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im 18 just had my first seizures last week
Sun, 05/24/2009 - 19:25Topic: Teen Zone
so im 18 i live in a small town in idaho. and last saturday i think it was the 16th of may i spent the nite at a friends house. when i woke up i was on the floor i felt funny so i got up and fell casue i was weak so i went to the bathroom and fell in there. i was confused so i drove to my parents house and my mom told me to go the er so i went and they thought i had spinal meningitis. it came back neg. and then on sunday i woke up to having oxygen on my face and my mom next to me i asked for her after i had another seizure 4am and i had no clue what was happining and on wednesday i had an eeg and this tuesday i find out what it is. but it does not run in my family. i also bit my tounge so bad it was black dark black i had to take my tounge ring out
Re: im 18 just had my first seizures last week
Submitted by phylisfjohnson on Mon, 2011-06-20 - 11:14
jc-32 is right. Keeping a journal of how you sleep, what you eat, daily activities (and stresses) might help discover your triggers. Also note how you feel before a seizure, during it, the duration of the seizure how you feel afterwards. Anything that results in a sudden lack of oxygen or a reduction in blood flow to the brain can cause a seizure. (The brain needs a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients to function). And if your EEG comes out negative, don't be discouraged. I know of people who have had 5 EEGs, only to be properly diagnosed when they finally had Video EEG Monitoring. Basically,an EEG is used by a neurologist to determine whether there are any irregular electrical activities occurring in the brain which may produce seizures. It can help identify the location, severity, and type of seizure disorder. An abnormal EEG does not diagnose epilepsy nor does a normal EEG reading exclude it. If you want to pursue further diagnostic testing, you might consider a Video EEG Monitoring which allows prolonged simultaneous recording of your patient’s behavior and the EEG. Seeing EEG and video data at the same time, permits precise correlation between seizure activity in the brain and the behavior during seizures. Video-EEG can be vital in the diagnosis of epilepsy and epileptic seizures. It allows the doctor to determine: Whether events with unusual features are epileptic seizures…The type of epileptic seizure, and…The region of the brain from which the seizures arise. Good luck and welcome to the forum. You've landed in a good place of friendly people who truly try to help one another, plus a site of endless information. (Remember, knowledge is power!) If you start clicking the orange bars to the left, you'll learn a lot about epilepsy, types, symptoms, and resources. Phylis Feiner Johnson www.epilepsytalk.com P.S. Epilepsy is rarely hereditary.