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Seizure cause by electrocution?

Mon, 06/25/2007 - 02:49
Hello my name is ryan. I'll start with explaining what happened to me, I hope I don't offend anyone. I do not have a history of seizures and have never had one before the night of 3-30-07. I took two pills of the drug ecstacy (first and last time trying) at 9:00pm. eariler that night I had pulled out my old strobe light, dusted it off and examined the unit. I noticed there was a small spark coming out of where the power cord was attached/entered the back of the box, but only when the cord was moved around. I thought nothing of it because it was just going to be sitting still on top of the tv. The night was going just fine, everyone was having fun. Around 2:00am is when it happened. I was sitting on the couch with some freinds, with the strobe light in my lap facing the ground....i know...very stupid. I had my shirt off cuz it was hot. I stood up with the strobe light in hand, intending on placing it on the table in front of me, the next thing i remember was waking up on the floor asking "why they turned the music off?". the story my two friends told me was as follows: i stood straight up, shook for a second and then fell to floor between the couch and the coffe table, on top of the strobe light. I began convulsing. my friend quickly picked me up off the ground, while he was trying to stand me up from behind me, he fell back onto the couch and I continuted to convulse on top of him (he had no idea what was happening, he thought at first maybe i was messing arround, trying to wrestle with him). After I stopped shaking, he was able to get control of me and lay me down on the ground wear i started to foam at the mouth. I slowly got better and came to. I've done my research and i've found that electrocution and seizures have alot of the same side effects, but I really don't know what happened to me. the day after I felt really spacie but I feel fine now. I do suffer from some numbness in my left leg. If I suffer from mild mental retardation, I don't know it (who could?) and no one tells me I'm different (again, who would?). Are there any kinda of tests a doctor or hospital can run to see if there is neurological damage? i don't know if this was a heat seizure, a really bad electrocution or a seizure enduced by electrocution. please help me, thank all of you.

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Re: Seizure cause by electrocution?

Submitted by unicorn on Mon, 2007-06-25 - 05:35
could be a seizure enduced by the ecstacy. i would go see your dr, they can refer you for tests such as eeg mri and ct, this should check out the brain..the mri and ct will show if there is any damage to the brain and the eeg will show if there is any electrical abnormalities in the brain, if there are there is a liklihood you will have a seizure again emily :o)

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