Continuation of the last sentence: unless we educate them. Epilepsy is as old as our species is. before modern medicine, many people with Epilepsy died in early childhood. When I was diagnosed in "62, there were only two medications on the market (Dilantin was new) and there were only two kinds of seizures. Look how things have changed....

I think your question actually answers itself. Epilepsy is a very complicated condition where even experienced consultants do not have definite answers. Those who have it often don't know about it and people who see it don't know what is happening

More open I would think. There isn't the negative stigma there used to be.

1 in 26 people here in the USA 🇺🇸 will be diagnosed and there are over 150,000 new cases with Epilepsy. Worldwide there is roughly 65 million people with Epilepsy..

Everyone is different on how open or not open they are , about their epilepsy to the public. But support groups and sites like this, helps us open up more. We all can relate one way or another.

The health community and professionals are pretty good at keep up with the different strains of Epilepsy and the many kinds of seizure ( that my opinion) . It's also good to read up on your Epilepsy organization in your country and find out what resources and info they have. So over here in the USA 🇺🇸 we have the Epilepsy Foundation.

Well hope some of this helped

I believe people are being more open about it, but there is also a new wealth and promotion of information on the Internet. I post articles on Facebook too