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Memory and Seizures
Tue, 10/22/2013 - 23:29Comments
Re: Memory and Seizures
Submitted by christina79 on Fri, 2013-10-25 - 22:41
For me it depends on how severe the seizure was. Even if I've lost consciousness for the seizure I can tell how severe it was by how bad my head hurts afterwards. If my head still hurts a lot the next day after a full nights sleep I know it was really bad.
I no longer have grand mals, but when I did it would take days for me, and usually even longer, before I felt fully functional again. The simplest things would be impossible for me to remember. In college I actually had a grand mal right before a final exam. I was given the option of taking the exam by the end of the week or taking an incomplete and making the exam up the following semester. I took the incomplete since I was still forgetting all kinds of things at the end of the week.
Good luck to you. Between the seizures and the meds we take to help them our memory takes a big hit. I've been taking bacopa monnieri (an herbal supplement) with my meds. It's supposed to help seizure activity and memory. I've noticed reduced seizures, but have not noticed my memory improving at all. When I read the reviews about it on amazon a lot of people claim it has helped their memory. It might be something you want to look into.
For me it depends on how severe the seizure was. Even if I've lost consciousness for the seizure I can tell how severe it was by how bad my head hurts afterwards. If my head still hurts a lot the next day after a full nights sleep I know it was really bad.
I no longer have grand mals, but when I did it would take days for me, and usually even longer, before I felt fully functional again. The simplest things would be impossible for me to remember. In college I actually had a grand mal right before a final exam. I was given the option of taking the exam by the end of the week or taking an incomplete and making the exam up the following semester. I took the incomplete since I was still forgetting all kinds of things at the end of the week.
Good luck to you. Between the seizures and the meds we take to help them our memory takes a big hit. I've been taking bacopa monnieri (an herbal supplement) with my meds. It's supposed to help seizure activity and memory. I've noticed reduced seizures, but have not noticed my memory improving at all. When I read the reviews about it on amazon a lot of people claim it has helped their memory. It might be something you want to look into.
Re: Memory and Seizures
Submitted by zombie girl on Wed, 2013-10-23 - 18:52
Hi guys! My bounce back period seems to vary. My last one was attributed to altitude sickness and I bounced back in a couple days. The one prior it took 5-6 days. I think it depends on the severity of it which I don't really know bc I'm unconscious! The one that took the longest recovery time I think it was a couple of factors which with altitude its just one. I am on lamictal and I talked to my nuero about my occasional jerks bc I wanted to confirm it was med related but of course like all doctors they say "lets increase your dosage and see." So on that one I was overmedicated and dehydrated.
Long blabber but I think the bounce back depends and if you had an injury aka my concussion.
Hi guys! My bounce back period seems to vary. My last one was attributed to altitude sickness and I bounced back in a couple days. The one prior it took 5-6 days. I think it depends on the severity of it which I don't really know bc I'm unconscious! The one that took the longest recovery time I think it was a couple of factors which with altitude its just one. I am on lamictal and I talked to my nuero about my occasional jerks bc I wanted to confirm it was med related but of course like all doctors they say "lets increase your dosage and see." So on that one I was overmedicated and dehydrated.
Long blabber but I think the bounce back depends and if you had an injury aka my concussion.