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Question and solution needed
Mon, 08/25/2014 - 07:10Hi guys, im a guy who is 19 this year, my problem is this.
When i was 13, started my high school life, so basically most of the time i sleep really late at night like 4-5A.M and just sleep like few hours and wake up.
When i was 14, This happens - while i was playing computer in the 2-3a.m ( only occur in the midnight), my body will have like some uncondition movement which not i can control. I thought nothing is wrong with it. I m awake, just slight shaking of a my body and do not lose consciousness.
When i was 15, At one night, i sleep at around 4-5A.M, and woke up on 7-8A.M, there, i woke up, and play computer games, while playing, my body is slightly shaking again and the next moment, when i woke up, my head is reallly pain and im having fever. My family told me that while i playing the computer games, suddenly i fall off the chair and my head is continously banging the table and computer. So we went for check up, doctor cant find the reason ( seriously not sure why) so i went for eastern doctor. So yeah, he told me i got this problem - seizure.
When i was 16-18, All the time, when i sleep late like 12A.M - 1A.M, and if i touch or use computer in the morning, my body will shake unconditionly. And within this, i blacken out for 3 time exclude when i was 15.
First time - Sleep late , woke and up and play computer > body start shacking > continue > Black out.
Second Time ( Not really black out ) - Sleep around 12-1A.M, not really late. But maybe i keep woke up in the night because sleep patterns problem, the next day, while i was walking, suddenly i falled down, i cant control, so i went to take a shover to refresh myself, but after i take a bath, came out from toilet. Walk and i falled down again.
Third Time - Around 1 month seizure dint happen, so when i come back from my hometown, i went cybercafes with my friend and DINT SLEEP AT ALL. Nothing happen maybe because i dint sleep and my body feels nth wrong. So i went back home and prepare myself before going for an outing. So when ther's few more hour left, i decided to took a nap. There, this is the last time i ever blacken up. after i wake up, i went toilet, and the next moment i woke up, my cheecks is bleeding really really bad.
And after that, within this time, i will still have problems like body shacking , but most likely it will happen when i sleep late. And a few times my body even shake while sleeping in the night.
So what type of seizure or eiplepsy do i have?
What can i do without taking medication?
What i shouldn't do?
What i should do?
Hi You could have several
Submitted by just_joe on Mon, 2014-08-25 - 12:37
Hi You could have several different types of seizures amd different types of epilepsy. What can you do without taking medication? Have more seizures which can get stronger and become more rapid. What should you do? See a specialist in epilepsy. They will do a few tests to try and find answers to what your problem is. The first would probably be an EEG. An EEG is a brain wave test which shows the electrical output comming from your brain. With that they can make a determination as to what type of epilepsy you might have. They can also make a diagnosis of epilepsy because all it takes is having 2 seizures which you might have already had. There are many triggers to watch out for. lack of sleep is one. Some people are photosensative and can't play video games or even get on a computer. There are some that flashing lights can cause seizures. Remember disco balls in clubs and bars??? Well some people can't go in those since they can cause seizures. Others that are photo sensative can have seizures just by sunlight comming thru trees since the leaves will block the sunlight and then let it come thru the next second. Others have problems with red lights flashing. What shouldn't you do? Demy you have an issue and not really take care of it while you can. When I was a teen I had weird feelings in my right hand. At times my fingers wouldn't do what I wanted them to. I also had twitching which I said nothing about. Those twitches and wierd feelings were focal seizures. Focal seizures can and do generalize (cover the entire brain which does go into a convulsion. which means jerking and twitching muscles and yes you can have one without losing conciousness. Your falling down could be drop seizures. Medications today are better and have fewer side effects. They are one of the ways to control seizures. There are other procedures which can and have been used for many people. I hope this helps and you get this issue resolved and you get on track.