Epilepsy and Picking a degree

My biggest question would be how well will you be accepted into the career you choose.  I tried full time work at tool and die shops many years ago.  I know this sounds very dangerous for a person who is known to still have seizures.  But consider the work I've done at home for family business.  I helped parents with sawmill / pallet shop since I was a child.  No government agency (OSHA) was there to dictate safety because we were self employed.  I knew I could do tool and die; it would have been safer than the work I did at home.  But, NO!  Employers wanted permission from the epilepsy specialist I was seeing who said, "No sharp object, no power machinery, no heights, no driving."  It's not about what you feel you are capable of, but you must explore what the profession will allow.  Maybe ask your doctor, nurses, & university staff what would happen if seizures started up again; will treating patients be an option?Of course if you did get a medical degree you could provide service as a counselor or use the degree in a way that would be "acceptable" in our society.  Your knowledge and experience with epilepsy could be an asset.   I say do what interests you most.  Hopefully the stress of the schooling and then the work will not set you off having seizures again.  

I went to college and did well. But back them there were no college loans so I went part time since I worked a 40 hour work week. Today colleges have counselors that can help students with their courses and also might help with a career choice or at least help with whether your choice would allow a person with epilepsy to work in it.Military might not work for you. When there was a draft I wouldn't be picked and couldn't join since my status was eligible for war. I wanted to go since  wanted my brother to come home from NAM.I have worked in several industries and many different fields of work.You need to use common sense and think about what working in each field would require. I loved cooking and worked in that industry and was being trained to be a roving chef covering 3 states. I had to leave that industry and not work for 6 months because after going a few years without a seizure I had one. Well there are triggers not listed and one is getting to hot to fast. Believe me ketches do get hot. As Michael said OSHA has guidelines and they are written into laws to protect people. So get a piece of paper. Draw a line down the middle of it. Then on the left side write down each and every field you like or might want to go into. Once finished look at each entry and research that field to find out if it is a good possibility or is there something in it that will hold you back.But you do have your neurologist that can assist you.If you are thinking about nursing then that would definitely be one of the people that can help since they do have nurses and do know the requirements and can even hire you. But then there is the counselor at the college who can also help with answers on that list you made. They do know more about different fields and many of their requirements.

Oh and do pick courses that lead to a career.Basket Weaving 101 doesn't get yo far. Underwater Basket weaving 202 requires many different things. One is holding your breath for very long times and the looms kinda suck.