How could someone withold the fact that they have epilepsy? In the first place, it is certainly nothing to be ashamed of and it should never be kept a secret. Can you imagine if a person had a seizure and nobody around them knew that they had a seizure disorder. They would be rushed to hospital and likely have thousands of dollars of unneccessary testing, when they likely only need an adjustment in their medication, if even that. The person with the seizures should always be wearing a Medic-Alert bracelet. If they were keeping the illness secret, they wouldn’t do this. Are people also ashamed to say they have lupus or any other chronic ailment? Epilepsy is usually a highly controlable disease. I find this entire secrecy issue to be very problematic.