Your Stories

• Jordan Smith

  Young Epilepsy caught up with Jordan Smith, who plays Andrew Robinson from hit soap Neighbours, to find out more about his up and coming storyline of being diagnosed with epilepsy. The young actor, who originally hails from Scotland, took time out between filming to tell us what it was life to film the scenes and his character is dealing with the diagnosis.

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• Millie's story

  Millie Power is 18 years old and from South East England. Millie was diagnosed with epilepsy as an infant and has absence seizures. Millie has been inspired to train as a peadiatric nurse because of the healthcare professionals she has met.

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• Dai Greene

  Having been diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 17, Young Epilepsy is a cause close to Dai’s heart. It’s why Dai became an Ambassador for the charity and why he backs our annual My Purple Pledge fundraising campaign.

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• Jeremy Orbell's story

  Jeremy Orbell helps Young Epilepsy fundraise in the Peterborough area. He talks about his experiences of being diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager and how it affected his early years.

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• Philip Martin Brown

  BBC1’s Waterloo Road star, Philip Martin Brown was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy when he was 19. Watch our interview with him talking about his experiences of living with the condition.

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