1-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

If stated Muhammad suffered from TLE, many reply that an Epileptic could not have authored the Quran or led armies. We will analyze historical figures with Epilepsy to dispel this myth. Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of Britain, temporal lobe Epilepsy

2-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

Edgar Allan Poe, a great author of his time suffered from Epilepsy. Epilepsy can lend itself to creative and literary genius as stated here. This could be what happened to Muhammad with TLE and compulsive rhyming hypergraphia.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10369317/ 

3-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

Gustave Flaubert, one of the most famous French novelists of the 19th century is speculated to have Epilepsy. Who said Epileptics can't produce literary masterpieces? Could Muhammad be one such case?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17681494/ 

4-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

Fyodor Dostoevsky was a famous Russian writer from the 19th century who suffered from temporal lobe Epilepsy.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20561824/ 

5-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

Napoleon Bonaparte, an extremely intelligent man and one of the greatest military geniuses suffered from Epileptic and psychogenic seizures. This shows that Epileptics can rule empires and lead armies. They are not dysfunctional.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14698723/ 

6-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

Another extremely significant individual with military influence is Joan of Arc. She died at 19 but was compared to Muhammad in her life and symptoms.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1743152/?from_term=joan+of+arc&from_pos=8

7-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

Although this one is technically not Epilepsy but Schizophrenia, many symptoms overlap. This is to demonstrate that despite paranoid Schizophrenia John Nash won the Nobel prize in economics in 1994. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19862621/ 

8-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

Kumagusu Minakata was a 20th century Japanese genius devoted to natural history and folklore. He suffered from temporal lobe Epilepsy.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9595989/?from_term=Genius+and+epilepsy&from_page=2&from_pos=10

9-FAMOUS EPILEPTICS

Another instance Muhammad being named as an epileptic alongside many geniuses and literary giants. This thread is merely the tip of the iceberg.

Motta, E. & Kazibutowska, Z. & Gołba, A.. (2010). Genius and epilepsy. Aktualnosci Neurologiczne. 10. 190-193.