To reach 100,000 pages before she died in 1915, Ellen would have had to average at least three and a half pages every day of her life, in health or in sickness, on Sabbaths, and when traveling or attending conferences. She also kept a diary and an extensive journal. An easily observable trait in the temporal lobe epileptic is perseveration, or the tendency to repeat words, phrases, or sentences. Ellen often began her visions with the cry of glory, glory, glory . Her writings are filled with instances where she repeated words three or more times in a row.
All events are serious to temporal lobe epileptics.
They may become excessively concerned with moral issues and involve themselves with rights and wrongs of rather trivial affairs. They tend to be remarkably without humor, and overly emphasize the qualities of good and evil, right and wrong. This is accompanied by a sense of divine mission and authority. Hyposexuality has been shown to be a frequent symptom in temporal lobe epilepsy, manifesting itself in frigidity or low sexual drive. Thomas Babb, Ph. D., a professor of Neurology at the University of California, differed in his thinking from Dr. Couperas in regards to the person and ministry of Ellen White.