If the ER reports to the DMV that you have had a seizure...

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I don't know if they do or not but I have trouble seeing what relevance that would have.
 
I haven't gotten the suspension notice from the DMV 11 days after the seizure. I was wondering if they are not even "counting" it because it was in the identical location/situation as the one a month before. The Dr filled the form out last time that it was because of a specific reason. Wishful thinking of course. But it is weird to have not gotten the suspension notice after 11 days.
 
It took them a good 2 months to suspend mine. Although I wasnt driving those two months, I finally got a letter in the mail saying my license was suspended lol.
 
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Father just diagnosed with Epilepsy. Occurs when he eats. Going through testing and treatment but he is afraid of losing his license. He definitely does not want to hurt anyone while driving but have any of you been given your license back once you were on treatment and seizure free for a period of time? Or does Epilepsy just seal your fate?

Regards,
Jem
 
I don't know of any place that says you can't drive if you're epileptic. Most laws say that you have to go a certain amount of time seizure free before driving. Most provinces & states seem to be 6 month seizure free but there are some that are more & at least one state that is less.
 
i've not heard of anywhere that does that either , like epileric said , all the places i know of it's a period of time 6 months , a yr , etc without having a seizure and then you can drive again .... best of luck to you & your dad
 
Interesting how the states are different. In Washington the doctors are not required to report a seizure at all, unless you have an accident. Lucky for me, as I drove for 25 minutes that I don't remember with people calling 911, and the police involved. As I have often said-somebody loves me, because my doctor is not sure how I did not crash. I begin to wonder how lucky I was after the last six months of all these medicines and side effects. I am thankful that I did not hurt or kill anybody, and voluntarily did not drive. I do however blame all the doctors that I went to for several years, trying to tell them that I was having these episodes. I also always knew before I was going to have one, and would pull over, with the exception of this really long episode-it lasted for maybe 2 hours, and started out different than the others. 15 minutes away in Oregon, the doctors are required to notify DMV, and it is a automatic 6 month suspension. I do wonder about all the people with other medical issues. How many people do read about that have heart attacks, and get into wrecks? Seems to happen quite often, and I never hear that heart patients have any issues with their drivers licenses.
 
My state of CA is 6 months, but I have made it a 12 month requirement for Rebecca.
Thankfully she agrees with me.
 
Here in New South Wales, Australia it's a minimum of 6months but can be longer at your doctors recommendation. I've been told by my doctor (in the past) not to drive and he's not filled in the required regular medical if i've had a seizure but it's never been reported (I don't think it's required) and my license hasn't therefore been officially suspended. However, if my neuro has told me not to drive i've followed his orders. Only once did my license lapse because it expired and my neuro wouldn't sign off on my medical.
As for heart patients I don't know what the specific requirements are but they do ask here if you have or have ever had a heart condition and you do need to be signed off by a doctor to get a license.
My cousin suffered a recent cerebral aneurysm and she is unable to drive at the moment. She has been told 6months at least for driving a car and as she is a train driver it will be longer again before she is able to do that. She also rode a motorbike so i'm not sure what the restrictions are on that but I think that any condition that may effect your ability to drive will make it difficult to get a license and personally I don't really disagree.
 
Here's an interesting one: I work with Law Enforcement so I was able to have a Police Officer look in the system to see if my licence is suspended. The DMV has no record of the last seizure (the one in July). Isn't it a little late for it to not have been reported yet? It's been 12 days.
 
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I see the point of the original question. State data bases don't always communicate with each other. If you have a seizure in a mandated reporting state and the seizure is reported, but you live in another state, it may not be communicated to that other state.

I don't recommend driving in any case if it's against the law in your state, even if the seizure happened somewhere else.

Unless your state prohibits it, many of us in here keep our drivers licenses and just tuck them into the back of our wallets. We don't use them except for ID. We don't drive for the legally required amount of time. We also keep our auto insurance, but change it to the kind for a car that is never driven. The reason is once you relinquish your license and/or your insurance, it's really hard to get them back.
 
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I see the point of the original question. State data bases don't always communicate with each other. If you have a seizure in a mandated reporting state and the seizure is reported, but you live in another state, it may not be communicated to that other state.

I don't recommend driving in any case if it's against the law in your state, even if the seizure happened somewhere else.

Unless your state prohibits it, many of us in here keep our drivers licenses and just tuck them into the back of our wallets. We don't use them except for ID. We don't drive for the legally required amount of time. We also keep our auto insurance, but change it to the kind for a car that is never driven. The reason is once you relinquish your license and/or your insurance, it's really hard to get them back.
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Hi Endless. The seizure happened in the same state that the ER and DMV are located. And yes the ER is required to report it here. That's why I am almost seriosly wondering if the DMV didn't count the July seizure because if the ER reportd that the seizure happened in the exact same location and situation the DMV might not consider it a random seizure. Just a guess.
 
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