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Need help very badly, please!

Mon, 10/07/2013 - 17:47
Let me start by saying that neither I, nor my husband have epilepsy. neither of us had ever had a seizure before 2days ago, so I apologize if I am posting in the wrong place, but I need help. 2 days ago, my husband had a bad reaction to the prescription drug, tramadol. he had a tonic-clonic seizure right next to me in our bed while we were watching tv. it was absolutely the most terrifying thing I've ever seen in my entire life. I can't still hear the noises he made. the images of his body seizing and his eyes rolling in the back of his head will not leave my mind. Within 20 minutes after having the seizure, he was 100% back to normal, besides being a little stunned by what I explained to him had happened. and since then, he's been totally fine, back to normal. no headaches. no cloudy, fatigued feeling. no muscle aches. nothing! but I have been a hot mess to say the least. I'm driving him crazy because I've been following him around like a puppy dog, afraid to ever leave him alone because I'm scared that he'll have another one when he's standing and I want to catch him if he does. I even made him let me stay in the bathroom while he took a shower last night. he doesn't understand what I witnessed, because he doesn't remember it. I'm constantly crying. I can't eat. I can't sleep. I constantly feel like I'm on the verge of a panic attack. I feel incredibly paranoid, not just about his seizure but about everything. I just have General, intense feeling of impending doom. I don't know how to get over this. he's no longer taking the tramadol, so intellectually I know that he's not gonna have another one, but that isn't stopping me from feeling this way. Will I ever be ok? will I ever recover? will I ever be normal and carefree again? I don't know how long I can live like this, in constant fear and panic. I just feel so lost. does anybody have any advice as to how I can pull myself out of this? or at least any encouragement that is will subside eventually?? I'm desperate...

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Re: Need help very badly, please!

Submitted by Lenaorrick on Mon, 2013-10-07 - 18:22
There are many medications that can cause a seizure. I am sure that is the case here and he will be ok. I think that you are completely over reacting here. I am sorry if I am being harsh here but you need to calm down and get over it and be thankful that neither of you do have epilepsy. There are many people like myself on this website that have this happen to on a regular basis and can't live normal lives. I'm sorry that you had to witness you husband have such a horrible seizure but now you have witnessed something that many people unfortunately go through on a regular basis that people do not even take the time to understand and epilepsy is not the only one.

Re: Need help very badly, please!

Submitted by Frank Lee on Mon, 2013-10-07 - 21:51

There's a good possibility that the seizure was non-epileptic. In other words, not generated from the brain. This can be caused from a severe allergic reaction (from food or medication), or maybe from a severe emotional response (maybe lightning or witnessing a murder). You can actually have 2 or more seizures without them being epileptic.

You should still inform the doctor that prescribed the medication. It'll be on your file for the future.

 

There's a good possibility that the seizure was non-epileptic. In other words, not generated from the brain. This can be caused from a severe allergic reaction (from food or medication), or maybe from a severe emotional response (maybe lightning or witnessing a murder). You can actually have 2 or more seizures without them being epileptic.

You should still inform the doctor that prescribed the medication. It'll be on your file for the future.

 

Re: Need help very badly, please!

Submitted by wellsmegan on Mon, 2013-10-07 - 22:24
I don't know what kind of seizure it was. all I know is that we were sitting in bed watching tv and I heard him make a loud, strange noise, and when I looked over to see what was going on, his entire body was violently shaking and stiff and he was about to fall off the bed. I grabbed him and pulled him into me and tried to hold him on his side. the shaking lasted about 60 seconds and then he collapsed into a deep sleep and started breathing incredibly hard and making kind of a snoring sound. then he jumped up like he was scared and he didn't know where he was or who I was. he laid back down for another few minutes and then got up and was completely normal again. everything I've read explains that word for word as a tonic-clonic seizure.I don't know if you can have a non-epileptic tonic-clonic seizure or not. he also but his tongue very very hard during the seizure. besides, " what happened?" the only other thing he kept saying after he woke up was, " what's wrong with my tongue? my tongue hurts."

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