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Episodes and my first seizure

Wed, 01/10/2018 - 23:35
I had my first grand mal seizure on December 16. My husband woke up to me having it and called an ambulance. All scans and mri came back clear. Eeg scheduled for Friday. I have no family history of epilepsy, and no head trauma. Perfectly healthy 24 yr old in other respects! I am on no medications. My main question in this is about my other “episodes” that I’ve had for 3 years now. I am conscious during them. They started out as heart palpitations, and have gotten increasingly worse and more frequent. They started also including dizziness, the feeling of falling, intense loudness, everything speeding up, tightness in my chest, and a difficulty to function through the attack. I can speak, but it is difficult. I usually need to sit down. They only last 8-10 seconds, but can happen 4-5 times daily. I usually have at least one daily, with a rare day of none. I am a worrier by nature, and have been told they sound like panic attacks. But I have a hard time believing there is no connection between them and my grand mal seizure, since I have no other health problems. Does anyone have any thoughts about this? I will be speaking with my neurologist more about this after the EEG, hopefully.

Comments

These also include a buzzing

Submitted by theworleygirlie on Wed, 2018-01-10 - 23:36
These also include a buzzing feeling sometimes, or tingling in my face. 

I have the same situation, no

Submitted by wondering boy 94 on Sun, 2018-01-14 - 08:07
I have the same situation, no family history and all that but mine started when i was 12 and for about maybe 2 years the doctors didn't know what was happening i just blackout and next thing i know i wake up with blood on my shirt and am in pain without knowing why. I have been changing medications for many years now trying to find the right one. I have had all sorts of dumb tests and still they don't know how it came about only until abour 3 years ago the doctors got me a good medications but it has many bad side affects this troubles me everyday.

Sometime a heart condition

Submitted by ty.w.10 on Sun, 2018-01-28 - 07:42
Sometime a heart condition can actually cause seizures. You should probably mention it to your doctor and they may so some tests to test how your heart is functioning. Also even if the EEG comes back as normal it can still be diagnosed as epilepsy

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