pellinen

Topics covered

• focal epilepsy
• seizure onset
• neurology
• learning difficulties
• mental health

Keywords

• focal epilepsy
• seizure symptoms
• learning difficulties
• depression
• neurology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Human Epilepsy Project, Epilepsy Sparks Insights, Epilepsy Sparks

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