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Had my third ever grand mal on first day of holiday
Sat, 10/10/2015 - 14:26I'm feeling really lonely. I had my third grand mal seizure at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. I'd just arrived there to start my 3 week trip and had to fly home the next day because of this. I was in the middle of a restaurant when it happened and came around groggy and surrounded by medics (thank god for their airport hospital). This time I'd bitten my tongue so hard I had blood all over my coat and huge bruises on my legs (I must've fallen off my chair).
My parents are on holiday and now I'm home alone and feeling really depressed. I also had an absence on the flight there, in which I lose my memory and my mind goes blank for about 5 minutes, I normally have these once every three months but haven't had a grand mal in over a year. I'm really scared because my mum had two grand mals when she was younger and that was it, so I, and everyone else, thought it would just be a repeat of that and then be over, but it doesn't look like that's the case anymore.
I'm going to the GP soon and back to my neurologist so hopefully when I go on medication it will all go away, but I just needed to put this somewhere because I really do feel alone in this...
I am sorry to hear about your
Submitted by Trudns on Sun, 2015-10-11 - 09:43
I am sorry to hear about your seizure.And I wanted to tell you that I know exactly what you mean about feeling alone and depressed after that. I got my second grand mal in july this year and havent had one for 10 years... and it really hit me hard in every way and got depressed after that.. been alot on my own after it happened because I dont wanna be with people, I build up a wall around me and push people away..shout out if you wanna talk, and as the other people write here, you are never alone.. and the facts that people here understand you and your feelings feels better... Take care :)