the seizure criteria requires epilepsy and other known seizure disorders to be ruled out meaning your symptoms can not be because of having epilepsy.

the type of seizure disorder that comes with some people with DID is called conversion disorder here in America....where a persons dissociative disorder symptoms are being converted into a special type of seizure..that only happens under dissociative situations. it can not be because of any other mental or physical health reason/problem.

the example my supervisor used in our training last week to prepare us for the new DSM 5 publication was that .......as of right now......(may change with the final publishing).... it is defined in such a way to mean...

a person who has any type of seizure because of their medications, work, stress, high blood pressure, epilepsy, PTSD, depression,other mental and physical health issues is ruled out / dont qualify for this diagnostic criteria...

but a person who has a seizure .....only.... when they dissociate does fit the criteria. and the problem must be long term meaning it cant just now after the printing of the DSM 5 start happening to the person. they must have a history of for the past so many months or years of this kind of seizure.

mind you these standards may change in the coming months. and is only the standard for here in america other countries may have other diagnostic criteria.