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Help Identifying Seizure Type

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Charleston, SC

Can someone explain to me what type of seizure I'm having if my right shoulder repeatedly raised and lowers multiple times for about a minute or two? Sometimes it's the right side of my back (muscle) that tenses and releases so much so that I jerk backwards. I could really use some clarification. Thanks in advance!

August 6, 2015
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Hi Stacy you are having a Myclonic Seizure. I have them they are really quick, & sometimes you don't even know you're having it. I hope I answered your question clearly.

August 6, 2015
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

If you are reactioning on one side then your seizures are coming from the other side. For example if your right side is on the right side then your seizures are coming from the left side. My brain surgery was on the left side and I was talking to the surgeon while he was operating on me.

April 25, 2024
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Does this seizure on the one side in a quick rhythmic shake, with feeling of shock, and cause a clumsiness sometimes? If so sounds to be a (type) Myoclonic - (form) Focal seizure. If the effects its causing are always on the same side, it's a Focal seizure, which has multiple types of seizures. Also, the most common form seizures.

February 19, 2024
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Document it. I've found my memory has gotten worse in the past 6 months since my diagnosis.
Best wishes 🙏

February 18, 2024
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I also agree it could be myoclonic seizures.
The current medication I take has relieved me o seizure activity for the past four years.
Before that I would have twitches in my right hand at the same time like clock work.
Then they would disappear for few weeks and then return again.
Have a blessed day

November 4, 2023

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