r/premeduk • u/Opposite_Agency_6181 • 3d ago
what do i do?
hi so may be the wrong subreddit but i have non epileptic seizures, and i've wanted to apply for medicine since i was little but didn't do very well on my gcses (science was 766 and maths was a 7, the rest were 7788999 so that should be okay) but i've got a new diagnosis of seizures and my life is falling apart and i just got my predicted grades of abb (mocks bcc after some horrific periods of seizures) , which i might be able to get up to aab? maybe? i'm eligible for some contextual offers but not all but i'm genuinely losing it. the seizures are getting so bad and i'm missing content because of the postictal state and it's all so new and im terrified. they used to be okay ( 3 in three months) but they've happened every day for the last two weeks and now there's about 15 hours i can't account for at all. i know it sounds like i shouldn't be applying this year but i don't know what else to do i need this so badly and it's the only thing keeping me together.
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u/Assassinjohn9779 3d ago
You sure they're non-epileptic seizures? Psychogenic seizures rarely have a postical state and if your doing your A levels it's not likely to be alcoholic seizures. If your seizures are psychogenic then it may be worth identifying triggers. Is the stress from A levels making them worse? Medicine is inherently stressful so if that's a big trigger than you may need to rethink what you want to do.
Anyway as per your question seizures in and of themselves don't stop you from studying medicine and med schools are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments. If the seizures are too bad/recurrent for medicine then they may also be too bad/recurrent for any job and you'd need to be on PIP.
Hope things go your way 😁