obviously teenagers with epilepsy date just like anyone else. but often they worry about telling dates that they have epilepsy. your daughter may not want to tell her boyfriend. your son may not want girls to know. in the end the decision is up to each teen but you should encourage your child to be honest and open. when your child enters a serious relationship it's important for the other person to know about epilepsy. otherwise your child's boyfriend or girlfriend could be upset and frightened during a seizure. one potentially awkward issue that you may want to bring up with your daughter is pregnancy. you may think it's too early to have this talk but it's probably not. teenagers with epilepsy may begin to wonder whether they'll be able to have a normal family and whether their condition may cause problems with pregnancy. the facts are reassuring: most women with epilepsy have healthy children. however epilepsy does increase some of the risks. also some epilepsy drugs may cause birth defects and others decrease the effectiveness of birth control. so it's particularly important that women with epilepsy plan for pregnancy.
how are dating relationships affected if a teenager has epilepsy?