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Has epilepsy affected your friendships?

Finding true, supportive friends can be hard for anyone! And when you're living with epilepsy, maintaining friendships can have unique challenges.

Has epilepsy affected your friendships? Has your condition made it hard to make or keep friends?

Tell us about your experiences, and any advice you may have for finding true, supportive friends. 💜

  1. I ended a 30+year friendship: she kept insisting “You remember,” giving more details, like speaking louder to someone who doesn’t understand English. I finally said “Stop!Seizures scarred my brain like dragging muddy footprints over my memory.”

  2. Very much! I have lost many!!

  3. Since my message above written October 24th. Two weeks ago, while waiting for a flight to Valencia I started talking to two French students who were taking medicine in France, one was in her last year. I also brought up the same subject of negative attitude amongst the family of people with epilepsy in hope it will get around to their new students

    1. Last Message written October 14th not 20th as added above.

  4. I have epilepsy

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