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People here are pretty much
Submitted by Amy Jo on Fri, 2018-12-07 - 14:44
People here are pretty much not doctors; doctors have so many rules about how they interact with patients and answering patients on this type of board would be problematic even if you were the actual patient and an adult. Were you the patient and posting phrasing from the EEG report, people may be able to help translate some of the medical speak there (and implications of that). I hope, after your parents learn more, that your parents help educate you as a sibling on ways you can help your family, part of that is definitely understanding more about what type of epilepsy your brother has. Know that most seizures are not emergencies and it's reasonable to ask about seizure response/safety so you can act responsibly. But your brother is still your brother so the more you can keep things normal (not stigmatize any epilepsy, not isolate him from relationships, etc), the better.