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Frustrating
Mon, 11/06/2006 - 10:53Hello everyone,
I have been having Simple Partial Seizures for the last couple of days. I just had one a couple of minutes ago. I'm at work. I get the deja vu feeling, the kinda numb feeling, face flushes, scared, sensory hallucinations (smell, hearing. Audio ones are almost like something from in the back of my mind. Hard to explain), tired afterwards. They only last a minute or two but I feel drained afterwards.
I don't know what brought these on. Too much caffeine in the last week or so, not enough sleep, stress from work and school (online student via University of Phoenix Online) or a combination. I sometimes get them near that time of month, but I'm between cycles. It's just very frustrating. I decided to cut out the caffeine. My mom had to use my car today so she drove me to work. My dad drove me to a meeting and from last night. I met another AAer there who talked to me about seizures. I told him about this website so hopefully he'll join. Anyway, I just had to share.
Comments
Re: Re: Re: Frustrating
Submitted by suebear on Tue, 2006-11-21 - 01:11
I did the university thing for acceleration classes for a BS degree; was a little rough yep but wasn't all that stressful, least not for me anyway. In regards to the coffee issue, I still drink it. I don't recall the neurologist ever saying anything to me about it, less he did and I blocked it out. *grin* In any case, I drink between 2 to 3 cups a day and that's it - I'm done. I've had my days when I don't feel like drinking any either, just depends.
One of the big issues that I've always noticed is the sleep pattern. If you're not getting a reasonable sleep time, it can be an issue with how your body will react. I can remember my neuro telling me everytime that I'd see him how I needed to start getting a better sleeping pattern and I'd roll my eyes with the "deer look in headlights" stare. Needless to say that was the last thing on my mind when I was in college - I was aiming towards graduation - NOT sleeping. *giggle* However, I learned quickly that health is a higher priority than the books.
It wasn't the seizes that slowed me down from accomplishing the BS degree in 3 yrs; I had a lower back injury in 2003 and it took me an extra 2 yrs to finish out the degree. Needless to say I was not a happy camper but it was either go the option of dropping from 16 credits to nine or sufferring the risk receiving a lower GPA in the end; I chose the first. *grin*
I'm still not doing the greatest with the lower back injury and the seizes have been active for six months thereabouts now but on the good note; I pulled off graduation this past August.
My point is this, to not let anything stop you from achieving what you want in life but also know what your limits are while achieving those goals. Time management can be your best friend!
Re: Re: Frustrating
Submitted by ozsam on Sun, 2006-11-19 - 00:52
Hi all It's so strange to actually hear other people go through the same things. I have just never chatted with other people. I used to have a lot more SP seizures before I cut out caffeine and alcohol (boo hoo), especially when under stress at work. I just try and stick to herbal tea now and it has really really helped. I used to drink at least 5 cups of coffee a day. I have also just dropped Sabril and changed to Keppra plus my others. Things have changed a lot for me, I think the drug causes some depression but that is much better than the auras and rushing off to the bathroom to try and hide while experiencing a simple partial seizure at work. Try the herbal teas! They aren't that bad! Sam