> --Stay away from online "support groups" for chronic illness. 99% of them are toxic as hell, especially the "spoonie" community. Instead, seek out people who have chronic illness and are living the sort of life you want. Develop individual friendships with them, and learn from them.

Totally. The more I think about the disease and difficulties, the unhappier I am. If I don't read that garbage the unhappiness and bitterness subsides into a dull background noise.

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I'm epileptic. I don't deal with it well at all. I hate it and it annoys the hell out of me. There is the giant, "what if" fear that overshadows pretty much everything I do, including going to sleep. Fortunately, I have a good pulse on how I'm feeling (i.e. if I'm going to have a seizure in the next few days), and I know what I need to adjust in order to keep the seizures mostly at bay.

Apart from medication, the most important thing to keep in check is diet. I've found intermittent fasting and low-carb/gi help the most, it's annoying to keep up, but if I fast in the morning (aka skip breakfast, or keep my a.m. meals keto), then I can generally coast and not have to worry about seizures too much, but if I eat a moderate amount of higher-gi carbs, then I will likely have a period of a few days where I have partial seizures.