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Please help new to partial seizures and petrified

Sat, 11/05/2016 - 06:30
Hello everyone am a 25 year old female and am currently in hospital literally just been diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, 2 weeks ago I experienced these seizures would be a strong de ja vu feeling a intense fear, then a pit stomach feeling with a hot rise, I will kind of zone out I can still see the people there just not talk out to them and my right arm and foot will twitch, afterwards I feel exhausted with a headache, I seem to have them in clusters I had 2 days of non stop seizures literally on the hour and then nothing for just over a week and then 3 days of it again, this is all totally new to me and am not coping very well, am petrified and feel depressed, also my memory has gone terrible already is that normal? This is my second day free from my seizures and I can't remember certain faces and I totally forgot that my Step sister was pregnant literaly like I never knew and it's really scaring me is this common and will my memory get better or keep getn worse? I have a 2 year old daughter and feel so guilty like am not going to ever have a normal life now and be a totally capable mother, they have started me in lamotrigine 25mg been on it for 3 days now really hoping it will help I just want to be back to normal, would love to here from anyone who has this and there experience or advice please this is all new my life has been turned up seize down within a space of 2 weeks and I am petrified. Thanks x

Comments

Hi RheaAs I was reading your

Submitted by Laurapm on Sat, 2016-11-19 - 21:55
Hi RheaAs I was reading your post it sounds so much like my seizures, the intense deja vu, the fear and the headache afterwards.  I was dx when I was a child and have had to deal with this my whole life, it must be hard when your older and it's been dropped on you.  My hope for you is that things will get better and doctors and you will find what works for you to get under control.  Try not to feel guilty this is something out of your control.  Take care and God bless.

My seizures are kind of like

Submitted by Cynthia10 on Sun, 2016-11-20 - 01:08
My seizures are kind of like that. I get the deja vu and a fearful feeling. Strange feeling in my stomach, sometimes making me vomit. Then I just feel kind of confused. If it is a longer or strong one I get tired afterward. Don't feel guilty about it, it isn't something you can control. Good thing is there are a lot of medication options now that work great.

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