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Could this have been a seizure?
Tue, 05/01/2018 - 15:30Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
I was driving home from work about three weeks ago, I was fine driving until I got closer to my town which is about forty minutes from my work. I wasn't tired during most of the drive. The fatigue was so bad that I could hardly keep my eyes open. Also during work I kept smelling things that weren't there. I made it through my town to my road to go to my house, which is about three miles outside, and the fatigue kept getting worse. Then the last thing I remember was driving past my neighbor's house, which was some where around 7:30am, and that's all I remember from then. When I woke up it was 30 minutes later, and I don't know how I got in my driveway without wrecking my car. I was very disoriented and lightheaded in a way. My body also felt odd in a way that I can't seem to describe. When I got out of my car to stand I was a little wobbly and had to hold on to my car until I felt safe to walk to the porch and go up steps to go inside. I guess could have been something else maybe. I don't know.
Those are certainly some of
Submitted by Aaron_ on Fri, 2018-05-18 - 10:20
Those are certainly some of the same effects having a sz does do me; an odd smell like burning electricity, memory loss, fatigue, disorientation, etc. I would certainly bring it up to your doctor at your next visit, I was in denial or at least confused about what was going on until someone made me see a doctor, and a sz was recorded during an EEG.