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Untreated Partial Seizures of TLE

Sat, 03/28/2009 - 23:59
Topic: Medication Issues

Is there any information about people with simple partials who don't undergo AED treatment? 

Not being flippant here but seriously....what happens?

The side-effects of all the meds seem horrifying, and I don't lose consciousness,

Is epilepsy progressive?

Do these little seizures cause brain damage?

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Re: Untreated Partial Seizures of TLE

Submitted by juperee on Tue, 2009-04-07 - 00:02

Here's the short version of my post (scroll down for complete version, with references)

Likely to be MESIAL TLE: Ascending epigastric aura, fear aura, eye blinking, Aggressive behavior, Searching head movements, Body shifting, Hyperventilation, Oro-alimentary automisms (lipsmacking, chewing)

Likely to be LATERAL TLE: Auditory hallucinations or illusions, Vestibular or vertiginous phenomena, Experiential symptom, Visual hallucinations, Visual misperceptions, Language disturbances in dominant hemispheric focus, Olfactory (smell) hallucinations, Gustatory (taste) hallucinations, Complex memory flashback, Unformed vocalizations

 

Here's the short version of my post (scroll down for complete version, with references)

Likely to be MESIAL TLE: Ascending epigastric aura, fear aura, eye blinking, Aggressive behavior, Searching head movements, Body shifting, Hyperventilation, Oro-alimentary automisms (lipsmacking, chewing)

Likely to be LATERAL TLE: Auditory hallucinations or illusions, Vestibular or vertiginous phenomena, Experiential symptom, Visual hallucinations, Visual misperceptions, Language disturbances in dominant hemispheric focus, Olfactory (smell) hallucinations, Gustatory (taste) hallucinations, Complex memory flashback, Unformed vocalizations

 

Re: Untreated Partial Seizures of TLE

Submitted by wonderwoman on Tue, 2009-04-07 - 02:08
Don't know about the staring. My mum says I used to do that but I don't remember doing so. But my youngest daughter does it, which has me thinking about her possibly having inherited my epilepsy in some form. Sounds a bit like a seizure to me. There are so many different types of seizures out there....until you talk to your neurologist, provided you have a good one who knows epilepsy well, you won't know what's what. There are definitely seizures where you can be conscious - I know my TLE I am totally conscious and also responsive. WW

Re: Untreated Partial Seizures of TLE

Submitted by jakesalive86 on Tue, 2012-12-18 - 22:01
your and wonder woman's are extremely relatable to me. I also have left TLE and believe these are my partial seizures. The first step is the staring and zoned confusion that you spoke of pam. I do not want to stop, respond, snap out of it but if i dont make myself it leads to the deja vu. From there it is like heading down the rabbit hole. It takes every fiber of my being to not slip into a grand mal. I wrote much more extensively about this in a post today about my euphoric auras, and depression. Hope this helps it feels good to finally hear sensations which i actually relate to Jake

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