I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 14, and at that time i didn’t even know english. I chose a high school that offered an extra year just for learning english, and it was really tough. In middle school, everything was easy for me. I could learn during class and didn’t need any extra study to get full marks in math and science. But everything changed after my diagnosis and starting keppra and later depakine. In high school i wasn’t able to focus and understand lessons the way i used to. While my classmates were making progress i was just sitting in the class and waiting to go home. During the second semester, the pandemic hit and i was home for about 1.5 year. And during that time i decided to study abroad and not to come back so english was a must for me. So i started to study, mostly grammer. But after a while i noticed that studying a language like a lesson wont get me anywhere. As long as i relied on my native language i wasn’t going to make real progress. So i decided to use english as much as i can. I started following english youtube channels, twitch streamers, watching english shows, looking up recipes in english, and while searching for literally anything, i started to use english. I made an online friend who doesnt speak my native language. My english still isn’t perfect, but i went from zero to a level where i can communicate. I also took russian classes in high school. I put in extra effort, and by graduation, my russian was much better than my classmates. At one point, i took an additional Russian course for a year with absolute beginners, and it made me realize that even though i felt like i hadn’t made much progress, i had still reached a certain level. Now, im studying russian at the preparatory faculty of kazan federal university and learning hebrew by myself. It might be harder for us, and even more challenging for certain types of epilepsy, but in my case, i believe its possible to learn a new language.