Symptoms of left temporal lobe epilepsy only

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So...Where to begin. I had my

Submitted by koliver0821 on Tue, 2015-04-21 - 15:23

So...Where to begin. I had my first grand mal as I was dealing with depression. I was on Welbutrin which a known side effect is lowering the seizure threshold. I was 37 years old and this was the start of my journey. My EEG's came back abnormal. Mentioned some things in the Left Temporal Lobe as the originating point. I was nearly 4 years seizure free when I had my second. The second one, I will take full credit for. I wasnt exactly compliant with my meds. (I was taking them but off and on). I went out with some friends the night before. (40th bday party) and probably drank too much. I was recovering from a Serious Strep infection in my leg that I was given high dose Anti-Bioitics to combat. My Doc called it a perfect storm of crap. The last one, happened a week ago. About 7 months from my last. Clear CT Scan. I was following my doctors orders. Taking my meds as directed and living life as we know it. Needless to say, my new reality is that I am another year a way from driving which in some respects is a blessing but not in the eyes of my wife and my kids who I need to drive to their activities. Like many people, I have the same issue. I struggle for the right words. I've learned not to stutter but its embarrassing when you forget your words and or forget what you are saying in general. Especially as a project manager.....

Reading this page is like my

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2015-04-22 - 23:25

Reading this page is like my own story. I feel everyone's struggles through these words and know what it is like to struggle with daily life and not to have your disease well controlled. It is very difficult to explain Epilepsy to someone who doesn't have a chronic disease or has never had a seizure. I feel blessed that my partial seizure have not progressed so far to grand mal. When these started 8 years, just getting diagnosed was quite a journey ....and my silly brain hasn't cooperated once since that first event. I have the "intractable epilepsy" diagnosis which just means "we can't go up any more on your meds if you still want to work and try to finish school and still be able to function". I thought Topamax was going to be the wonder drug but it has now made friends with Keppra in my medicine cabinet. The combo still just not doing it. Well, like everyone has said, emotions are all over the place. I have become reclusive except for work and school and I think the meds are what makes my memory terrible. And my speech, that's the Topamax. I'm sure of it. It is embarrassing. I wouldn't be without all 500mg of it, but I can't speak a intelligible sentence most days. I am maxed out on both meds so we just take each day as it comes.I don't know if I am a left or right brain but all of my physical symptoms are on left, so I am guessing it's right side temporal lobe. Does anyone else get significant chest wall pain, shoulder or arm pain? And no, it's not cardiac related. That's my aura. It's always followed by the disorientation the postitcal period. It's very strange. Someone did mention the cold feeling in their face. I get the cold or sharp nerve feeling in left side of my face and often the numbness around my mouth. Thanks for listening. Sometimes it's just to talk with fellow epilepsy folks. Be safe out there

I have been having "silent"

Submitted by ffetherbay3345 on Tue, 2016-11-08 - 09:26

I have been having "silent" seizures since I was in second grade. To begin with the only negative effects from these was an incredibly high level of fatigue. The doctors told my parents they would go away with time, as it is common for children to outgrow these. They never went away and I was never medicated. When I was 14, the seizures started getting worse. Along with the fatigue I started getting severest vertigo, to the point where I would fall upon attempting to stand. my parents took me to the ER where they found what they believed were cysts on my right and left temporal lobe and attributed all my symptoms to these. Again I was never medicated. From there they continued to get worse, with the added side effects of uncontrollable vomitting, loss of long term and short term memory, inability to remember common words, mixing up my words when speaking, trouble interpretting what was being said to me or what I was seeing half of the time. my speech became slurred and I was constantly feeling self conscious about even attempting to have a social life. I was too embarrassed when the problems were noticed and commented onot by others. I dealt with this for fifteen more years before finally getting a truckload of testing by a new neurologist. I was diagnosed with epilepsy and put on medication. At this point I take 400mg of carbemazepine xr twice a day, 200mg of lamotrigine three times a day, and still having seizures, just with less severe symtoms. I am about to be added a third medicine on top of this regiment, once results from another eeg come in to see if there have been increases in the electrical activity. The first showed I was having complex partial seizures originating in the temporal lobe up to 20 times a day, probably caused by the lack of treatment for so many years. Every person is different when it comes to their epilepsy, but I have learned that those who do not suffer from the disorder are completely unsympathetic to your struggles, no matter how severe. The information you read online will tell you that these types of seizures are common with minimum side effects, creating an even more intolerable public view of the illness. The depression from the lack of support can easily set in, but all you can do is take it day by day and stay hopeful that a solution will arise. I hope this helps anyone else that has been dealing with symptoms as severe as mine, that have consistently been told they are making more of the situation than they should be. Epilepsy is no joke, and incredibly life altering for all that suffer from it. Stay strong and never give up hope.

I have been having "silent" seizures since I was in second grade. To begin with the only negative effects from these was an incredibly high level of fatigue. The doctors told my parents they would go away with time, as it is common for children to outgrow these. They never went away and I  was never medicated. When I was 14, the seizures started  getting worse. Along with the fatigue I started getting severest vertigo, to the point where I would fall upon attempting to stand. my parents took me to the ER where they found what they believed were cysts on my right and left temporal lobe and attributed all my symptoms to these. Again I was never medicated. From there they continued to get worse, with the added side effects of uncontrollable vomitting, loss of long term and short term memory, inability to remember common words, mixing up my words when speaking, trouble interpretting what was being said to me or what I was seeing half of the time. my speech became slurred and I was constantly feeling self conscious about even attempting to have a social life. I was too embarrassed when the problems were noticed and commented onot by others. I dealt with this for fifteen more years before finally getting a truckload of testing by a new neurologist. I was diagnosed with epilepsy and put on medication. At this point I take 400mg of carbemazepine xr twice a day, 200mg of lamotrigine three times a day, and still having seizures, just with less severe symtoms. I am about to be added a third medicine on top of this regiment, once results from another eeg come in to see if there have been increases in the electrical activity. The first showed I was having complex partial seizures originating in the temporal lobe up to 20 times a day, probably caused by the lack of treatment for so many years. Every person is different when it comes to their epilepsy, but I have learned that those who do not suffer from the disorder are completely unsympathetic to your struggles, no matter how severe. The information you read online will tell you that these types of seizures are common with minimum side effects, creating an even more intolerable public view of the illness. The depression from the lack of support can easily set in, but all you can do is take it day by day and stay hopeful that a solution will arise. I hope this helps anyone else that has been dealing with symptoms as severe as mine, that have consistently been told they are making more of the situation than they should be. Epilepsy is no joke, and incredibly life altering for all that suffer from it. Stay strong and never give up hope.  

I have been having "silent" seizures since I was in second grade. To begin with the only negative effects from these was an incredibly high level of fatigue. The doctors told my parents they would go away with time, as it is common for children to outgrow these. They never went away and I was never medicated. When I was 14, the seizures started getting worse. Along with the fatigue I started getting severest vertigo, to the point where I would fall upon attempting to stand. my parents took me to the ER where they found what they believed were cysts on my right and left temporal lobe and attributed all my symptoms to these. Again I was never medicated. From there they continued to get worse, with the added side effects of uncontrollable vomitting, loss of long term and short term memory, inability to remember common words, mixing up my words when speaking, trouble interpretting what was being said to me or what I was seeing half of the time. my speech became slurred and I was constantly feeling self conscious about even attempting to have a social life. I was too embarrassed when the problems were noticed and commented onot by others. I dealt with this for fifteen more years before finally getting a truckload of testing by a new neurologist. I was diagnosed with epilepsy and put on medication. At this point I take 400mg of carbemazepine xr twice a day, 200mg of lamotrigine three times a day, and still having seizures, just with less severe symtoms. I am about to be added a third medicine on top of this regiment, once results from another eeg come in to see if there have been increases in the electrical activity. The first showed I was having complex partial seizures originating in the temporal lobe up to 20 times a day, probably caused by the lack of treatment for so many years. Every person is different when it comes to their epilepsy, but I have learned that those who do not suffer from the disorder are completely unsympathetic to your struggles, no matter how severe. The information you read online will tell you that these types of seizures are common with minimum side effects, creating an even more intolerable public view of the illness. The depression from the lack of support can easily set in, but all you can do is take it day by day and stay hopeful that a solution will arise. I hope this helps anyone else that has been dealing with symptoms as severe as mine, that have consistently been told they are making more of the situation than they should be. Epilepsy is no joke, and incredibly life altering for all that suffer from it. Stay strong and never give up hope.