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Question

Wed, 11/24/2004 - 11:44
Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults

My 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 EVELYN3213 on Wed, 2004-11-24 - 07:44
AFTER I GET MY SENSES BACK ALL I WANT TO DO IS CRY. IS THIS NORMAL? IT HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME. IF SOMEONE ASKS ME WHAT HAPPENS I TRY TO RESPOND BUT EVERYTHING I CAN DO IS CRY...EVELYN

RE: RE: RE: Question

Submitted by Karolwf on Wed, 2004-11-24 - 11:44
All  I do is cry after I get my senses back too. I cannot comunicate by speaking but all I do is cry. My doctor explained it to me that it is because the seizures are in my temporal lobe of my brain which controls emotions and other things like commuications. I cry not because I am sad or anything -- I just cry. My doctor tells me that it is a good thing to cry because it helps the brain to come back to normal-- if you try to fight it -which I cannot anyway - he tells me it will only increase the post epileptic process - so I just cry- my friends and family understand and then I am back to normal again after I sleep it off. Until the next one occurs. I have about 2 SPS a week and about 1 really good CPS a month or so. Sometimes 2 or 3 months will go by without a CPS because the medication controls it.  SO after all that-- yes it is normal to cry. Tell your family and friends that so they understand and just go ahead and cry.

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