I have a new job (this is week 5) and I absolutely love it. I am working as a teacher of students with moderate intellectual disabilities and autism. On of the girls in my class had a seizure today and went home early as a result. At first break the teacher's aides were talking about it and how it was scary to see and they felt bad for her etc etc. they also mentioned that mum had said once before that she was not real vigilant to begin with in ensuring she have her medication and this teachers aide told her (of course) that it was important she always have the medication at the same time each day so she doesn't have seizures. I then added "well not only that but also if she doesn't have it regularly there is a greater chance of her having more side effects." Her response to me "well, I don't know about that because with anticonvulsants there aren't really many side effects. I then explained that I take anticonvulsants myself to which she asked "for what!" I explained that it was for Epilepsy and so she questioned my driving and how long it had been since having a seizure. I explained that it has been 10 years since having a grand mal (because that is the term she used previously) and that I only have small instances which my neurologist says may be mini seizures. She started telling me that I should not be driving at all and I said that my doctor okay end it because I have no loss of awareness or consciousness. I don't think she was happy with that at all. She was asking me about if I had petit mal seizures and I explained that I didn't and that they were like an aura but without the bigger seizure to follow. So then she says "oh, so you have the aura but not the seizure." I agreed since I couldn't explain to her that an aura is in fact a simple partial seizure and it wasn't worth the effort. She also talked about how it was unusual this girl had a seizure because they are normally nocturnal. As the conversation progressed it seemed she had a bad night and they thought that she had only woken and dressed just before the bus came to pick her up and she hadn't had time for breakfast. So I said "well that is a nocturnal seizure then." She looked at me like I was an idiot and said "what!" So I explained that a nocturnal seizure is any that happens during sleep or an hour or so of waking. I'm sure she was just generally interested and concerned but boy I felt so upset after that conversation - like I was being attacked. My neurologist is fully aware of everything that is happening with me and is sure that I am safe to drive. 
