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Absence Seizures for Adults?

Tue, 09/25/2007 - 01:20
Hello, I'm new I'm a 21 year old and I started noticing that I was "blanking out" oddly a couple of years ago Finally after 2 years, I see a doctor, he tells me I might have "Absence Seizures" and he referred me a Nuerologist tells me I have Complex Partial Seizures (without testing me or anything at all) but my Seizures are not Several minutes long, they are only about 10 seconds and I keep telling myself I have Absence Seizures, but Im an adult Here's how seizure is: A sudden vertigo/dizziness like trance, only lasting about 5-10 seconds, I forget my surroundings for a second, they happen one or two days a week, up to 12 times a day and some weeks they don't happen at all and only a few times I've had a bad headache afterwards Anyone had this same problem as an Adult, can Adults get Absence Seizures?

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Re: Absence Seizures for Adults?

Submitted by huefiend on Wed, 2011-10-26 - 20:31
If anyone on this forum takes phenytoin, you may also want to know that it is 75% as effective as dilantin. I woke the other night feeling as if I was going to slip into a seizure. And Ive been free of them for a year, the grand mal anyway. Its hard to keep track of the smaller ones. How do you remember when you forgot?

Re: Absence Seizures for Adults?

Submitted by Kevinsgirl on Wed, 2007-09-26 - 20:47
Hey there- I'm new, too...and it sounds like we've had similar experiences... I "blank out" several times a day, usually with no warning and no recollection of the episode other than the fact that I feel confused afterwards (can't remember what I was saying, etc.). My doctor has done a CT Scan and an EEG (I'll get the results when I go home next...I'm a student in another province), but he's pretty sure that what I'm describing is absence seizures. However, any of the info I've found describes absence seizures as being primarily in adolescents and something that you can "grow out of". My episodes seem to be getting worse...my mom noticed that around 13 or 14 my eyelids started fluttering a lot, but it's only been in the past couple of years that I've been "blanking out" (I'm 22 now). The thing that bothers me the most is that I've had a couple episodes where I've fallen... the most recent one was yesterday, when I was on an external clinic rotation. My supervisor, colleagues, and I were walking back from lunch and I fell for no apparent reason- and didn't even try to catch myself. One moment I'm walking, the next I'm picking myself off the ground and picking gravel out of my leg. Needless to say, it's embarrassing... just wondering if this is also a "normal" part of absence seizures, or if it might be indicative of something else. Thanks for a response in advance! Sarah

Re: Re: Absence Seizures for Adults?

Submitted by indyfan on Thu, 2007-09-27 - 20:31
do you do it everyday sarah? or just once a week?

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