Why I’m so often tired

Loads of illnesses can cause lethargy. With epilepsy, it’s not the diagnosis itself that causes it, but the seizures, the medications, and often the all-too-common comorbidities including sleep disorders and psychiatric illnesses.

As soon as I started Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs), overnight I went from being an energised sprinter to a ghost who attempted eyelid-opening.