Exam stress leaves teen with condition causing up to 50 seizures a day

A teenager has told how exam stress and anxiety left her with a condition which means she has up to 50 seizures or blackouts -- a DAY. Paige Thorpe, 16, has struggled with anxiety throughout her childhood - but it peaked during her GCSE exams this summer. After weeks of worrying fainting episodes, she was admitted to hospital where she started having seizures and blackouts. Up to 50 times a day she would pass out and fall to the floor, or have seizures - where she'd hallucinate and become delirious and confused.