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Worried girl with seizures

Sat, 04/20/2019 - 16:36
Hello, for the past two months I've been having almost daily seizures. They are absence seizures and I usually just have muscle twitches, can't talk and just space out. Since my seizures have been coming non-stop, I feel extremely tired, can't focus and so on. Last night, though, I had a seizure(?) where I could talk, sort of think at that moment and all I can remember is that I became aggressive, my limbs felt extremely heavy but at the same time light, since it seemed that I could swing my arms at anything like a noodle. It was the most bizarre feeling since I started laughing and then an insane need to grab at something, pull it or tear it started coming over me. Then the muscle twitches came and I had like this constant impulse of rubbing my face? I am so confused of what happened yesterday night, that it made me wonder if anyone else has experienced this. I also felt extremely nauseous after that. My parents said that when they looked into my eyes it felt like I wasn't there, because of my dilated pupils and blank stare. I'm really not sure what to do, but I will be talking to my doctors about it.

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