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Please Help Me: New To Epilepsy
Sat, 02/16/2008 - 00:28Comments
Re: Please Help Me: New To Epilepsy
Submitted by angant2003 on Tue, 2008-06-10 - 17:28
Hi,
I am 38 years old. I have had symptoms for some time now of seizures.
in April 2006, My 7 year old was learning golf and whacked me in the head with a 4 iron golf
club. It knocked me out. although its funny. I have been experiencing complex partial
seizures. I hear a loud peircing high pitch in my ears and black out. I then am no able to
see, with out seeing halos, That maybe a aura. I also get very numb in my hands arms and
neck and head and then shake uncontrollable. I had 7 infront of Dr. s On May22,08. I don't
really remember to much, except it took a week to get my wits about me.
I was just diagnosed with epilepsy and am on a med called, lamicatal. Its only been a week since
I've been on it. I work in the med feild and its so important to take the meds as prescribed and
at the same time every day. Make sure you eat good and healthy. exercise and get destressed.
make sure your pottasuim is on level too. I am scared but I figure . hey, I got through the last
ones. I am just gonna focus on health and look out for the warning signs and live. I agree with
sleep . you have to get rested but you also have to be active.
Hi,
I am 38 years old. I have had symptoms for some time now of seizures.
in April 2006, My 7 year old was learning golf and whacked me in the head with a 4 iron golf
club. It knocked me out. although its funny. I have been experiencing complex partial
seizures. I hear a loud peircing high pitch in my ears and black out. I then am no able to
see, with out seeing halos, That maybe a aura. I also get very numb in my hands arms and
neck and head and then shake uncontrollable. I had 7 infront of Dr. s On May22,08. I don't
really remember to much, except it took a week to get my wits about me.
I was just diagnosed with epilepsy and am on a med called, lamicatal. Its only been a week since
I've been on it. I work in the med feild and its so important to take the meds as prescribed and
at the same time every day. Make sure you eat good and healthy. exercise and get destressed.
make sure your pottasuim is on level too. I am scared but I figure . hey, I got through the last
ones. I am just gonna focus on health and look out for the warning signs and live. I agree with
sleep . you have to get rested but you also have to be active.
Re: Please Help Me: New To Epilepsy
Submitted by swiggs07 on Thu, 2008-04-24 - 03:17
I wish i could say i knew what it was like to have an aura, but i don't, i simply suddenly have a seizure, at times i think it would be a good thing to have an aura, so i would know it was coming, but after reading what you go through, my heart simply goes out for you. There isn't much more i can add that the others have not other than learn to use your aura to make yourself safer, in other words if you know that within a certain amount of time from the aura you will be seizing, lie down somewhere safe, notify others around you that can stay with you and help keep you safe. Learn to control your epilepsy in whatever manner you have to. I agree with the others, if you don't like what one doctor tells you, find another, sometimes multiple heads are definately better than one, especially when they are dealing with your head. Don't let exhaustion get you down, just dedicate more to sleep than you normally do, I know it is hard, I have been there as have many others, unfortunately you have been given a disorder that causes you to have to make better decisions about your lifestyle and if that means getting more sleep at night then that is what you have to do. I wish you the best of luck and god bless you
I wish i could say i knew what it was like to have an aura, but i don't, i simply suddenly have a seizure, at times i think it would be a good thing to have an aura, so i would know it was coming, but after reading what you go through, my heart simply goes out for you. There isn't much more i can add that the others have not other than learn to use your aura to make yourself safer, in other words if you know that within a certain amount of time from the aura you will be seizing, lie down somewhere safe, notify others around you that can stay with you and help keep you safe. Learn to control your epilepsy in whatever manner you have to. I agree with the others, if you don't like what one doctor tells you, find another, sometimes multiple heads are definately better than one, especially when they are dealing with your head. Don't let exhaustion get you down, just dedicate more to sleep than you normally do, I know it is hard, I have been there as have many others, unfortunately you have been given a disorder that causes you to have to make better decisions about your lifestyle and if that means getting more sleep at night then that is what you have to do. I wish you the best of luck and god bless you