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Self-Cure (albeit Temporary) For Myself...

Sun, 09/24/2006 - 02:51
Hi, My name is Mike, I'm 22. I live in Iqaluit, Nunavut. When I was a young guy, my mom had epilepsy (still does) and would constantly FrEAK me out at Bed & Breakfasts, home, etc.. Anyways, when I turned 19..I learned it was genetic. THANKS MOM! real great! (love her lots though, she's my mom!) Anyways.. I was working Night Shifts at Tim Hortons at the time period when I had my first seizure.. I was at my twin brother's friend's house. I was really, really tired..still living on the street at the time and just looking for a place to sleep that was warm. Well they were watching a movie and I wanted to sleep on the couch. And one of the girls there put snow down my shirt, while I was sleeping and I woke up so angry and felt a rigid tension in my body, that I would normally associate with anger, but this was different.. I got up and yelled at her and everyone got upset with me for that, but my brother told me to sleep upstairs in her mom's bed.. her mom said it was fine..so I went upstairs to sleep. I climbed into the bed and after about two minutes the tension that I felt from before was still there..it was Sooooo Uncomfortable!..Then in a FLASH my body got tight and my fingers locked up like I was grabbing a basketball in each hand and my toes pointed out in another sports related LEG EXTENSIONS technique.. My jaw opened and then froze and I felt my eyes roll back.. When I got my first glimpse of where I was afterwards, I was looking back at the house and I was being put backwards into an ambulance..I fell asleep after that, and woke up being wheeled into the hospital.. Anyways..I really enjoyed the orange juice and cereal in the morning..Canadian Hospitals Rock! About a year after that passed I discovered a technique almost by fluke of keeping myself away from seizures.. I can't find anyone else with the ability to do this, as it almost counteracts traditional cures! it's almost a cause for some! What I do is when I feel "Twitchy" or "Jumpy" as I call it when I feel like I'm going to have a seizure I turn on a light, or the television, or go on the computer, and as long as its not totally dark when I'm sleeping I'm fine. I also find I get really "Jumpy" when I'm really tired... Is anyone else like this? Does this work for anyone else? Is this even epilepsy? What Do People with this form do?

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Re: Self-Cure (albeit Temporary) For Myself...

Submitted by slhmurphy on Sun, 2006-09-24 - 13:00
Hi Mike, Thanks for your story. I have to laugh, not sure if my episodes are genetic, but I may have been having absence seizures my whole childhood, and my father just thought I was "a dizzy broad" and never looked into it...Thanks Dad! Funny, but the television and computer tend to start things up for me as opposed to turning them off. And once I get that feeling, nothing stops it. Good luck w/ everything. Glad you found something that works! Sam

Re: Re: Self-Cure (albeit Temporary) For Myself...

Submitted by spidexplorer on Mon, 2006-09-25 - 00:32
Hey Sam! Well it's 1:30 am here, I have to be up at 9 (am, hehe)..anyways, I should be sleeping since I have that brain disorder..i can never remember the name..ummm..sleep h..q..e..ohhh EPILEPSY! yea, how could I forget..maybe i'm just a "dizzy guy".. Anyways, you said you had absence seizures your whole life..are they more or less frequent than when you were a kid? I think me and you have the perfect brains to make a great epileptic friendship..I, being aided by lights and distractions..You, well..I think you know all about yourself already.. You know what I realized through my two years of epilepsy and "jumpy-ness"? Epilepsy really sucks!.. On that note I'm gonna pass the "blunt" to the nigger on my left...I think that'd be you sam (just a saying)..wish you good luck with all your problems! (ohhh wait..obstacles..:P) I'm with all of you! ...even if you dont want it *We are the dreamers of dreams*

Re: Self-Cure (albeit Temporary) For Myself...

Submitted by angel_lts on Sun, 2006-09-24 - 21:09
Hi Mike, You keeping your mind occupied during the time you are about to have a seizure is why you are not having them. There is something called Neurofeedback. It is a mind controlling thing. Like I do a breathing technique and helps stop some of my seizures. Instead of you worrying about the seizure you just keep your mind on other things. I have done that too. We can accually control our mind. take care Lisa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/epilepsyapproach/

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