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Epilepsy is no longer the stigma it used to be.
I have no compunction about letting folks know I've epilepsy. If some backwood hicks want to keep to their antiquated fears that's their problem. We have a medical problem that is handled through medication, not by garlic garlands and superstition. About the only thing I'm scared about are the idiots who still think we can swallow our tongues and try to stick objects in our mouths when we seize. Aside from that, the only thing we have to fear is the IRS .