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Im Scared

Mon, 04/07/2014 - 22:52

One of my best friends just recently had her first grand mal seizure. Before she had only had petit mal ones, she had finally been a little over six months without having any and was able to finally get her license and having to wait a year, but then the grand mal hit. Im so scared for her she had gone so long without anything and then this had to hit. Im scared it could happen again but I don't want it too, but I know it could. I want to help but I don't know how. I've been crying a lot thinking about it. I feel so bad becasue I know how much she's been through with this and a knee injury and know having a grand mal it's just pushing her back even fauther. I know God knows what he's doing but I don't know why this happened to her. 

Comments

How can you help? By

Submitted by mereloaded on Mon, 2014-04-07 - 23:35
How can you help? By continuing your support and your friendship. Grand mals look scary BUT they are brief, self resolving and people get back to normal within a short period of time. Please don't freak out, the least thing she needs is to be treated differently or that people around her are afraid. Don't be, really, it is no different than having any other condition and there is nothing to fear. What to do? Carry on as usual and ask her how can you be of help. Best wishes

the best thing you can do is

Submitted by ktesta597 on Tue, 2014-04-08 - 12:53
the best thing you can do is be supportive and help to keep her positive. Epilepsy can be hard to control so its understandable that you are scared. my friends made me a victory chart that listed all the good things that happened to me after i had my seizure, even the little stuff. its about what she CAN do not what she can't. good luck

You are showing support in

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2014-04-13 - 11:35
You are showing support in your post. Contimue supporting and your friendship. Please to get scared I know that grand mal seizures are scary they do look bad but the person in them does not know anything about them since they lose conciousness, You might also check into the area on this site for first aid. Knowing that and showing others what to do can and will help other people. Whilf I did not have many grand mal seizures I did have focal motor seizures which generalized and went into convulsrions. The main difference in the 2 seizures is in one a person loses conciousness (grand mal) in the other I was aware of what was going on and I saw, heard and understood what was going on I just couldn't do anything while in it.If you see someone who is thinging about leaving the friendship because your friend has a seizure. Ask that person if they will leave a fried because they have diabeties, or a heart problem and there are many other ailments that people can't see. You have proven your friendship and your care by posting this Keep it up and aks her what you can do when she in=s having one or how you can help. I hope she gets seizure free Joe

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