Seizures and yawning, stretching

Re: Seizures and yawning, stretching

Submitted by mwiechman on Tue, 2011-04-19 - 14:18

Good Afternoon,

I'm brand new to this site and I have just been diagnosed with a seizure disorder. I have had two major seizures 3 years apart and now an EEG that was abnormal. What struck me about your comments were the need to stretch. During my last major incident my husband reports that I wanted to stretch my legs and I wanted to walk around, but I wasn't allowed to because I was so unsteady. I have always thought that I had restless leg syndrome for years and it has made sleeping very uncomfortable. Now I have to wonder if that isn't a precurser to a seizure and that maybe I have been having them at night for years....this is all so very strange. I have no memories of my activities and the episodes last a long time....the last one was over 4 hours long and I don't remember any of it...it's pretty scary to not remember a thing......does anyone else have experiences with long lasting seizures or memory losses?

 Thanks,

M

Re: Seizures and yawning, stretching

Submitted by aaron240 on Wed, 2012-08-15 - 14:56

This is a very interesting post - I had to bump this old topic.  I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy, I have an appointment coming up soon to see the doctor.  I am fairly convinced I am having partial seizures, however.  I have had these "spells" of varying strengths for probably 10 years - previously misdiagnosed as "Ice Pick Headaches". I am not sure if it is a form of Epilepsy that is causing it, or perhaps undiagnosed Diabetes.

Anyways, one of the things I find I do sometimes is strings of yawning an stretching followed by what I believe to be a partial seizure.  For example, I will be sitting on the couch working with my laptop on my lap, and I will put the laptop to the side, stand up, stretch and yawn, sit back down and then have a partial seizure.  I don't know if it is fully a complex seizure, because I do not lose consciousness, yet I do have automatisms and sensory impairment.  After the "fuzziness" is gone I will then grab the laptop again and shortly after without even thinking about it stand up, stretch, sit down and partial seizure again.  It's like without even thinking about it my aura is making me stand up and stretch. Sometimes I've done this 5 times in a row within an hour and a half or less.  It doesn't happen all the time though.

Re: Seizures and yawning, stretching

Submitted by meckford on Thu, 2012-08-16 - 01:51

Yawning, yes when I started doing this more than normal I investigated Buteyko method only to learn alot.  It seems we do so when the system is in need of more oxygen, which has been lost by overbreathing or the wrong type at the time. 

But by giving in to the yawning we cause the lose of too much CO2 which is what the system needs to bring oxygen to cellular level.  Overbreathing, also called hyperventilation can be a trigger of a seizure.

Buteyko method is a very interesting source to learn much.  Give it a try.