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I was diagnosed as epileptic at the age of 18 after suffering two major seizures, and many minor seizures (or "auras"). Up until this point I had never had any serious health problems whatsoever, it just started happening. Anyway, I was quickly put onto medication and since then have had no problems whatsoever (although I do experience the occasional mild "aura" when I forget to take medication). Aside from taking medication everyday, I now lead a normal life and am able to drive and everything. Does anyone on this board suffer from epilepsy? If so, when did you find out? How does it affect you? Does anyone have friends or relatives with epilepsy? |
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I thought it was illegal for epileptics to drive? A girl in my school had epilepsy. The first time she had a seizure when she was next to me really fraked me out. We were on a trip to a medical site (glaxxo welcome) and during a talk she just gripped my bicep really hard. I looked in her face and she was blinking very fast. She then collapsed, I managed to catch her head from htting the table and in a few minutes she was fine. |
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My brother has epilepsy. When he had his first seizure it really scared us all because we had no idea of what was happening. It took awhile for the doctors to get his drugs right, so in that time he had many more seizures, including once where he fall onto a table and then onto the floor. Luckly he was alright. One time he had a seizure and went to hospital (like a lot of times). He and my Mother were leaving the hospital, and just as they were leaving he had another seizure. And then later that night another, so they kept him at hospital over night. He hasn't had a seizure for over a year now, after the doctors finally got his medication right. |
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Nah, you can drive if it's under control. You have to remain symptomless for a year. I don't think I can ever drive a bus or a lorry though, and I would certainly never be allowed to fly aircraft. |
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My brother has it too, but he has been fine for years, no problem, drives a minivan at work all day.... |
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my friends baby sister has a type of epilepsy, the doctors still aren't too sure what it is she has learning difficulties, and sometimes if her brain gets overloaded with info she starts to fit. Bless her, she's only 5 |
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my friends sister had it. It was really weird though. To stop the seizures, they gave her lots of drugs, which in effect, slowed down her brain or something like that. It stopped the seizures, which I was led to believe were quite severe, but now she has learning problems and stuff too. Not terrible ones, but I wonder why she had such set backs from the meds? THanks for sharing though manicminer, that's cool of you. |
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