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I totally agree, my mom uses the word fit or she'll tell me "you took a fit," I can't stand that.
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I had a professor who called my seizures 'epileptic fits' (so did some of the girls I competed with in Irish dance) I don't mind them being called 'epileptic -----' (people with diabetes are said to have 'diabetic comas' ) but 'she had a seizure' is far better than 'she had a fit'. '
Fit' always feels so derogatory...to me 'a fit' is the term most used to describe bad behaviour presented by children; an annoying and obnoxious and completely voluntary behaviour.
No one with epilepsy would ever choose to 'throw a fit' and the only person who would/should find a seizure obnoxious would be the person having the seizure.