Can One Have A Seizure And It Not Be Noticed By Either The One Having It Or One Looking On?

I worry that my partner is having a seizure and I can't tell if he is. After a seizure that you can't tell is a seizure is it likely that the one having it will come out of it in an angry way?

If You Had Resection Surgery Can You Answer These Please?

I got the majority of the "important" questions answered that i asked my docs. I just forgot to ask, how long it takes for the chunk of skull to heal that they cut? Do they use screws to hold it together? Can you feel the fact your skull has been cut or that there are screws(if there is screws)? If anyone has has a resection, do you know a rough estimate what the answers would be? I know i can always ask the day of surgery for more exact answers, i just kinda want to go into knowing ahead of… read more

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How To Get Family And Friends To Understand What Your Going Through And You Don’t Have To Be Rushed To The Hospital Every Time?

Not rushing around and I’m very sensitive I’m still trying to understand myself about seizures just started having them in 2019 and I’m not on any medication for it try to get into a doctor for it and not having any luck

Can I Breastfeed On Zonisamide And Lamotrigine

I am on 800 mg zonisamide 800mg lamotrigine and 200 mg briviact can i breastfeed j took all lf thest pills my whole pregnacy and he was born the 28th healthy as can be but all the docters tell me somthing different.

Medication Containing Psysudafaden And Or Phenylephrine (decongestants)?

How dangerous is it to take medicine containing Psysudafaden and or Phenylephrine (decongestants)? I took 1 Mucinex D to relieve sinus pressure from covid. Feeling confident one dose isn't going to lower my seizure threshold dangerously but am curious what experience others have with this.

Suicidal Only Right After A Seizure

Normally i dont deal with severe depression or clinical depression. I have my times here and there, but its usually after major events, and it usually goes away fairly soon. But i have been told by other people that theres been a couple of times where right after a fairly big seizure i become suicidal. Not after every seizure, just couple here and there. Those suicidal thoughts/tendancies go away like after a day maybe two or three days at maximum ( depending on severity of seizure) than im… read more

Awkward Social Interactions Due To Seizures Or Postictal State?

Has anyone else here ever experienced issues with social integration due to their seizures? Such as: awkwardness because you had a seizure in a social setting (perhaps a petit mal . . . and maybe the person you're with doesn't recognize it as being a seizure?); or maybe the damage to your memory leads you to not be able to remember names of new acquaintances; or maybe you cannot recall the would-be nostalgic memories of experiences you've shared with closer friends; or maybe while in your… read more

Medication Question

How is Xcopri? What are side effects?

I don't want to come off of phenobarbital

Feel Myself Jerking

I take my meds daily and I still feel myself jerking before I take my a.m. Pills or evening pills. Why is that?