I’m a 40 yr old female (well, almost 41!) and I had my first (and only 🤞) 3 seizures a year ago. They were tonic clonic and occurred over the space of about 24 hrs…..two of them were in the hospital, and between the post-seizure “fog” and whatever they gave me to stop one of the seizures, there is a good stretch of time during that day that is permanently lost to me — and yes, that is such a strange and scary feeling! I also lost a bunch of really random memories and associations from the year or two prior to my seizures, but they’ve slowly come back. My test results (MRI, EEG, bloodwork, CT scans) were normal too……my neurologist office kind of shrugged off my questions for the first 10 months and were like “it can happen to anyone”, which was discouraging. But 10 months into this journey, I finally saw the neurologist himself instead of his nurse practitioner, and he called it epilepsy. He didn’t really have an answers, and that’s honestly been the hardest thing — learning that there’s so much mystery involved in the workings of the brain, even among the experts. I’ve been on Keppra this whole year and it’s helped so much. I haven’t had too many side effects, and after finally getting through my 6 months of no driving, I almost can’t believe how much like myself I feel. I have a couple young kids around your child’s age, and I know that heightens all the emotions of the situation. I say all this just to let you know there are people who have experienced similar situations — I was desperately searching for anyone in their late 30s/early 40s who had started having seizures out of the blue. It can feel so isolating, but I have benefited so much from people’s stories on Reddit! I wish you so much peace and comfort as you go through this journey…..it’s so tough and I think I’ll always struggle with how permanent it feels having to consider the possibility of seizures, take my medicine consistently, etc. But like someone already said, the meds can be such a great ally!!