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So I am working on this novel with an epileptic character. This is how I describe him:
Doctors especially please! The idea is that this young man is subject to tics, but some of them may be seizures. Could that happen?
He was a naturally sullen person, and crafty. His face always had a look of stupidity and desperation, like he wanted to be normal, but was either not able to, or his will was too weak. He was subject to epileptic fits, and when he had them, he would curse out sometimes. He also had turrets, so it was not completely clear if his more minor tic of cursing was that, or some sort of [partial] seizure. Every few months he would have a gran mal episode, but for the most part his seizures were partial. He did not get angry very much, but for whatever reason, he would curse during his seizures. Normally, he was sullen and quiet, and though he was not shy, he had few friends.
Doctors especially please! The idea is that this young man is subject to tics, but some of them may be seizures. Could that happen?