Yes, they are considered a seizure. There must be complete control before the license can be returned. Trust me even then they fight very hard. I had to talk to two different eye doctors and a behind-the-wheel driver. I had to have the approval of the Neurologist and then I had to pay off the fees that I would have had over a decade before when the accidents had happened because of my seizures. They thought this would deter me from driving. I have now been driving for more than five years.

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I have an RNS so whenever I have an aura I mark it with a magnet. When doctors look at results from my RNS they usually do see seizure activity. One time I was at the neurologist and they were looking at my brain waves on the RNS. I started to feel an aura but it was small so I didn’t say anything. My doctors then looked at me and said “You’re having an aura aren’t you?”. So auras are partly seizures.

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Technically yes they are seizures. In terms of driving countries will have different laws/rules around it. Where I am they do let you drive but you must monitor and have minimum auras.

Thank you I have been driving after my arura in December but the neurologist and the DVLA say I can not drive now, I am in control of all my movements and thought when they happen and even after, but they say I can not drive because the medication is stopping a full blown seizure
That the point of medication
It caused by the radiotherapy I had in June last year and the swelling in my brain

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