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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?

Comments

Re: Absence Seizures for Adults?

Submitted by christy316 on Sun, 2010-08-08 - 05:18

I didn't think a person could be aware they were having seizures.

I didn't think a person could be aware they were having seizures.

Re: Absence Seizures for Adults?

Submitted by AxioM on Fri, 2011-12-16 - 23:25
They could be able to aware if they have simple partial seizures.

My wife had them as an

Submitted by bernardcwe on Thu, 2007-09-27 - 16:21
My wife had them as an adult. She used to have multiple absence seizures every day. They stopped when she used EEG Neurofeedback about 10 years ago. She hasn't had a single one since. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out my chart of alternative epilepsy treatments.

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