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petit-mal to grand-mal????complex? WHAT IS IT
Wed, 11/17/2004 - 23:39hi all .. i am knew to the site. i am a nursing student so i should know what is going on with myself, but i do not. For 9 mo. i have been having these brain tingles that last for 10-60 sec. first let me explain these odd tingles,,,the tingles are in my brain, all over and last for a few sec. to a min., they are light feeling with more intense feeling as they go, then feel as if they are getting smaller in my brain until it ends.. odd. i have gone for a week without one but as many as 10 in a day. i have NOT seen a dr yet.. the last 2 mo. have been worse, more migraines, more intese brain tingles, sometimes i get real sweaty. i have had 2 today...i hit a car today in the drive threw. then later i had one while watching tv and think i went out??? i had to hold on and felt my body tense up and i then came back to reality, sort of. i always get confused after and before. my husband came home and saw my lip was swollen, well my whole mouth was bitten up, (tongue, cheeks, bottom lip). COULD I HAVE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND NOT KNOW IT???? please someone write back on this, i am so very upsest and scared. thanks for all your time.
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RE: RE: RE: petit-mal to grand-mal????complex? WHAT IS IT
Submitted by Abbey on Sun, 2004-11-14 - 17:35
When I first saw my neurologist, they put me on medication immediately, but I actually don't remember if I had the MRI first. I don't seem to have any side effects, so I like that about the dilantin. I am having complex-partial and tonic-clonic seizures when I have them. The dilantin doesn't prevent the one seizure a year, but I am not always the best about taking it at exactly the same time, and getting enough sleep, etc. this stuff certainly correlates with the times I have seizures. THe thing is, my neurologist has talked about the prevention of seizures as correlated to how much you will continue to have them, which is why he initially put me on meds so fast, and January is far away! I understand the lack of insurance though, it's a real problem.
RE: RE: petit-mal to grand-mal????complex? WHAT IS IT
Submitted by Clunk1234567 on Sun, 2004-11-14 - 17:27
Take it from me, you wont know every seizure that has hit you, sometimes it's the memory loss caused by the seizure it self. Absences without an aura require external evidence, like someone telling you, or things like a ten minute bus journey that took two minutes, or the person sitting next to you went "poof" into thin air.
RE: RE: petit-mal to grand-mal????complex? WHAT IS IT
Submitted by beautimouslove on Sun, 2004-11-14 - 17:22
did the dr say what type of seizure that u are having? how do you like the med? delantin does not prevent the one seiz a year? did u have more than one funny feeling a day? thanks for writing.
i will go to the dr in jan, when my ins kick in... but i am going to call a neuro and see what she/he can do until i have ins. maybe she/he can see me and give meds until i have ins then she/he can run all the tests. who knows, the dr might not want to wait on test. mri is a very important test.
thanks again
did the dr say what type of seizure that u are having? how do you like the med? delantin does not prevent the one seiz a year? did u have more than one funny feeling a day? thanks for writing.
i will go to the dr in jan, when my ins kick in... but i am going to call a neuro and see what she/he can do until i have ins. maybe she/he can see me and give meds until i have ins then she/he can run all the tests. who knows, the dr might not want to wait on test. mri is a very important test.
thanks again