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You know you have epilepsy if you have a dark cloud above your head following you everywhere you go and somtimes that cloud makes A lightning storm in your brain.
 
Lol you know you have epilepsy...

If you apologize daily for having a bad memory..

You forget what you were going to the store for and sit in the parking lot for five minutes trying to remember before you go into the store so that you don't wander around aimlessly inside trying to remember

When several times a day you walk into a room and forget why you went in there, so you walk back out and retrace your steps, then feel like an idiot when you finally remember, because it was something so simple

Your loved one tells you a story of an adventure that you had years ago and you don't remember being there, and you argue with them for a while because you just don't believe that you were there... :roflmao:

When you have the 'talk' with a new friend, waiting for them to 1. look like a deer caught in headlights or 2. fall all over you with feigned sympathy or 3. [best case scenario] they tell you that they know someone in their family has that condition too, so they are understanding

When the quality of relationships with others are more important than the quantity

LOL when dr's tell you to lay off the caffeine but its the only thing that keeps you going when your AED makes you so darn tired.

When you breathe a sigh of relief when entering into the hospital knowing that finally youre in a place where people understand your condition.

And my favorite...when my cats gather around me and snuggle on me after a seizure cause they know their mommy is sick...awwwwww!!! [somehow, they really know, and they are so sweet about it!] They are there to heal me with their love.
 
Your wife asks you," Why are you wearing my underwear ?" and you tell her you had a siezure during the night and must have been confused when you got dressed in the morning. Well that was my excuse.
 
bluelammy said:
Your wife asks you," Why are you wearing my underwear ?" and you tell her you had a siezure during the night and must have been confused when you got dressed in the morning. Well that was my excuse.
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That is a good excuse! Lol
 
Your employee asks you to check his time card and after 2mins of staring at him you say, "what the heck is your name?!" LoL, very lucky
my staff puts up with me :)
 
BlueSkies2220 said:
You forget what you were going to the store for and sit in the parking lot for five minutes trying to remember before you go into the store so that you don't wander around aimlessly inside trying to remember.
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Yep, that sounds all too familiar.

One day I came out of the store & couldn't find my car. Insistent it was stolen I called the police and they drove me home and recovered my "stolen" car in my driveway. Forgot I had walked. :oops:
 
When u come out and find yourself a few blocks from where u remember being last or find yourself asleep in a visitors bed. Have complex partial. Was walking home n had a seizure n crossed 2 busy-ish roads while out of it. Also had 1 at my grandparents place n just stood up and headed for a bedroom (coz I knew I'd be sore when I'd finished and I'd wanna sleep)

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You know you have E...

LOL!! If you buy the book..."How to regain your lost memory"... and you FORGET to read the book!! :ponder:
 
I don't check this post out often so I'm not sure if any of these have already been posted lol.

You know you have epilepsy when...

1. There are 2 cars in the driveway and you don't drive.
2. Someone asks you if you're okay and nothing happened.
3. Your dentist worries about losing his fingers.
4. Your roomate doesn't know whether or not to call 000 or a priest.
5. Your meds cost more than you make in a month.
6. You have a burst of energy and you're asked if you're having an "episode".
7. Sleeping till 3:00 is normal and not sleeping is too.
8. When you hear 10 times a day "Did you take your pills".
9. When the number of pill bottles you have can't fit on your spice rack.
10. When getting a parking ticket is a good thing cause it means you can
 
Joey, you are wierd. But don't take me seriously, I do that kind of stuff all the time. And my son calls me wierd.
 
BlueSkies2220 said:
LOL!! If you buy the book..."How to regain your lost memory"... and you FORGET to read the book!! :ponder:
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That reminds me, I bought a game called How To Improve Your Memory from the local secondhand market for 50p last year or early this year, so far I've forgotten to use it! And it's too late to use it at this moment, I'm going to bed.
 
You know you have epilepsy when in the middle of a conversation, effortly trying to make a sound - you ask hubby to take the cerials out of the freezer. And when you have spent 10 minutes in the kitchen aiming to make dinner, wondering what to do with all the pots and pans, how to turn the stove on and why there's so much food on the table.
 
You know you have epilepsy when you are desperately searching the Internet looking for a shirt that says "It IS all in my head". And when saying "That's not dandruff, I just had an EEG" is not uncommon. And when your Facebook profile picture is of you with a bunch of cords coming out of your head. And when you want to punch the next person who responds with "Oh, yeah, epilepsy...This guy on House had a seizure" in the face. And when you are on an Epilepsy Forum listing off all the the various ways you know you have epilepsy.
 
Oh, and when you're taking driver's ed because your doctor finally signed off on it and on your first day of Behind the Wheel you turn to your instructor and say "I have epilepsy" and give him a big smile. Then pull out of the parking space very poorly because it is your first time driving. Ever. :D
 
epilepticloner said:
Oh, and when you're taking driver's ed because your doctor finally signed off on it and on your first day of Behind the Wheel you turn to your instructor and say "I have epilepsy" and give him a big smile. Then pull out of the parking space very poorly because it is your first time driving. Ever. :D
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No waaay! :eek:

I love it!
 
My personal favorites, and I'm sorry if they've been mentioned already:

*you call your morning pills the breakfast of champions
*you're the designated drinker, not driver
 
we thought the neighbor up stairs was having sex last night turns out it was two women having a football party......
 
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