I had water on the brain at 14 which caused me some serious side effects, one of which is epilepsy. Keeping a good sleeping pattern will help with a good nights sleep. Going out and getting plastered and then getting up to go to work, college and stuff doesn't help.

If you are on medication, I am on tegratol take it vigarously. I missed mine once for a few days as the chemist had none, and although I never had a fit, I had the flashing stars which is the start of a fit.

If you do have a fit, make sure your family members know not to try and pick you up. This will cause you more harm than good. Get a pillow and tell them to try and rest you, making sure your arms and stuff don't hit anything. I've seen nurses try and pick a man up and he fell back down twice and cut his face and hurt his elbow. These are trained professionals, and they fucked up.

Take it easy, and hopefully in a year you'll be on the road again and fighting fit. I spent about 6 months at one point in and out of bed, fitting with whacking great migraines and it wasn't pleasent. Medicine these days is like a miracle drug, and I've not had one for years!

P.S Sounds daft, but make sure you've been correctly diagnosed. There are similar things like classic migraine, and I was diagnosed with this and the medication did nothing. Only for seeing a different specialist I was correctly diagnosed and put on Tegratol. I live in Liverpool and don't go to many shows, but if I do and you wanna' come, you're welcome.

Benni.