Epileptic death

I'm sorry to hear about the death of your cousin who was only diagnosed three years ago.  She didn't get much time to get it all under control.  Of course I cannot say what she went through those last moments.  But I can say that more than twenty years ago when I went through more  of those stronger seizures (generalized tonic clonic) I didn't recall any of the suffering during my seizures.  My family were the ones to suffer watching me go through these events.  My pain and suffering only began many minutes or even an hour after the seizures.  Hopefully your cousin was unaware of her last minutes.  The epilepsy foundation has much more good information on Sudden Unexpected Death in EPilepsy or SUDEP www.epilepsy.com/learn/early-death-and-sudep/sudep

Greatly Appreciated Michael, God bless you!

Sorry for your loss.  It may be hard on you to try it get answers, But it is also hard for some people to try and give them to you.1. That would depend on the type of seizure she had. But her seizures reds like she had a generalized tonic clonic (grand mal) I have been in them and I know that the person in them knows nothing about the seizure and they feel nothing. My first known seizure was a grand mal in which I knew nothing about or what I had done. I do remember getting off the bus and putting a few things in my locker and started to go to the area we gathered in before school. The next thing I remember was saying hi to the seniors and coaches as they carried me thru the nurses office and put me on the bed. It took time and lots of questions to get answers but from the start to when I was put on the bed was a little over an hour. I do not remember talking to friends or getting my arms inside my jacket because I said I was cold. I do not remember climbing on top of 2 benches stacked on each other or standing on top of them. I know nothing about pulling my head inside of my jacket and falling face first on the asphalt basketball court.  I got the information from friends and other students.2. regaining normalcy ---- I do believe that could be the post ictal state which doesn't start until after the seizure is over. Before the name post ictal I called that time the get back to normal period.3. I can not say much about this. But if she knows God then I believe she is in a far better place now.Many things have changed in the 50+ years I have been dealing with my epilepsy. If you have questions you can put them here. You or anyone can also call the 24/7 help line for answers. That number is 1-80-332-1000