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Mon, 06/02/2014 - 16:56Topic: Women With Epilepsy
Hey ladies I'm new to this website even though I've had epilepsy for 13 years. I have tonic clonic seizures as well as simple partial seizures. I also have auras and deja vu.
I have started losing time though. I can't figure out if I am just zoning out or having seizures. I can lose up to 5 min (a guess) at a time. I realize all of a sudden that I haven't been doing anything. Usually it doesn't happen where anyone can see so I don't know what it looks like. I know I haven't been thinking about anything while I'm "gone". I plan on asking my neurologist when I go see him. I just wanted some other opinions. It has gotten a bit dangerous b/c I just ruined a pan by having this happen while cooking.
Thanks for taking the time to read and any insights you can give me.
Comments
Could be Absence seizures.
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2014-06-02 - 19:22
Could be Absence seizures. Make and appoument. good luck
Hi, this sounds like me. I
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2014-06-16 - 13:26
Hi, this sounds like me. I was watching a movie the other night and felt like i was being taken away. I used the magnet and called out to my family im havivg a seizure. My son came in to check that I was using the manget and asked if I was getting better. A headache started and began to get stronger. This tells me I had a seizure. I took tylenol and after 3 doses the headace was totally gone. I still took adivan to sleep for the whole night. I usually take a nap after a seizure.
ive had seizures for over 20 yrs. Being independent is hard to give up but if I dont wan my family to worry about me I have to adjust, one is not cooking unless some is home. My seizures can be really weird, I might get undress or try to leave. Not that this happens regularly, but I never know when the next one is coming and what could happen.
While I am not a lady I do
Submitted by just_joe on Mon, 2014-06-02 - 18:06
While I am not a lady I do believe you might be having seizures. You might want to look up absence seizures and read about them. When I was in school I was writen up for day dreaming when in reality those were seizures. When you see your neurologist ask him what type of epilepsy you have abd what kind of seizures you might have. Just because you have only had I have tonic clonic seizures as well as simple partial seizures, auras and deja vu. dose not mean you can't have other seizures. I just ruined a pan by having this happen while cooking. If your dosages have not been raised or lowered recently you might question him if these are new issues. I hope this helps. Joe.