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Seizure drop attacks

Mon, 01/31/2011 - 14:53
 I am wanting to find out if anyone else who has ever had drop attacks where you suddenly fall in the floor.I didn't have a seizure for awhile,and then I one day had 4 in that one day.It was very scary for me.I wanted to see if anyone else has ever had a a drop attack before.

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Re: Seizure drop attacks

Submitted by Summerland on Mon, 2011-01-31 - 16:08
yes, my daughter(24) falls straight back. And yes, it makes your heart stop to see it (or hear it).

Re: Seizure drop attacks

Submitted by tbaldwin on Mon, 2011-01-31 - 16:24
I usually have complex partials but a few times I was walking and instantly all muscles became stengthless.I fell down and forward,legs instantly gave away,ankles and knees dropped me down quicker then if I'd just fell forward.Luckly my hands hit before my face did. It felt like I was blown down so fast, without  any pain. u.  Timothy Baldwin

Re: Seizure drop attacks

Submitted by phylisfjohnson on Mon, 2011-01-31 - 18:11

Hi Pat, 

I almost drowned the first time I had a seizure. The shower was gushing and I dropped to the shower floor and I thought I was going to drown. Happily, I shoved myself against the door, before I passed out and came to with my head on the floor and my body slug over the transom. Scary stuff.      Phylis Feiner Johnson   www.epilepsytalk.com

Hi Pat, 

I almost drowned the first time I had a seizure. The shower was gushing and I dropped to the shower floor and I thought I was going to drown. Happily, I shoved myself against the door, before I passed out and came to with my head on the floor and my body slug over the transom. Scary stuff.      Phylis Feiner Johnson   www.epilepsytalk.com

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