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Driving with Epilepsy -- Words of Wisdom?
Thu, 11/12/2015 - 07:50I have a relation who has had epilepsy from the age of 5 -- he is now over 45. On medication. Convulsive seizures are rare, but small seizures (loss of awareness for a few minutes) do occasionally happen. Works outside the home, and drives to/from work. I know that individual states have licensing laws re: epilepsy. But would appreciate any experiences you might have had or heard with issues around driving.
Each state has it's own laws
Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2015-11-13 - 13:58
Each state has it's own laws regarding driving and seizures. Loss of awarness for a few miutes is enough to not drive. All it takes is a second to have an accident. I have seizures that I know I am having and they are a few seconds long. I see hear and understand everything going on arround me. That seizure is a focal seizure. While in one I can't move my right hand. So if it doesn't respond should I drive?With most states the time a person should go without a seizure of any kind is generally 6 months. Their drivers license is revoked, Once they have gone the required time the license is then reinstated. I went 3+ years without any seizures and was reading the manuel to make sure I coul pass the drivers test when I had one. I have never had a license bt I do know how to drive is I need to. which would be in case of an emergency.