I never had a problem with telling others I have epilepsy. I figure if someone is around me enough they're going to witness me having a seizure, might as well tell them ahead of time what to expect.

When I was 10, I fell on some ice going to school. That's when I started having Grand Malls really bad.My mother always told me she remembered me having petit Mall seizures up until then(I would laugh and clap my hands on my face). For years nobody knew what was causing my seizures. I was going to a doctor in Ypsi, MI. and the neurologist told me there was nothing else they could do for me and that they had run out of Meds to give me. That's when I got referred to the University of Michigan. It took me a year to get in, but my doctor got started right away. Up to that point, I had had several EEG's and Cat scans. But, I had never had an MRI. The MRI was what found my brain tumor and the doctors had then told me I was born with the tumor and Epilepsy. At that time, I was about 42-44 years old. For years I had been told by doctors I would out grow my seizures, that never happened, the tumor was still there. I was the first patient with an HH tumor to get the Laser Surgery done at the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan put a story up about me and my surgery on their Facebook and Twitter pagers at that time.

I have always told people that I have epilepsy. Truthfully, I feel safer knowing that others will know what is going on and how to look after me.

I've never been afraid of telling anyone. It was never an issue at work until 2018.
When I start a position I ask my coworkers if there's anything I need to know regarding their health so I know what to do. Then they'll usually reciprocate & ask the same of me.
With relationships it gets a little more complicated unless they've known you for awhile

Dave my epilepsy comes from hydrocephalus I was born with.