Epilepsy

Lena

So I just got diagnosed with epilepsy (a condition in which you have seizures for no reason) and im only 16.... the doc said that only 50% of people grow out of it. And they hope that I'm part of that 50%. He also said that I'm not aloud to drive for 2 years. If I have another seizure then that clock will reset and I have to wait another 2 years till I can drive. But untill then I have to take pills. But rn it's like a lot to take in. And I feel like my parents are treating me like I'm going little kid now just because of that. Like I have to take a pill every morning and night and my parents always remind me to take it like an hour early. And then my dad is like I'm going to give it to you because I wanna make sure you take it. And I'm just like I'm old enough to where I can take it.... like... i may need help when im having a seizure but other than that I'm fine. And then he wants to take my phone ever night because he thinks that that's what is causing them but it's not.... and like sometimes when certain things happen that's related to what I now have people are like what happened or wow how did you do that.. and like I don't want to tell them because I don't want them to treat me any different than they would someone else..... like my parents. And like I'm scared that I won't grow out of it like. If I don't i wont EVER be able to drive and if I do ever decide to have kids. Will they have it??? Nobody else in my family has it but me. So. Ut must be like a rare gene in my family

But either way. Idekkkkkk. It's just a lot...

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