Im not sure. My sister has epilepsy and it began with absence seizures where she would just drift off and her eyes would glaze over and she would be gone for aywhere between 10 seconds and a minute. She could be distracted out of it most of the time. Her earlier gran mal seizures where very sedate, but they have gotten worse. she doesnt have them often, butwhen she does they are full on fits.
Maybe if she is distracted out of them and cries she may be unable to control them, what ever it is.