After we Seizure , we may learn something that’s positive or negative. We may learn what type of seizure patterns we have. We learn the after effects we may go through after seizuring. We learn how our body reacts, like slurring words, we get so exhausted that we pass out, memory worsens, and ect. We will learn how different people react to us .

I’m sure I could think of more if I wanted.

the only thing positive I could think of that epilepsy taught me is to be patient. I have to wait for everyone so I could get a ride somewhere, wait for my seizures to pass so I could feel better to do anything. Waiting @ Doctors offices. So it takes Lots and Lots of patience.

Epilepsy has taught me to never give up and be strong and patient, to always be empathic and understanding towards others. Normally I have patterns I could without seizures for days weeks or even months (if I'm lucky) then I would get them again, depending on how severe they are or if they are clusters it takes a couple of days to recover. I've had epilepsy for 18 years since I was 5 years old just turned 23 this month. It definitely took me a long time to try to have a positive outlook on life because of my experiences with epilepsy mainly due to the fact my doctors kept messing around with my medications when I was younger and eventually gave me to much medication which made me really sick and caused an accidental overdose when I was 17 which could have been fatal, I used to get depressed and have chronic migraines until a year ago when I found out it was all due to my dose of Tegretol and I've been better ever since. I've never wanted to provoke my seizures.

For me it gave me a reason for the things that seemed off. Others seemed to have things so “easy” but I struggled. After I was diagnosed and even now I am finding things I always thought were normal that aren’t. So now I can relax and actually see things easier.

My seizures are what slowed me down and that’s how I found my paint brush. I was a run around girl and a run around teen, I got epilepsy at 16. It took me a long time to wake up and accept epilepsy was a part of me. But I would never live a quiet at home in bed by 6 life without epilepsy. And after a coma was when mum put a brush in my hand. Now I’d never let it go.