Epilepsy diagnosis opened new horizons for architect

Claire Nolan’s response to confirmation of a diagnosis of epilepsy was a little surprising, even to her.

Recalling the meeting with her neurologist, she said: “We sat down and he said ‘we know what is wrong now — it’s epilepsy’. The first words out of my mouth were: ‘Oh, thank God.’

“It was the relief of finally finding out after months of testing that it was something I had heard of before.”