MAIL ONLINE: Epileptics are up to 5 TIMES more likely to commit suicide, be involved in fatal accidents or overdose, reveals major study

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Epileptics are more likely to die of unnatural causes ranging from suicide and fatal accidents to overdoses, a study has found.

Sufferers of the common condition, which can lead to terrifying seizures and a loss of consciousness, were twice as likely to commit suicide.

And they were five times more likely to die from accidental medication poisoning, a team of British researchers have discovered.