Falling down and can't get up

My daughter has epilepsy, and has always been clumsy, but during the past year she has started falling down and can't get up. It is almost like she can't get her brain to tell her body what to do, and that she is panicking. A lot of times, she is perfectly able to just jump up, so it seems more emotionally based than medically. Have you ever heard of this type of thing happening? Is there something we can do to help her?

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

I don't know how old your daughter is, and it does make some difference...There are two major explanations for this kind of behavior...one is a post ictal confusion as a result of the epileptic experience..and the other is a kind of emotional dissassociation, a kind of defense mechanism in response to the physical surprise of the epileptic attack....a good neurologist should be able to sort that out with you.

[Jaquta]

Someone has posted something similar on one of the expert forums (possibly this one).
It could be that they are two separate issues.
I think you should be getting specialist consults (neurological and psychological/ psychiatric).  Therapy may help her learn to .. not even sure how to phrase it ...learn coping skills, gain confidence ... there are so many different ways it could potentially help her.  I would definitely follow-up with the neurologist though.  Or maybe a neuro-psychiatrist??  I'm not entirely sure about the specialty field.