I tried to post this earlier today but don't see it anywhere, so if this is a repeat, sorry!

I was at the hospital today with my husband who is a patient. I was sitting in the room with him and the nurse and I had a seizure. My husband said he told the nurse I was having a seizure and she laughed out very big. Big or small laugh, I would think a nurse would be the last one to do something like this. I expect nurses to be more understanding about epilepsy but this one wasn't. I hope this hasn't and doesn't happen to you.

I was just wondering if anyone out there has any view points on police and epilepsy. I am a Deputy Sheriff with the Big E and am considering getting out of the field due to the seizures becoming more frequent and progressing to Grand Mal. Any advise would be great.

Hidden and Dark

I have never divulged the darkness of my mind.
It’s like a deep dark secret,
A secret I didn’t dare define.

‘Are you suicidal?’
I was asked so many times.
‘Most defiantly not!’ I would reply.

I have never contemplated suicide.
Although these volatile thoughts;
were from another mind, most defiantly not mine.

I was sure I was going to hurt myself.
I would picture car wrecks and building collapses,
with myself trapped inside.

The blade of a knife,
as I buttered my toast.
These thoughts ruined my life – they would never subside.

Has anyone tried Art Therapy before? Or considered it?

I am really excited, I have just started.

My Mums side of my family is really creative - every single one of them paints, in one form or another. I have always liked art, but didn't pursue anything with it after I left school. Many, many moons ago.

Since I have TLE and have a rather drastic mood disorder that goes with it, I decided to look up Art Therapy. Luckily - the only person I could find, was all of a 10 minute drive from my house! yay for me!

I'm sure there is nothing worse for doctors when patients try to self-diagnose themselves, but sometimes I feel like they "force us" into it. I do not yet have a diagnosis for my seizures - still waiting to see a seizure specialist. However, my research suggests I could have frontal lobe epilepsy because of the "mixed bag" of seizures, including the fact that I can have tonic-clonic type seizures with no loss of consciousness (just wanting every one to be quiet and feeling "out of it" for minutes to hours, depending on severity).

Sometimes I wonder how difficult it will be for people with epilepsy to deal or cope with relationship. Are they stigmatised in the western world?

Sometimes I wonder how difficult it will be for people with epilepsy to deal or cope with relationship. Are they stigmatised in the western world?