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If the people at Harborview at the Latte stand think you work there instead of thinking you are a patient anymore. lol
 
You know you have epilepsy when you walk outside at work and see your car but don't know how it got there (that was last week). Or you try and tell someone you're having a seizure and your brain tells you that you ARE speaking normally instead of speaking in "tongues!"
Neil
 
When you write a message in the communications book at work about the managers...

"Carl rang to say that he will be on call until friday and then Sue will be on Carl on saturday and sunday"
 
You know you have epilepsEE when you can't spell it you forget what day or hour it is once or twice a week and your trying to write a book about your family with multiple disabled members thinking thats going to turn out well. When last month I asked my son to poor me a glass of turkey with gravy cubes because? I thought it would settle my stomach. Please buy the book I hear somebody is writing one about a family of epileptic turkeys, I think?

John or am I? :ponder:
 
You know you have epilepsy when....

You try to go out on a date and at dinner you throw two lemon slices across the room, dump your napkin out of your lap, drop silverware on the ground, moved your chair back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth.

The guy thinks you're crazy and never sees you again, but you feel soooooooooooo fortunate because he told you why. It's your super-lucky day because it needs to go in your seizure diary, and at least you had someone who saw it and told you about it, 'cause you sure don't remember it.

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If your skype messages take 3-5 minutes to finish one thought. When I talk to my deployed spouse I too often start a sentence push enter and finish it 3-5 minutes later hard to hide to cold ard truth . lol
 
you call your cell phone your "brain" because it holds more info than the brain in your head!

you can't remember if you've already posted this comment! :ponder:
 
You love the "Thanks" button because you know that if you just cant get out what you wanna say in a comment, 'thanks" is all it takes.
 
Rae1889 said:
You love the "Thanks" button because you know that if you just cant get out what you wanna say in a comment, 'thanks" is all it takes.
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Definately - i'm crap at conversations and feel bad when i don't reply sometimes lol.
 
I suck at conversation, but i love text. so I can see what i said last, and edit my text for grammar and stuff.
 
C0urt said:
I suck at conversation, but i love text. so I can see what i said last, and edit my text for grammar and stuff.
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Actually that reminds me of something else - constantly having to check my "sent" messages when i'm texting someone, to see what the hell i sent last time!
 
Loopy Lou said:
Actually that reminds me of something else - constantly having to check my "sent" messages when i'm texting someone, to see what the hell i sent last time!
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yup, that's why i like my instant messenger to. i go have a seizure quietly, and not interrupt the conversation. I might lose my train of thought, but that's ok.
 
Well, at least on instant messager/text, you can sit and think for a minute before answering rather than going "i'm talking about.... that thing... no, wait, umm... it's on the tip of my tongue..."
 
and on my computer everytime I zone out, stare out into space, or have a quiet moment. People don't freak freak out, "OMG ARE YOU HAVE A SEIZURE?" no, i am just thinking.
 
Lol. People just assume i'm daydreaming or not paying attention - even my close family.

Oh well :P
 
Yes! or I have to call my mom back three times because I remembered what I wanted to tell her. lol She just laughes
 
You know you have epilepsy if

You forget how to get into youtube and have to ask

You go to see a friend in hospital and suddenly end up in the cubicle nextdoor

Someone magically appears next to you on the sofa

You sit up from a deep sleep counting 1,2,6 and 1,2,6 and 1,2,6 and 1,2,6 pointing at nothing in particular and can't stop for a minute or so.

When you blink and suddenly you are on the other side of town 2 hours later having a panic attack because you don't know how you got there
 
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