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Had a Tonic-Clonic 6 days ago but I still feel weird?
Mon, 02/02/2015 - 03:06Hi! I had a seizure just this last monday (Jan 26th), and since then I've been feeling very foggy, disoriented, etc, and I was just wondering if it was normal to still feel 'odd' after this long. I feel SO out of it.. I can't even focus when someones talking to me or when i'm trying to read. It feel like I'm not myself.. and it really shows when I'm talking or trying to be myself, personality wise. (I jumble my words up.. and my friends have noticed I'm not talkative or funny anymore)
It was a Tonic-Clonic, and I'm used to have them once a year or so. I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 14, and I am now 25.
I remember having an aura's all day, that day, but being that it's been about 5-6 days since the seizure, I still can't maintain focus for more than a few seconds, or even get through reading a whole paragraph. I still have a headache from it too. I've read through-out these forums that it was normal for the lasting effects to last about a week or so.. but I just want opinions from you guys. Is this normal? My head feels very boxed in. Even doing things such as reading is difficult because it feels like my attention span is gone.
My muscles were STILL shot, after 3-4 days after. It hurt to do almost ANYTHING! BUT I STILL get these weird memories or feelings from the past too. Like all of a sudden everything feels like I'm in a hospital. (An explanation for that hospital thing could be that.. when I was younger, I was always hospitalized after a seizure because my mother would freak out and call them.. even if I didnt need to be there. So now when I have one, I get scared about smelling that hospital smell again).
IF I TRY to focus too much or read or understand something.. I'll get a dizzy spell and I'll have to stop.
Why is this happening to me? Shouldn't I be normal by now? Did the tonic-clonic permenatly damage me? :( Help please. Will this ever be healed or am I doomed to feel like I'm stuck in a hazy dream forever.