MODERN DAY EPILEPSY

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HI Marge True many advancements have been made. Most have been made in the last 40 years or so. I researched it when I was diagnosed with epilepsy back in the mid 60's.Back then they had names for epilepsy. My diagnosis was Grand Mal, Petite Mal and Focal motor Epilepsy. In my research I saw several other one being nocturnal epilepsy. When technology got better and computers could be used is when the neurologists went into specialties. When that happened it not only helped people with epilepsy but all the other aliments that stem from the central nervous system. One of the main reasons people turn away or don'tspeak about it is the stigma associated with it, I learned that thre are people that don't want to be around you because of it. So it is their loss. They end up coming around and learning about what can be done. It is a handicap just like all handicaps. The problem with ours is it is a blin handicap. I discussed this with the people around me in jr high. Hey Jack wears glasses. Fred uses crutches, Jane uses a hearing aid. You accept them without any problems because yo ucan see their handicap. I just have one that happens now and then that can't be seen until it happens. Things have moved forward and they are getting better People need to accept it and learn how to live and deal with it. What would they be doing if instead of epilepsy they had a heart ailment? I happen to have A-fib and epilepsy both are electrical impulses going off wrong. One in the brain causes a seizure. The one in my heart causes it to beat at different rates, meds for it keep the beat at steady levels.