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I can truly feel your pain. I'm a 27 year old male with severe grand mal seizures. My epilepsy has destroyed my love life as well but hang in there I'm sure that you will find someone who will be understanding and support you like you deserve. No one deserves to be alone. I know how that is....

I feel for you. what most people do not understand is a seizure is over and you are just like everybody else until the next seizure happens. As Mereloaded states seizure disorder is a gentler way to start conversing about your problem. When I had friends find out or see me in a seizure and heard then say OOOWWE I don't want to be around him any more. Well I avoided those people in any way I could. they were classmates at that time. After not seeing me for a week or so they hunted me down and asked why I had been avoiding them. I told them it was because they didn't want to be around me according to what they had said while I was in a seizure.  They explained they were scared or shocked and they didn't mean it. I explained that epilepsy was a disorder or seizure disorder that is a disability I have to deal with. I asked them why they accepted other students like Jane who wore glassed. Fred who had hearing aids or Jim who had diabetes Or Cathy who had had polio and used a wheel chair. All of those are disabilities that are known and most can be seen. Epilepsy and seizures only show up now and then. After that most of those classmates accepted me and yes we became closer.I have to say I found the right person at the right time and we have been together for 44 years now. He accepted me for who I am without any qualms. Believe me there is a person out there that will be right for you. Their acceptance will help you both I hope you find your right person and you have a wonderful caring life and a great family.Joe

But it is also hard for a person with epilepsy to have their significant other see them go Thur this. Finding love is amazing. My boyfriend started the process with me and refuses to leave me after I push him away and give him the option to leave me. It hurts me to see him cry when I have a spell ( i still fairly new I was diagnosed two months ago).  I don't want it to to interfere with his career and me be at fault for not knowing how to deal with my triggers but he tells me it not my choice it's his.  I hope you find someone.