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Curious/Scared

Mon, 12/14/2015 - 16:54
Hey, my name is Daniella and I'm 22yrs old. I've been having seizures since I was 15 and I was diagnosed with Grand-Mal seizures at 18. Recently my seizures have been really different from my grand-mal ones I'm not quite sure what they could be and neither does my doctor. My legs shake and my hands and arms are clinched together which never happened, my legs were shaking more than my arms and my head was shaking uncontrollably (my boyfriend says). I didn't lose consciousness which I usually do. He said my eyes were wide open and every time he'd try to rub my back or my arms to talk to me that I would back away from him like I didn't know him...I'm more nervous because I just had a baby 1month ago and I was perfectly fine throughout my pregnancy, but every time I had a baby(I have 3) after I would seize the first 3 months at least 4-8xs a month and today I had 6 small ones unlike my normal. I've also asked my obgyn and neurologist for my uterus to be taken out and they don't think it's right because I'm so young..I believe my hormones are seizure related and I would like to prevent them as much as possible..any suggestions or positive thoughts?

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