Danielle , be proud and happy you have those friends or families by or around you. Not everyone have that luck. I've heard of many people who lose respect from friends and family after being diagnosed for epilepsy.

At one time in my life I did. Now days , if I have spells around family and friends , they are use to my spells. They would let me know I had what ever number amounts I had, and ask if I took my meds. Now if I'm in the public and have a spell, I really don't care anymore what people think about me. I've seen how people look , I don't let it get to me. Think of it this way , many of these people who think they have a normal life at this moment in time , can dramatically change if they were to get in an accident of some type and gave them brain damage and then they too would get Epilepsy, Autism, Mental Illnesses, & ect.

I do all the time. Until last November I could drive as long as I stayed off the high speed highways. Now I barely drive more than 3 miles. It's really hard always needing a ride for everything or needing a bus. I live in Maine and bus service isn't good like in city. Luckily I can get to and from work on the bus. I am now in my 40th year fighting this illness.

Your brain scrambles and when it's all over and your coming out of the post-Ictal stage ( 3rd and final stage of a grand Mal or tonic- clinic seizure) your brain is like what the bloody h*ll just happened and emotions are messed up as well. Some cry and sob for a period.
My epileptologist put it that way... But I was told by a neuro psych that it's a first indication of pseudo seizures.

all the time. I have started to see a therapist because I feel so guilty for my epilepsy which I have no control over. unfortunately it is one of those things that I think most of us face. I'm hoping being able to freely talk about it will help me not feel so guilty