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seizures when home alone
Sat, 10/22/2005 - 16:47Topic: Teen Zone
well...first off..im new to this site...im sixteen years old and my name is haley...on to my question..a week and a half ago i was home alone and I was standing outside my house...all of a sudden I saw this weird flashing light "my aura"..yeah well I got so scared I started running and I Was almost in tears sayingt to my self ...god...no...please..no..I knew it was coming and I ran up the stairs and layed down on my moms bed...I guess severall seconds later I had my seizure because my jaw started twitching really bad (this happens before all of my seizures by the way...if anyone has this please let me know) and then my arm jerked and I fell of the bed and I guess I had my seizure and went unconscious and at some poit went and got in my bed because when I woke up I was in my bed and I had all these bruises on my legs, face and hips....I was really weak and I had a horrible headache and my mom came in and I Was like...mom...I had a a seizure earlier...and everything like that...I am on lamictil but im not up to my full dose until the end of december...but...my question is...did I do the right thing in that situation...or what should I have done or...should I try not to be home alone? just give me some sort of response please...it would be really nice
thankyou
~haley joy
Comments
Hi I'm also new to the site.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2014-11-19 - 12:15
Hi I'm also new to the site. I've had two grand mal seizures over two and a half years along with migraines and dizzy spells and Lupus for 20 plus years. Last night I was home alone my husband was on a business trip and I woke up at 4am and was totally confused, clammy, had no idea where I was could not focus and my bed looked like I lost the fight. This morning i woke up exhausted with a bad headache, sore neck and shoulder. I always wonder if I have a seizure and no one is home how would I know if I had one? I too had EEG's and they show normal, but both seizures were in the early morning. Have a call in to the neurologist already but just wondering while I wait.
Hey Haley! I am so sorry
Submitted by Jill Wilson on Sat, 2005-10-22 - 18:51
Hey Haley!
I am so sorry about last week! So you had a tonic clonic seizure? I am 27 and have been have them since I was 15 and I know how scary it can be. You totally did the right thing, in my opinion. I dont have auras before mine but I do start shaking like crazy (myoclonic jerks and seizures) and then have one. Do you know what "triggers" yours? Sometimes people have them from sleep deprivation or stress or drinking etc. I have mine during my periods and in the mornings. Those types of situations have happened to me too with being home alone. I think the best thing to do is just go lay down as soon as you feel anything happening with your aura. Try not to be scared to be home alone but definately keep your cell on you so you can call someone asap. I hope you are feeling better. Let me know how you are doing with all that E business....
I'll say a prayer for you.
Jill
Me to. I have that kind to.
Submitted by Erika 123 on Thu, 2018-11-15 - 23:49
Me to. I have that kind to. They're called drop attacks. I've been dizzy and lightheaded all day and had 2 today here by myself