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ODD SIEZURES
Mon, 05/12/2014 - 09:50I have had Grand Mal or complex partial siezures since I was 14 (now 42).
Recently I have had an odd change happen to them.
Instead of the usual siezure I have a severe dizzeness in my eyes (like they are out of control and going back and forth.) Then my head feels like it is shaking then my arms and so on down to my legs. When it is over it goes back the way it went (through my legs, torso, arms, head and eyes)
I have told my doctor about this and he says he has never heard about this kind of thing but seems unconcerned.
Has anyone else had this type of siezure or maybe it is a reaction to something I dont know yet. The only reason I assume it is a siezure because the after effects (headache, dizziness, sleepiness)is exactley the same.
While I have not had any of
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2014-05-13 - 09:55
While I have not had any of the issues you are posting about I have read about them. Mereloaded has done research and has a lot of knowledge. She posts because she has research epilepsy. I post because I have lived with it. I post comments and generally they are from my experiance from the seizures I have had. You posted the seizures you have had and in those types of seizures there may be other kinds of seizures you can have. Like remeloaded said if your neurologist doesn't know about this kins of seizure it may be time to find a new one. If you have a good relationship you might bring the information up and copy it and show it to him. He mgith then remember that kind of seizure and answer your questions. Unless he is young and wants to take the next patient because he has time limits set for each person rather then being from the old school where they actually take time to listen and answer questions we have. My neurologist actually takes time and instead of the 15 minutes I have been in his pffice and asking him questions and getting answers and my visits have taken over an hour. I hope this helps Joe