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Do seizures cause pain?

Thu, 06/08/2006 - 17:29
Hi I am the mother of a 5 1/2 year old who is progressively getting worse. His name is Danny. He has many types of seizures. He has at least 10 notable seizures a day and probably many more. he often requires interventions such as oxygen, suctioning, extra clonopin or diastat. he is on several medications clonopin, keppra, felbatol, phenobarb, and vigabitrin and several others for gi issues. Danny has tried all the other meds to no avail. We recently were told that there are only options left are to do a surgery that splits the 2 hemispheres or to do nothing. We feel this child is in pain and requires more sedation to be comfortable. The neurologist says that seizures are not painful. Danny is currently functioning at a 0-3 month level. He did progress when he was a baby. He did sit, stand and smile all of that is now gone. I am wondering do seizures cause pain? I think they do.

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Re: Do seizures cause pain?

Submitted by Jana33 on Thu, 2006-06-15 - 21:23
WELL I'M STILL LEARNING ABOUT MY SEIZURES AND I HAD A SEIZURE AND I DID FEEL PAIN IN MY FACE IT WAS VERY PAINFUL I WAS REALLY SCARE. I WILL TELL THE DOCTOR WHEN I SEE HIM ON THE 19TH.

Re: Do seizures cause pain?

Submitted by Crack3dMirror on Sun, 2012-07-08 - 07:06
Jana, can we compare notes? I have painful seizures as well.

Hi Lisa, "You and I know

Submitted by solis on Fri, 2006-06-16 - 00:28
Hi Lisa, "You and I know that there is no pain for most of us who have a seizure." THANKS!! :) (I am trying to help this lady be confident in the words of her physician) Jana, What type of epilepsy do you have? Here is a page you might want to look at: http://www.epilepsy.com/101/ep101_symptom.html You will note that pain is NOT listed as a symptom of a seizure. It happens post-icatally...if one is hurt during a seizure. ~sol

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