It’s one of the least understood medical conditions – even though one in three people knows someone who has epilepsy.
According to the Epilepsy Foundation, nearly three million people have epilepsy in the United States, alone. As the foundation kicks off its campaign, it’s asking everyone to “get seizure smart.”
“I would feel disoriented, confused. Like this is not my home. That sort of thing.” For Melissa Bryan, that’s how it started. “The doctor said I was depressed. This is normal. You’re overloaded with things in your life, this is okay. He decided to give me anti-depressants. It didn’t go away. In fact, it got worse.”
Until one day. “I crashed my car in an automobile accident – it’s the first time I had a Grand Mal seizure.”