Not everybody with epilepsy has grand mal seizures. The ailment is almost as varied as the individuals afflicted by it. Some just "zone out" but don't lose consciousness - others may momentarily lose the ability to speak, or walk, or - you name it. It's a short-circuit in a very complex electrical environment.
Yup. I’ve seen petite mal and psychomotor seizures.
I was diagnosed in my 20’s as epileptic, likely due to head injuries. When I was in high school, I would often zone out while taking a test, particularly like achievement tests with long lines of similar appearance, which is how I felt just before a seizure. Apparently it was something I outgrew, I quit taking meds 20 years ago, I am 59, nothing since I was 23-24.
“Not everybody with epilepsy has grand mal seizures. “
I’m well aware. It is a subject I’ve studied.
IIRC only 25% of people with epilepsy have grand mal seizures. There are many, many types of seizures. I have simple partial seizures which do not cause me to loose conscientiousness or even zone out. Mine are more sensory in nature.
I am allowed to drive but voluntarily give up driving temporally if I have long seizures or seizures that come in waves for a day or more. The long ones leave me confused temporarily and I often get a migraine.
I am confused enough after the seizures that I would not want to be in a position of making life and death decisions as a president might have to do.