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Short partial seizure
Tue, 05/17/2016 - 06:54Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
Hello, I'm new to all of this - just trying to figure out what are seizures and what aren't (I'm hyper aware of my body and feelings). Can you have a simple 3/4 second seizure and nothing else?
Interesting question.Without
Submitted by just_joe on Tue, 2016-05-17 - 15:32
Interesting question.Without giving information likethe feelingyou have or somethinng that happened it is harder to give you th length of time a seizure might last.So lets start to explain what starts and is a seizure.The start of a seizure is an Electrical impulse hitting wrong in the brain.. Thats it a simple explanation of the start of a seizure. What the seizure is is the start (electrical impulse hitting wrong) followed by the chain reaction caused by that impulse hitting wrong. Plain simple explination os a seizure.The length of time in one can be determined by the type of seizure. There are many types and within those types there are several thngs to look at. PIcture a set of dominoes all stacked up one behine the other, Tap the one in front (electrical impulse hitting wrong) then watch as they all fall down (the chain reaction caused by the irregular impulse hitting wrong),If there are 2 dominoes then the seizure would be short. if a set then it is longer, I you set up 2 sets then it gets longer. I gave a speech in 8th grade to the student body. We had enough dominoes lined up to cross the entire stage. I had spoken about the impulse hitting wrong when the first dominoe was tapped. I didn't say anything else until the last one fell. It did get the other students attention and they did learn some things. I did that back in 1964. Mr Ramey was having it done 2=4 times a year fir the next 5 years because it helped the student body learn and watch out for all people with disabilities.My seizures today last a few seconds and I can have one while in a conversation with you and you would know nothing about it. I have also had seizures that were convulsive last 4 minutes. So like I posted they can last a few seconds or up into th minutes depending on the type