When I had my first seizure, I didn't know what happened, I woke up to find a strange man pushing me down on a bed, so I came up swinging. It turned out I was on a stretcher and that man was a paramedic, but I had no recollection of what had happened and no idea what was going on. If it wasn't for my friend shouting 'you're okay, you've had a seizure, he's a paramedic,' I would have hit him. We lose control of our actions and thoughts and it takes me up to a week to remember what happened. I've been accused of taking drugs and being drunk when I've actually had a seizure and was actually ticketed for being intoxicated when I had a small seizure while walking! Police need to be better educated about epilepsy.