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My daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy 3 months ago, she has been put on sodium valporate and lamotrigen which seems to be helping some of the seizures but not the drop attacks. Went to the consultant today who has sent us to get her fitted with a skull protector helmet. she has really urt herself a few times so i guess this is what she needs. I am so worried that this will cause her to be bullied at school, she has other special needs including speech and language problems, mobility issues and is tiny for her age. I know it is more important that she is safe than what she looks like but i do feel so worried that it will bring even more attention to her in public (she already gets stares due to her big buggy and loud noises). I am quite thick skinned and to be honest unless it is blatent and in her face my daughter is unaware of stares and whispers, my younger daughter does get quite upset by it and also worried she''ll get the brunt of it at school. Why oh why does it just never end!!!!!! Sorry rant over, anyone know what the helmet is likely to look like, can we customise with disney stickers etc?