I have had epilepsy for over 30 years and I’ve never met another person who also has seizures.

I've met others who have Epilepsy by going to meetings monthly in 1 of the hospitals located here. If any of you are interested in going to one, you ought to check and see if there are any located by you (hospitals that have epilepsy meetings) and go.

I've met others over the years then found out later on they have it.

I’ve met several ppl who have epilepsy. They don’t have the same kind as i do but they still have it. Once ppl found out I had it they started coming to me for their haircuts as I would be able to tell if they were starting to zone out or start shaking. It’s happened a few times and luckily I knew what to do. So while I know more epileptics than it sounds like most ppl here don’t; we all know that our episodes are different and so are our reactions upon regaining consciousness. And I just recently had the pleasure of meeting a 7 year old autistic epileptic boy who has a heart of gold. I even told his mom that he could be a “ poster child “ ( not phrasing it quite right) for both epilepsy and autism. I was in a bad mood, had had a seizure really early in the morning, but I had to see the doctor. He was so happy to interact with me and then he saw a police officer also waiting to see the dr, And this little guy was just so happy that I got them to talk to each other he gave me a big hug. There went my bad mood. He had calmed me down just watching and talking to him with such an amazing innocent aura around him; it was priceless.

My aunt and uncle use to keep to themselves. Probably the worse thing you can do. After my uncle died she started to make friends. She's a quiet shy person. She doesn't go out much. But atleast she talks with people more then when my uncle was alive.