I was robbed of joys in terms of Mother-Hood

I'm sure many can relate to my story. I could only have one child. Such a loss for my husband & I AND our son. I've had epilepsy since 2yrs. old (1956)however, undetected. I was diagnoised as such in 1977. Perhaps my generation learned to put on a 'tough exterior'. We dealt with our situation, made jokes at ourselves (no one else could joke about it tho)tolerated ignorance & negetave stigmas. It 'toughened' our demeanor. We learned empathy. We learned to be creative whereby, our own creativity bespoke of intelligence . We didn't rely on 'groups' to make 'Public Awareness". We coped with the Public ourselves as best possible. True, it's good to be "INFORMED" however,.. one can be TOO INFORMED. Half of the info. read on the Net & Forums are not applicaple in connection with your given type of seizure. Thus, depression, anxities ensues. Some persons with epilepsy become so involved with information on side-effects from different medications that, they convince themselves they know more than the doctor. This hampers a good doctor/patient relationship. Our daily lives depend on our Neurologists. Subsquently, co-operate with them. Just expressing a word to the wise. Please accept it as such. The attachment gives you a, 'peak thru my window'. May you thrive, survive & prosper.