Reply #38: A lot of things CAN happen. Most DON'T

[TheRedMan]

The "post-seizure" period is typically measured in minutes, and, again, from personal experience it is like watching a person's brain "reboot." You see different things come online, like motor skills, memory, higher thinking, etc. This normally takes about 15-20 MINUTES. Typically, by the next day, a lot of the memory of what happened after the seizure event is lost, usually around 12-20 hours or so on either side of the seizure.

That said, who cares?

A lot of people experience a strange procession of emotions in the post-coital period. Also after near-death experiences. Also after ordinary sleep. We all have times when we are not at our best, and just because someone else's are clearly delineated does not mean that they are unfit.

I will agree that it is POSSIBLE that Bush could have an impaired capacity to serve as a result of epilepsy, were he epileptic, but I would also expect you to agree that it is PROBABLE that it would not. I think we can all agree that a lack of intelligence would point more strongly to his inability to govern.

Plenty of people get to be very religious without neurological disorders, you know.

Oh, and to help you along with you knowledge of epilepsy, don't put spoons in anyone's mouth during a seizure.