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Seizure While Driving
Sat, 01/10/2009 - 00:00I am 17 years old and about 2 years ago I was diagnosed with JME. On New Years I spent the night at my friends house and got only 2 hours of sleep. I didn't take my medicine that night (Keppra + Lamictal), or the next morning. As I left her house (only minutes after waking up) and began walking to my car I had a few blackouts and even shook a little. This happens to me if I don't take my medicine/don't get enought sleep but I didn't think of it as a big deal. I was just thinking about getting home and going to bed.
As I drove home, which was only 5 minutes away, I felt a little tired but that was all. That was the last thing I remember because the next thing I know I was being pulled out of my car onto a stretcher and into an ambulance. I immediately knew I had one of my grandmal seizures. I was so confused, and so scared. Later I learned that I had a seizure, run off the road and crashed into a light pole going 45 MPH. My car was completely totalled but I thankfully was fine and was left with only a few bruises. I'm not able to drive for a while (and being 17 that feels like it's the worst thing in the world), but I understand that I should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car right now. I had been seizure free for about 6-8 months before the accident. This past week has been so hard for me and my family but I'm trying my hardest to move on. Anyway.... I am just wondering if anyone else has ever had a seizure while driving?
Re: Seizure While Driving
Submitted by shiznit on Sat, 2009-01-10 - 12:04
Seriously-I believe I know how you feel sorta, your probably feel super anxious. not only from the seizure you had and from being in the hospital and the accident, thanking your lucky stars no one was hurt. You probably keep running the events through your head over and over again, like how in the hell did this happen to me. --that's what i do. Then the last thing hits you, shit ---I can't go anywhere, I'm stuck. I don't know how long your restrictions are but in my state it is 6 months. I was almost finished with mine, then I had another 2 grand mals January 3. so now I have to wait to July 3---frick!!! I am cutting out all wine drinking now. I think that might have been the culprit. I love my wine. but oh well, I will drink non alcoholic wine. ;-) so i'm in that period of being anxious and rethinking everything that just happened and being seriously pissed off. ps...hw long is the period that you have to wait in your state before you can drive again?
susan
Seriously-I believe I know how you feel sorta, your probably feel super anxious. not only from the seizure you had and from being in the hospital and the accident, thanking your lucky stars no one was hurt. You probably keep running the events through your head over and over again, like how in the hell did this happen to me. --that's what i do. Then the last thing hits you, shit ---I can't go anywhere, I'm stuck. I don't know how long your restrictions are but in my state it is 6 months. I was almost finished with mine, then I had another 2 grand mals January 3. so now I have to wait to July 3---frick!!! I am cutting out all wine drinking now. I think that might have been the culprit. I love my wine. but oh well, I will drink non alcoholic wine. ;-) so i'm in that period of being anxious and rethinking everything that just happened and being seriously pissed off. ps...hw long is the period that you have to wait in your state before you can drive again?
susan