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@HunDriverWidow

Exactly what I said when I saw those news clips. My youngest son has complex partial epilepsy, and he does that same staring thing when he's having a focal seizure.

@MMA @HunDriverWidow
That's what I said when I saw it.
"Absence Seizures" the neurologist said when my son froze and stared into space.

@DianaSez @HunDriverWidow

Yes, my son's neurologist called them focal seizures. It's taken years to get the right dose of medication to stop them, and even then sometimes if he's dehydrated or had too much sugar or not enough sleep, he can have a breakthrough. But not often.

I think McConnell is having seizures and it's taking time to get his meds adjusted- or he's in the 50% of epilepsy patients who do not respond well to medication. A lot more are med resistant, than people realize.

@MMA @HunDriverWidow McConnell's age and the actual extent of injuries he may have gotten in his big fall may contribute to the problem enough that he will be forced to retire. That would not be a bad thing for the country, even if sad for him.

@HunDriverWidow @DianaSez

I am sure that head injuries contributed to this seizure disorder. I have a friend in her late 60s who has seizures which started about seven years ago. These seizures were the eventual outcome from several concussions she suffered throughout the many years that she rode horses. She had quite a few falls off her horses, and as she was not a competitive rider, she wasn't wearing the required hard helmet. Eventually those head injuries resulted in seizure disorder.

@MMA @HunDriverWidow
Yes, Paul had a few head injuries too, from falling off cliffs plus work injuries in his youth. He had a not-too-serious motorcycle accident when he had his first seizure, so no more biking, he doesn't drive either, even though he hasn't had any apparent seizures for a few years now.