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Losing a driver's license w/ simple partial epilepsy?
Thu, 01/11/2007 - 17:06Comments
(((XGI)))
Submitted by wldhrt13 on Mon, 2010-09-20 - 20:08
you mentioned you still get "small staring spells" would you PLEASE write to me, b/c i am thinking my small staring spells might be seizures too but still not sure. i'd like to compare notes!!
you mentioned you still get "small staring spells" would you PLEASE write to me, b/c i am thinking my small staring spells might be seizures too but still not sure. i'd like to compare notes!!
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Submitted by xgi on Wed, 2007-05-30 - 13:38
I;m from Michigan and I tell you what I know. Never once has a doctor called the DMV when I had a sezuire and ended up in the hospital even after a MVA where I completly smashed a full size 4x4 truck. Nobody hurt but me Thank God. I turned in my license on my own will cause I didn't feel safe driving. As others have said Not driving sucks but knowing that you hurt or even killed another cause you knew you weren't suppose to be behind the wheel is enough for me. I have a license now and have had no blackouts or bad sezuires in over a year. However when I get tired I still get small staring spells or "goofy attacks so I know when and when not to drive.