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Anna, aged 27

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I try to forget about epilepsy.

But I know that I am different from normal people. I try hard to lose weight but I am fatter than others because I am epileptic. 

My weight increase is due to medication I want to learn to drive but fear causing an accident if I had a fit and so I try to pretend it is not that important to me.

Equally, I try not to want to have children for fear of causing them harm in some way. I try being happy and positive but often the only way is to pretend.


We can provide references and information on the source material we use to write our epilepsy advice and information pages. Please contact our Epilepsy Helpline by email at helpline@epilepsy.org.uk.

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