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Question
Wed, 11/24/2004 - 11:44My boy just phoned me and said "what to you think about when you have a seizure?", i told him i'll tell him when i see him in a few weeks. Now i have no idea, does any of you guys know?
Do we think in our seizures?
Comments
RE: RE: Question
Submitted by ashkazz on Thu, 2004-11-18 - 14:55
RE: Question
Submitted by Karolwf on Tue, 2004-11-23 - 09:42
I have Simple Partial and Complex Partial Seizures. When I am having a SPS I usually can function and think a little bit but it increasingly gets distorted depending upon the severity of the seizure. When in a Complex Partial I do not think. There is no awareness of what I am doing or what is happening even if I look like I am functioning to a certain extent. I hardly ever fall down. Sometimes I do but so rarely--I mostly will sit down though and I cry a lot. BUT this is the after effect of the seizure mostly -- No I agree you do not think during a seizure but the degree in which you can think afterwards is individually determined. It usually is distorted thinking and not really normal.
I have Simple Partial and Complex Partial Seizures. When I am having a SPS I usually can function and think a little bit but it increasingly gets distorted depending upon the severity of the seizure. When in a Complex Partial I do not think. There is no awareness of what I am doing or what is happening even if I look like I am functioning to a certain extent. I hardly ever fall down. Sometimes I do but so rarely--I mostly will sit down though and I cry a lot. BUT this is the after effect of the seizure mostly -- No I agree you do not think during a seizure but the degree in which you can think afterwards is individually determined. It usually is distorted thinking and not really normal.
RE: Question
Submitted by Christine on Tue, 2004-11-16 - 09:32
Yes, but it is a "different" reality. I am told that I behave differently, am more sensitive, but my thought processes are still active. For example: my seizures manifest themselves in feelings of extreme primal fear and I will do whatever I have to do to feel "safe." There are certain people I seek out just to have them hold me. I drive to their homes, and am fine doing so, justto be comforted. When it's over, I don't remember a thing.It's an alternate reality.