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New One For Me.....
Tue, 05/23/2006 - 22:15 I had a seizure early this afternoon that was a new one for me. It was so odd and I was aware all the way through it. I felt weird but alert.
It felt like all the joints in my body locked up but I wasn't aware of feeling 'stiff' like I have felt in some seizures. I was aware that I was staring straight ahead but on looking back, I'm not aware of seeing anything while staring either.
I had the sensation of tipping over like a board would tip over. This may not have been how it looked, but it is how is felt. I knew I was tipping over but didn't feel and emotion - fear or panic - at all. When I hit the floor, I heard rather than felt my shoulder pop, but I heard it inside my head rather than with my ears. I didn't feel any pain.
I'm not sure how long the seizure lasted, I'm not aware of any sense of time but after it passed, the only pain I felt was the sensation that my brain hurt and then I fell asleep, like I do after having a T/C. With a T/C, I usually will sleep 1-2 hours but I slept 4 hours after this one. (And once awake, I was very aware of the pain in my shoulder!)
Has anyone ever had one like this and/or know what type it is? I looked up Tonic seizure but it seems like my arms were at my sides and not over my head as the description of a tonic lists. Thank you!
-Spiz
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Submitted by txrhb1 on Wed, 2006-05-24 - 21:26
I'd be more than happy to come type for you, but my MIL does a pretty good job of typing, want me to send her? (snickers !)
Check out this link, it's pretty interesting on simple partial seiures http://www.emedicine.com/NEURO/topic342.htm
Other than the German Shorthaired Pointers I found when I searched for "GSPS" and "seizures" on Google, I have no clue what GSPS stands for.
((( hugs ))),
Barbie
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Submitted by Spiz on Wed, 2006-05-24 - 22:04
...well that explains the muzzle they put on me at the hospital. LOL! Hugs!
-Spiz
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Submitted by Spiz on Wed, 2006-05-24 - 20:30
Gretchen, You are right about a dislocation. This one wasn't a complete dislocation, thank goodness, but boy did it hurt anyway. Lump didn't get home until four this morning. He was away on business when this happened and had to make the trip home to take me in. The nausea while waiting for him was overwhelming. Nausea due to pain to me is the worst. You know how the ball of the upper arm bone completely pops out of the shoulder socket on a full dislocation? Mine hadn't popped all the way out and the ball part was in the opening of the socket. Made for a cool xray anyway. They gave me a shot as soon as I got there. I don't know what it was but I felt like I was a block away from my body. This ortho was so great in that he was obviously trying to be gentle instead of how so many have been. Including mine. I know I make light of my injuries. I do this because they send me into a depression anymore that's hard to kick. I'm tired of the injuries, tired of falling, and tired of meds. Making light is my way of telling myself that as long as I'm breathing, I still can beat it before it beats me. And eating pain pills helps especially when taken with ativan. I bet I could even get along with my MIL right now. I'd smile all over her. That'd make her nervous! I just knew that Vestbular was a buler that wore a vest. That somehow made sense to me after thinking about it for awhile. Thank you Barbara and would you come type for me? Smiles! -Spiz