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MINI Sudden Blackouts - Has anyone had something similar??
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 21:49The reason I ask is because it's something that only started over the last few months. I have complex partial epilepsy with primarily left seizures & secondary generalisation sometime.
I've lately developed this 'thing' where whilst having a seizure, I'll suddenly have a mini blackout. It literally last for like a seond or two - and I'm fully consious, but my eyes will just drop closed and then a second later I'llcome to with a massive jolt. It scares the absolute crap out of me... It's like when you've just dosed off, and you wake up instantly feeling your about to be smacked in the head... or like dosing of behind the steering wheel! (I dont drive, it's jsut what it feels like) That terror & fear all in one second.
And then I'm fine.... I'm bound to see my specialist in November, where they will do the final MRI, Video EEG(2 weeks) SPECT scan and Pet scan. But till then it's getting to be a more and more regular occurance with my fits.
Has ANYONE else had this?
Hey There.. So i have been
Submitted by mizsjones on Thu, 2018-08-09 - 22:01
Hey There.. So i have been experiencing something similar without the epilepsy. I am 23 years old and have had it a while back about 3 years ago. in that time i was living with my husband and mother. During my time there i experienced a lot of stress, and so my mini black outs began. i would black out about 7-10 times a day, each time after getting up. I'd black out for about 5-10 sec. feel dizzy and hot and cold for a good sec. It's strange.. i've never experienced anything like that until we moved there. Thank god we found a place, and made it ours. i haven't had the black outs in a while. today they came back i did my research and i've read it has something to do with having low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) and lack of oxygen. I'm afraid it will come back the way it did 2 years ago. ..