JESSICA Warner-Judd has been provisionally diagnosed with focal epilepsy after being forced to drop out of the European Championship 10,000m final.

Warner-Judd, who is from Canvey Island, suffered a seizure while running in America at the start of the year.

And the 29-year-old has now revealed she suffered a similar issue when competing in Rome this week.

Writing on Instagram, Judd explained the problems she has faced while attempting to qualify for this summer’s Olympics in Paris.

She said: “In January we had big aims to get the qualifying time for Paris in Valencia. I ran 30:38 but unfortunately my gun time was 30:41.

“So me and (husband) Rob flew to the US of A to get it at Sound!

“From the beginning of that race something felt off.

“At around 8k I knew I had to stop, my head felt like it was going to explode and that's the last thing I remember!

“I came around to Rob obviously in distress.

“I'd had a seizure and it was incredibly scary for everyone.”

However, medical tests at that point proved inconclusive.

“We flew home and I had lots of tests which all came back normal and so slowly me and my support team returned to training,” said Warner-Judd.

“I withdrew from World XC but things did seem to be getting better and we thought maybe it was a rogue one-off thing.

“I did Highgate and was incredibly anxious about the noise/lights/atmosphere but managed to come top two Brit, although I made terrible tactical decisions!”

From there, Warner-Judd took part in the Oslo Diamond League and was encouraged by her display.

“To get over the anxiety, we decided to race Oslo to get familiar feelings with the warm up and call room to put sound well and truly behind me,” said Warner-Judd.

“Apart from running super slow it was another step in the right direction.”

Warner-Judd was therefore looking forward to racing in the European Championships.

But the former Castle View School pupil soon started to feel unwell one again.

“I don't remember much about the race apart from that I got a similar feeling around 3k in,” said Warner-Judd.

“My head felt incredibly tight and I knew something was wrong.

“I stubbornly persevered despite everyone telling me to stop.

“With 600 metres to go, I suffered a seizure, and when taken to the medical centre suffered a further seizure and so was sedated and taken to hospital where I spent the night.

“It has been an incredibly tough couple of months and has culminated in me being provisionally diagnosed with focal epilepsy.”

And Warner-Judd is unsure where her career will go from here.

“I'm not sure what the future holds at the minute,” said Warner-Judd.

“I just wanted to be honest as I realise I've been pretty quiet on social media and for anyone in the stadium Tuesday night it was quite traumatic to see.

“I am okay, apart from biting through my lip-which Roman gelato has helped with!

Thank you to all at British Athletics, doctors, physios, team staff, my agent Caroline, my family and my friends for helping me through these last couple of months.

“I'm not sure what my year will look like but I'm eager not to let this stop me. As Arnie says, I will be back.”