Epilepsy diagnosis at 28 may have been why Kay's teachers thought she was a 'daydreamer'

Kay Guascoine was impacted by epilepsy as a young child but didn't get a diagnosis until she was 28. (Supplied: Kay Guascoine)

When Kay Guascoine was a child her school teachers described her as a "daydreamer", but her vacant stare in the classroom hid a serious medical condition that took almost two decades to uncover.

"I was diagnosed when I was 28 but we think that I've had epilepsy my entire life," Ms Guascoine said.