I wondered the same. I was premature by at least a month. That is a contributing factor for epilepsy. My mother had a couple of late term miscarriages after my birth. I think her and my dad were DNA incompatible. He couldn't give her the daughter she sought. lol He was scarred by growing up during the great depression. He had a level 8 crane man's job at the mill. He had to give that up for a level 3 job because he blacked out a couple of times, and couldn't pass a physical to keep it. That extra money meant a lot to him. He didn't drink much, but if he had a few at a wedding, he would end up pasty under the table. My mom would say "he knows he isn't supposed to do that." So, he had neurological issues the family didn't discuss. He's gone, but he now has a granddaughter who was born with STXBP1, and a grandson with juvenile epilepsy. And then there is me. lol My main seizure at 17 was anything but mild. I seized on intervals of 5 seconds for about 3 minutes. That's a lot of epileptic discharges. When the arcing and sparking was over, my temporal lobe was fried. My post ictal psychosis period was at least 5 months and it segued into an affective disorder of recurrent major depression. I was never the same, really. Not that I was much to begin with.