Seizures and shopping
Journalist Helen Purves explains her non-convulsive epilepsy and how she always finds herself mid-shopping when an episode comes to an end.
Journalist Helen Purves reveals how she always finds herself mid-shopping spree when she comes around from a non-convulsive epileptic fit.
The neurological disorder means she is able to continue her everyday life while having a fit, although may appear slightly confused or disengaged to those who know her.
The ±«Óãtv journalist says before she was diagnosed she thought instances of deja vu may have been God communicating with her, but now recognises that as a trigger to an attack.
With Emma Tracey and Beth Rose.
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