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I had an aura before I started my shift then I had a migraine straight after is it a simple partial or aura I'm confused
KatMarron, you give a good starting point. The more research someone goes through the better base developed. However, don't believe everything read. This question is difficult to answer because of a… read more
Same here I talk but don’t make sense
yes i have focal seizures as well as many others but latly ive only had very small focal seizures due to my vns helping me with my epilepsy
Hi looking for advice I was at my work today and one of my Co workers said I was working away then fell against one of our trolleys he said I was confused he said I didn't pass out I did feel disorientated can anybody tell me wat kind of seizure this was
I was standing working and talking to one of my Co workers it was him that was there when it hapnd and he told me
So is awareness during a seizure mean you can still respond and talk during one or does it mean your aware of your actions but can hear what's going on around you but can't engage or interact with anyone .
I have both sometimes I have the ones where I get auras and my right hand starts to shake uncontrollably. The other one is where I have a completely blank look on my face and do not know what's going… read more
I at one time was told I had grand mal, then went to petite mal now I'm told I have generalized primary seizures. I tend to not understand how this is possible and wonder could doctors misinformed me or is it actually possible for the diagnosis to continuously changed and why/how does this happen. what causes this?
Yes the seizures can change. Mine did from absent to complex to complex and fall.
I’m putting some info together to understand this better. The more descriptive, the better! Thank you.
I have right temporal complex partial seizures I don't even know I had one unless I have a lil nip on my tongue from my lips slapping during seizure also things knocked over, or something moved to an… read more
I feel I do. Some I just sit or stand (whatever I'm already doing) and talk. Other ones I walk around and swing my arms. That sounds like 2 different seizures.
Fortunately, unless I am not paying attention to my Triggers, I am controlled. However, they are Partial Awareness otherwise called Absence. The really bad ones I used to have to sleep for many hours… read more
https://www.epilepsy.com/what-is-epilepsy/seizu...
The the link above will take you to page the Epilepsy Foundation created on their site, and activated it in December 2016 to explain the new classifications of the Epilepsies and all of the epileptic seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). The LIE-- which is included in every statement from the ILAE and by too many modern doctors is that these changes were made for the Epileptics and their families, as well as, the… read more
this is my devence... yes, the 'lobe' is your brain but my frontial lobe has many uses (speech, motor, talking, ect). that and when i was diegnoed, thay called it a partial seizures.
Having been epileptic all my life and seeing multiple name changes to seizure types why is it important to learn the new name changes of seizure types which will be obsolete in years to come probably?
I agree with the post here, but me having my condition, it doesn't really bother me what they name it or call it etc, I'm not gonna let it get to me,