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Diffrent

Sat, 08/19/2017 - 09:42
Hi I'm Krishelle I suffer from epilepsy. I have been since I was 1.5yrs old and I'm almost 21 in a few days. In October I went to the hospital to have a EEG done for a week. The test results came back and showed I have 3 diffrent things going on with my body. 1. False seizure-My body goes numb and I feel a tingle in my body everywhere. I can't touch anything, have anything in my mouth, and no one can touch me or the feeling will get stronger and worse. 2. Black out (Panic attack)-if I'm at home for example and watching tv or eating when I black out the next thing I know I'm in bed sleeping 3.grandmals-I tense up, shake, sometimes quit breathing, get a bloody nose, and scratches and bruises. Before this in 2013 my Dr did surgery on me and put a implant called a VNS in my chest. It hurts when it turns on and when the Dr ups the level it hurts ur throat. But after a while you get use to it. It turns on on it's own when it senses a seizure your voice will change because there is a wire attached to your vocal cord so for me my voice gets quiet and it already is. But daily I have the false seizures, I black out every other week, and I have 2 or 3 grandmals a month

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