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Seizure recovery time
Sun, 08/24/2008 - 06:12How long do you take to recover from a seizure?
I have suffered from epilepsy (grand mal) for 40 years - about 1 seizure a year (lucky me!) But over the last 3 years my wonderful work colleagues have expressed increasing anxiety that I'm coming back to work too early following a seizure. When I was young and sprightly (Ha!), I'd have a 3-minute tonic-clonic seizure, regain full consciousness after half an hour, get taken home, sleep it off, and back to work after 1 day's absence. Again - lucky me.
My work is extremely complex, considerative and quasi-judicial. I work for my government trying to justify to tribunals and criminal courts why a particular decision is justified. The legislation involved is extremely complicated, but although I practice law in a specialised field I am not a qualified lawyer. Without blowing my own trumpet I'm very good at my job - or so I'm told. [I don't like saying so, but I think it may be relevant to the question.]
Two years ago my wife finally convinced me that at least one day off was a must. Nevertheless, my colleagues tell me that "when you have had a fit, for several days after, your sharp brain seems slow in response."
I'd be very grateful to hear the views of fellow sufferers (or those close to them). I know that epilepsy varies from individual to individual, but when do you go back to work? When do you feel fully recovered? Does the recovery period increase with age?
Thanks for reading this.
Iain (aged 53 and a bit - <GRIN>)
Comments
Re: Seizure recovery time
Submitted by wichitarick1 on Wed, 2008-12-10 - 11:15
peace R.C.
Hi.................YES i SEE THAT TOO.????
brnagain.... I knew that was,nt going to look good.
A test drug I take has reduced the length of gmal szs, so the physical side is less
But mentally ??I still drag for around for 7 days.
Proof is my 1st post, that I see now as "lacking" lol
I used to do memory tests following some of these ,duh I remembered that lol
but they mostly gave me migraines.
I see now why this case was approved so quickly lol because I was going through these tests and about 10,-30 szs a mos for the 6 mo,s prior to this wow I had no recovery time long enough to remenber simple things ,let alone complex memory tests lol. I did not know my ph. no. from day to day .lol. recovery time ?? WHEN ? Rick
peace R.C.
Hi.................YES i SEE THAT TOO.????
brnagain.... I knew that was,nt going to look good.
A test drug I take has reduced the length of gmal szs, so the physical side is less
But mentally ??I still drag for around for 7 days.
Proof is my 1st post, that I see now as "lacking" lol
I used to do memory tests following some of these ,duh I remembered that lol
but they mostly gave me migraines.
I see now why this case was approved so quickly lol because I was going through these tests and about 10,-30 szs a mos for the 6 mo,s prior to this wow I had no recovery time long enough to remenber simple things ,let alone complex memory tests lol. I did not know my ph. no. from day to day .lol. recovery time ?? WHEN ? Rick
Seizure recovery time
Submitted by Br0 on Tue, 2008-12-09 - 12:35
Ive had epilepsy my entire life, 22 currently. When I have a Grand Mal, depending on severity, Ive had it range from getting up immediately, asking what the hell happened, and then sitting for a couple minutes to gather myself and then I'm good, OR, when its a bad and lengthy one, it can take days, up to a week or more before i'm back to my 'normal' self. which is to say, like most of you on the board, tired, depressed, etc. I can only assume it differs from person to person, and from seizure to seizure.