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Speaking just before a seizure?
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 19:59Alrighty, I have a question for anyone that cares to read this. XD
Has anyone tried to talk right before a seizure? Like call out or anything?
Because before my first seizure, I remember waving my hand in front of my face and not seeing them (which totally tripped me out; I eventually figured out my eyes must have kept the last image they saw imprinted on my retinas. Which is kinda cool in a strange way.) and I called out to my friend, or I THOUGHT I did. Haven't had a chance to ask her if she heard or not, though.
My second one was when I was in the basement of my house, and I THOUGHT I screeched for my dad, but apparently some sort of strange mumble came out, but thank God he heard anyway. I could have sworn I yelled.
So, that means my linguistic/vocal centre shut down, right? Has anyone else tried to alert people they were going to have a seizure? Because I need to know if I can manage to get someone's attention before I seize.
By the way, I have grand mal/tonic clonic seizures and my aura lasts about 10 seconds. Starts with heaviness in the limbs, then the sight goes, then I am down and out. Recovery takes about two hours.
Thanks in advance!
-Azari
Re: Speaking just before a seizure?
Submitted by Colorguardchicka on Tue, 2011-07-12 - 00:28
I had absence seizures where you space out for a few seconds but I just had my first grand mal last Wednesday. I was actually at the mall ordering food and I was with my boyfriend. According to him, I was slurring a lot and I was speaking where no one could understand me. To me, however, I thought I was speaking fluent English where everyone could understand me; apparently not. I remember blanking out a lot and then next thing I knew, I was in my boyfriend's lap and the paramedics were evaluating me. According to all that were witnesses, I couldn't answer some of the questions and I was still in and out of it.