I understand completely.

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member , I’m almost 46 & have had seizures since the 2nd grade after hitting my head on the monkey bars but we’ve always said that no one knows if I got my seizures from that, my Dad or both. My Dad had bad grand mal seizures & his didn’t start till sometime after my parents were married & no one knew what caused his seizures. My older brother apparently had just a few seizures as a kid but then they stopped & one of his daughters had a couple seizures or so shortly after being born or something like that but she also stopped having them. I’m currently going to counseling for my verbal tics & before I started the counseling they did a Quantitative EEG & Neurofeedback tests & the symptoms the tests showed were an acquired brain injury, sleep/insomnia, Anxiety & LD: visual (processing & attention). I have a learning disability, especially in math & was in special ed math in school. The tests seemed to be pretty accurate. But not everyone will pass on their Epilepsy to their children, I don’t think, but it might be possible for some. I’m sure it’s just something you might mention to his Family doctor, just so they’ll know. Your friend in Texas, Becky

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It can be but mostly not. Ask your family doctor to run tests to make sure.

Epilepsy can be genetic . But there are people that get diagnosed with epilepsy, from head injuries and a couple of other ways.

My 2 cousins are epileptic. My brother who passed before I was born that would be almost 60 years ago had seizures. Back then I don’t think it was talked about much. I’m glad it’s a different time now. And my uncle died of a brain bleed same with my grandma. And I have both . So I’m inclined to think it’s hereditary. I’m the only one in my immediate family who has these 2 issues. I would never want anyone else in my family having either.