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Had my third ever grand mal on first day of holiday

Sat, 10/10/2015 - 14:26

I'm feeling really lonely. I had my third grand mal seizure at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. I'd just arrived there to start my 3 week trip and had to fly home the next day because of this. I was in the middle of a restaurant when it happened and came around groggy and surrounded by medics (thank god for their airport hospital). This time I'd bitten my tongue so hard I had blood all over my coat and huge bruises on my legs (I must've fallen off my chair). 

My parents are on holiday and now I'm home alone and feeling really depressed. I also had an absence on the flight there, in which I lose my memory and my mind goes blank for about 5 minutes, I normally have these once every three months but haven't had a grand mal in over a year. I'm really scared because my mum had two grand mals when she was younger and that was it, so I, and everyone else, thought it would just be a repeat of that and then be over, but it doesn't look like that's the case anymore. 

I'm going to the GP soon and back to my neurologist so hopefully when I go on medication it will all go away, but I just needed to put this somewhere because I really do feel alone in this... 

Comments

I wasn't taking any

Submitted by daneflare6@gmail.com on Sun, 2015-10-11 - 14:50
I wasn't taking any medication which was the problem, will definitely be going on them now though! And my first seizure was a grand mal, then it was absence seizures, then another grand mal etc. Also thank you for taking the time to reply Joe :)

I wasn't taking any

Submitted by daneflare6@gmail.com on Sun, 2015-10-11 - 14:51
I wasn't taking any medication which was the problem, will definitely be going on them now though! And my first seizure was a grand mal, then it was absence seizures, then another grand mal etc. Also thank you for taking the time to reply Joe :)

I'm 19 and from England,

Submitted by daneflare6@gmail.com on Sun, 2015-10-11 - 14:51
I'm 19 and from England, where about's are you from? And thank you for your support, just reading all of these responses is making me cry (from happiness though don't worry) :')

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