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Would these be 'seizures'?
Thu, 06/07/2018 - 15:13Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
Hello everyone.
For the past few weeks I've been having these.. episodes. I don't know to call them seizures yet. Basically, I'll get a little dizzy and then my vision will start to go black and fuzzy. It almost, like, pixelates when it goes black. Sometimes my hands get really tingly like pins and needles. I have to sit/lay down or I fall over. Would these be considered seizures?
One problem with determining
Submitted by Amy Jo on Fri, 2018-06-08 - 01:12
One problem with determining if something is a seizure is that seizures can look like something else or something else can be mistaken for a seizure sometimes. This is definitely a time to get checked out by your doc so your doc can run through checks to eliminate other issues... Okay, another problem with seizure diagnosis is that there’s no simple test that always includes epilepsy so it isn’t like many other conditions. If your doc ignores your symptoms, see a new doc!