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Unusual behavior(Need a mature mind for this one)

Wed, 09/21/2016 - 15:12
So I've been friends with this girl for over 13 years and she has epilepsy. I've been there for many of her seizures, but this last one was different. The seizure was all the usual, but it's what she did afterwards that was strange. So she came out of the seizure and I helped her up into a chair. Usually she tries to get up and start cleaning, but this time she started tugging at the waist of my pants. I figured she was trying to pull herself up and didn't have the strength to stand. But then she tried reaching inside. Needless to say I stopped her and pulled away. She's never done anything like thatin the 13 years of seizures I've been around with her and we are just friends, always have been. I can't find any answers elsewhere on the Internet and she doesn't remember doing it. Please try to help me and her understand this. She's too embarrassed to ask her doctor.

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Each persons seizures are

Submitted by just_joe on Thu, 2016-09-22 - 11:44
Each persons seizures are different. They may be the same type but they are different. If she doesn't remember it happening then she may still have been in the seizure. Yes it happens. As people change their seizures at times change.She's too embarrassed to ask her doctor.<<< She needs to talk to her neurologist who can tell you and her more about what happened. It might be good for you to be there too. Because the neurologist can gain information from what you tell them. My other half goes to my visits and yes the neurologists ask him questions. The answers the neurologist get for those around the person having the seizure gives them information. When Doc asked mine what I was like when I had a seizure the answer was " A little dippier then he is now. But then the neurologists knew that. But some of the things Doc heard made him think of a couple of other things and a dosage change was made. Another time Doc added another medication. Both of those things worked at reducing the number of my seizures. They also shortened the time in them.She needs to discuss  the number of seizures with her neurologist and the things happening in them or right after them to help her get the number reduced and control her post ictal time to a short time. Today I can have a seizure that lasts a few seconds and you would know nothing about them. I hope this helps and she gets the assistance she needsJoe

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