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Old 05-07-2011, 07:48 PM
Dmom3005 Dmom3005 is offline
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Welcome and I'm glad you found the site. My 19 almost 20 year
old son has epilepsy. I can say for a fact that once you have had
a driving license its very hard to be told you can't drive for a while.

But its from the mouth of my babe at 19 that I see a wise young man.
He states when asked why he doesn't drive. That he has epilepsy,
and he doesn't want to be the cause of someone getting hurt or dying.

I also have a now 26 year old son. Who at the age of 18 had been
driving for I believe about 1 year. He had two seizures behind the wheel
of a car. And ended up in a ditch. He was very lucky, no one was hurt.
Just the car. But he knew that it had to be reported to his neurologist,
he had or has migraines. A nd the neuro told him no driving till the test
were over. And then maybe for at least a year.

It turned out he was put on depakote, got rid of most of the migraines,
all the seen seizures. And he was allowed to at drive at 9 months.
He now is so glad that he listened. He has one handsome 4 1/2 year old,
and 3 step daughters, and 2 college degrees. He might not have any
of this if he hadn't let me drive for those 9 months.

So please give your husband some stories. And visit the epilepsy room
here, if you need more help. Go to the efa and listen.

Donna
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