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Extreme Emotional Response seizure?
Thu, 11/18/2010 - 14:59I have Grand Mal Epilepsy. I take my medications regularly and haven't had a seizure in over two years. My seizures are pretty typical, except when I've had Petit Mal seizures, which has happened only once. I was in my bedroom with my husband and all I could do was smile at him, unable to speak. I didn't convulse or hit my head, and I was pretty aware of what was going on and where I was. Even when a paramedic came over, I was clear enough to indicate that I did not want to go to the hospital and signed a form.
I had a very scary episode last night. I was lying in bed and started to feel like my face was vibrating and I felt like I was out of my body. It seemed to me to be the onset of a seizure, so I just stayed put. I started to get really anxious, after which I hallucinated of what seemed to me to be my dead mother, who died just over a month ago. It's as though she just flew in like a ghost, but solid and vividly colored, then disappeared. I started to feel panicky, my heart racing, and then suddenly, I was uncontrollably sobbing. I was extremely frightened and started to shake all over from cold, even though it was warm in the room. I was so scared that I was going to have a seizure because the aura was so powerful. My husband came in and stayed with me until I started to relax, about ten or so minutes later. After I had calmed down, I thought it had been much longer than it was. I never lost consciousness and I didn't convulse.
I've been looking all around the net to find out if it was a seizure that I had last night. Has anyone ever heard of having emotional seizures like this or experienced it themselves?
Re: Extreme Emotional Response seizure?
Submitted by sdakota on Mon, 2011-03-14 - 03:49
You might have had a simple partial seizure. These often come with emotional reactions, auditory hallucinations and sometimes visual ones as well. The hypothalamus is very involved in these types of seizures and that is also the part of the brain that regulates body temperature, so everything you are saying points to that.
I have had simple partial seizures on and off for the past 14 years. It took a long time for me to find out what was going on. When they happen I usually become very emotional and it is really upsetting, so I know how you feel.
Judy
You might have had a simple partial seizure. These often come with emotional reactions, auditory hallucinations and sometimes visual ones as well. The hypothalamus is very involved in these types of seizures and that is also the part of the brain that regulates body temperature, so everything you are saying points to that.
I have had simple partial seizures on and off for the past 14 years. It took a long time for me to find out what was going on. When they happen I usually become very emotional and it is really upsetting, so I know how you feel.
Judy