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How Is Dating With Epilepsy?
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I miss the companionship of a man but having auras and seizures out of the blue, be anxious, weight gain from meds (and my depression from over eating) I'm just not hot anymore and I get it. I'm not sad about it, it's just what it is. So for those of you who aren't married, do you date fellow epileptics, do you date at all, feel insecure about your body/looks/poor cognition/scared of scaring someone with a seizure at the risk of looking like Linda Blair from the Exorcist (lmao). Do you all date… read more

posted February 7, 2023
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There are a lot of people that I know that I have known for a long time mainly through friends and connections that I didn't even know had epilepsy until I found out mainly through me being so open with my own troubles with it. My point is I wouldn't stress too much about it.

posted February 8, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yeah I know how you feel, the thought of dating makes me so nervous I just feel sick. The rejection isn't worth it. It is sad that society does this to people that still deserved to be loved too. This is where I find my animals a superior species.😼

posted February 8, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Tiffany, I have always felt like you re: the burden thing. My wife says the same thing after 25 years. We are very blessed.

posted June 12, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

i am single and not dateing (at the moment). but i live with my mom and stepdad... and my aunt, coisin, and gma are neighbors... and my 2nd coisins are a couple of houses away. so i am good there. i had a girlfriend but we broke it off cause the conflix (mostly me getting drs appt and ex getting dr appt). we just didn't have time.

posted February 8, 2023

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