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First time seeing my partner seizure
Sun, 02/14/2016 - 05:46My partner of three years (28yo) has had nocturnal seizures since he was a teen but they thankfully only occur once every year or so. However I haven't witnessed one until this afternoon when he was taking a nap.
He woke up, grabbed me and started screaming, looking around the room as though watching something scare/chase him, before falling back to bed and having the seizure (eyes rolled back, drooling, body clenched).
He turned blue for a while and started gurgling, which is when I panicked and called the ambo, and remained unresponsive for a while.
He's only had a seizure during a day nap one other time, but I don't think he's ever had one triggered by a nightmare. Is this common?
Sorry for the wall of text but you can imagine this was a pretty scary experience for me and just want to get my facts right. Thanks!
Welcome
Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2016-02-14 - 12:11
Welcome Mereloaded has given you information and yes she put it right. The start of a seizure is an electrical impulse going off wrong in the brain. Which are the neurons she spoke about being active. The seizure itself is the chain reaction which the impulse starts. Picturs dominoes all standing up one next to the next. Tap the first and it falls into the next which falls into the next until all of them are down. Tapping the first is the electrical impulse going off wrong. The chain reaction of all the others falling down is the seizure. Medications are created to stop the chain reaction. Picture your finger between the first and second seizure. The tap starts the seizure but your finger keeps the chain reaction from going further. As Merelodaed posted this site has all kinds of information on it and using it can help you. The 24/7 800 number is there to answer your questions. Anybody can call it to get information.