Overview

• Barrymore announced on TikTok that mini-strokes led to an epilepsy diagnosis at age 73.
• He said he experiences cluster seizures—multiple episodes in a short period—and faces a 40% chance of slipping into life-threatening status epilepticus.
• The veteran entertainer revealed he has suffered several attacks this year and keeps emergency anti-seizure medication at home.
• Sharing hospital-bed images and videos, he invited fellow epilepsy sufferers to connect with him through comments and messages.
• His widely viewed video underscores his social-media revival since 2022 and follows his exit from mainstream TV after the unresolved 2001 Stuart Lubbock controversy.