Now 26 years old, Mauve Drouin has been living with epilepsy since she was 15. By taking anti-convulsive pills twice a day, she has been able to live a relatively normal life, although a major downside effect of the medication is an everyday lack of energy. Also, due to the convulsive attack she had 10 years ago, she lost parts of her memory.
Every year, she passes an electroencephalographic test to control the electrical activity in her brain and blood tests to verify the amount of medicine in her body.
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