Since the cause of the seizure is not known, they are probably calling it benign until a proper diagnosis is made. But, at this point, all it tells us is that the doctors don't know what caused it.
Don't get me wrong, I hope all is well with Justice Roberts. I know what it is like to live with epilepsy, so my prayer is that this will not be the diagnosis. All I'm trying to point out is that benign idiopathic does not mean much...yet.
By now he has been scanned and they know it isn’t a tumor or metastasis,,that was my first worry. If he is okay, he is good to go. Since it is his second, they may put him on meds for a while.