Bryson is said to have “an unnamed underlying medical condition.” If it is epilepsy his seizure could be mistakenly diagnosed as substance abuse or mental illness.
“Society's lack of understanding about the many different types of seizures is one of the biggest problems for people with epilepsy. People who witness a non-convulsive seizure often find it difficult to understand that behavior which looks deliberate is not under the person's control. In some cases, this has led to the affected person being arrested or admitted to a psychiatric hospital. To combat these problems, people everywhere need to understand the many different types of seizures and how they may appear.”
http://www.medicinenet.com/seizure/page4.htm#tocg
I have witnessed an epileptic seizure in the VA hospital. The staff thought the patient was drunk or drugged. They called security but before they arrived the symptoms—slurred voice, maniacal laughing, staggering—subsided. Then a nurse discovered the man was epileptic from a medical bracelet he wore.
I'm not a fan of Bryson. He's tied to the Energy Department BrightSource scandal and is part of perhaps the most corrupt administration in more than 100 years.
Last July, I had a stroke. I collapsed and just briefly, lost conciousness.
This event was totally out of the blue, with zero accompanying symptoms. Thank God I was home and not driving.
After testing, a myxoma tumor was discovered in my heart. It was removed at Cleveland Clinic and I am fine.
Things can happen unexpectedly at the worst times.
That said, I rarely trust a word out of a Rats mouth….