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Do your seizure symptoms change?

Mon, 03/19/2018 - 22:13
I am a 39 year old female, diagnosed with frontal lobe partial complex seizures and petite mal seizure when I was about 14 or 15 years old. The symptoms and stages from start to finish to the after effects have morphed and changed over the years. Most of my life I was put on seizure meds such as dilantin, and I forgot the name of the one I was on when I was pregnant, however, they never completely stopped them. Until one day my psychiatrist gave me colozopam to try for my anxiety. To my surprise my seizures disappeared. For the last 5 years, I have been having bizarre flare ups if you will, concerning the hell out of me. Severe fatigue, dizziness, blurriness, headaches, swollen hands, sometime feet, as of late, i loose feeling in my arms in my sleep, they tingle when I lay down, my left arm is having constant spasms for 3 weeks and I've had episodes of feeling like i'm gonna pass out, but NOTHING Feels seizure like from my past experiences. HOWEVER, I have noticed the last week I'm getting a funky taste in my throat again that takes me back to when they were a precursor to when I had full blown seizures. Has ANYONE had non-typical symptoms like this as a result of neurological issues. BTW, I have had no brain traumas or tumors.

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