Losing a driver's license w/ simple partial epilepsy?

Hello Yes i have partial seizures and i know what you are going threw. I once drove while having partial seizures i was hard headed at the time. I had an accident while driving, almost killed myself, got suied for hitting a business sign and my doctor realize that i could not drive until she felt i was able which would have to be a year clean of not having seizures. I take tegretol and lamictal, it controls the seizures to a certain point but the seizures still occure a few a month therefore, i will not even think about driving until they are under better control. Sorry my friend, wish i could be of more help to you but just keep on taking your meds, and who knows, you may be seizure free for a year and you may drive again. Just live the best you know how, and hang in their like the rest of us are. god bless. danny

Hi Elsea, I have partial-complex seizures. As I was growing up, I had EEGs, MRIs, catscans, etc. Nothing indicated any signs of epilepsy. The only way indication there ever was a seizure were through blood levels (taken at the doctor's office). I'm on Tegretol XR. In 1996, I was still living with my folks and had a seizure at the dinner table one night which lasted about 15-20 seconds. I remember eating dinner, and the next thing I knew my brother was on the phone and I heard him say, "It's ok, he just came out of it". Next, an EMT team arrived along with a police officer. I learned from my parents, that in the seizure: I dropped my hands to my sides, and shook for a few seconds, then came out of it. I felt comforted since the EmT team had arrived, but was wondering why a police officer was there. The police officer documented the incident. The DMV was contacted and within 48 hours, I had to go to the DMV and surrender my license for a year. After the year ended, I had to get a written letter signed by my doctor saying that I have been seizure free for one year. Afterwards, the DMV would give me back my license. During that year, my parents and brother drove me everywhere. To/from work, etc. Essentially, I put my life on hold during that year. Yes, I did continue living life, but I didn't go too far from home. --James