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Driving while having your first tonic-clonic seizure
Fri, 05/26/2006 - 15:16My first seizure that i know of was four days after my 18th birthday (2004) and luckily i decided to go somewhere else with some friends. All I remember is driving my car and it started to over heat and we had already stopped once to tell our friends that at the next gas station we were gonna pull over to put water in my car. Well the next thing I remember is waking up to my friend saying "You had a seizure, we called an ambulance." When the ambulance got there I told them I didnt want to go with them so they didnt take me. Well from what my friend told me I just got stiff and started foaming at the mouth and my legs were against my chest. I just thank God he was in the car with me. Well anyways after than I had some more. I've only had one concious seizure (with a warning) and one other seizure with a warning. All of the other ones I've had I have no warning and no knowledge of them happening. The one before the last was the worst I kept asking the same question :"What happened???" over and over agian for like an hour before I regained complete consciousness. And as I look at the different types of seizures I have come to realize that when I was little I had atonic seizures (I think, I'd get up fast or somethin and just fall to the ground and feel like i was in a dream.) I'm sorry for rambling I've just never had anyone to talk to that actually understands. I mean I talk to my family and they say they understand but you really know that they have no clue. Yeah they may see it and have to deal with the repeated questions but they have no clue what is goin on in my head. Well I'm gonna stop rambling so if you have any kind of comment or advice it would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Driving while having your first tonic-clonic seizure
Submitted by chica on Sun, 2006-05-28 - 17:20
Hey, I know how you are feeling. I am 22 yrs old, and I had my very first seizure last May. I was at work at the time, I used to work at 2nd cup and I was working drive thru. I went in and out a couple times, and would come back staring straight down at my till and be super confused. All of a sudden I wake up in an ambulance halfway to the hospital. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ME?? I felt like I was dreaming. When I was told what happened I couldn't believe, it felt so surreal. I had a Grande-Mal seizure. Never did I think something like that would happen to me. And neither did anyone else I knew expect something like that. Since that one I have had 6 more to date, my last one was just last week (May 24 2006) and so am still feeling dazed about it. I have had 2 seizures where I can remember about 5-10 seconds as I start going and then I black-out. I become aware of my surroundings but can't see shortly before I actually come out of it. When I described these to my neuro he was quite confused. I have had 2 EEG's since last year, a CT scan, and an MRI. My CT scan and MRI were completely normal, which is good so nothing physical in my brain, but my EEG is very abnormal. Not impressed, but can't figure out how it just started at my age... I totally understand where you are coming from when it comes to people around you sympathizing and telling you they understand, when really they are always slightly on the outside.. if you ever need to talk I am here!!! *smile* Christine