Epilepsy :: Are These Seizures?
Sep 18, 2013
About 10 years ago I had something that resembled a stroke. I felt really strange that day and thought I needed to dilate my veins, i reasoned a run might help. After running about half a mile half the side of my body tensed or stiffened up; my head locked to one side, my arm curled in, my fingers curled in, the same side's leg stiffened and it was hard to walk. This lasted for something like 4 hours, and since then I've had trouble concentrating on things and the left side of my head/brain feels like numb/inflamed. I went to the ER and they gave me an MRI and said I had a brain cyst.
I always thought it was a stroke and I got some degree of damage, but a recent MRI doesn't show evidence of a stroke (but the pineal cyst is still there). So if it wasn't a stroke then what was it? Does this sound like an asymmetric tonic seizure?
I've had some other incidents that I thought were panic attacks where my vision goes dark, my hearing goes away and have to fight to not black out. Is my pineal cyst causing me seizures? I don't shake though.
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For nearly a year now I have been having these symptoms, which are really starting to affect my life and college work.
Start off first with zoning out of conversations and just not being quite with it.
Then comes loss of consciousness and eyelid fluttering.
Then confusion, wandering round, verbal aggression (not screaming or anything, but apparently I can be quite rude)
Then I come round, just feeling tired.
Altogether (apart from tiredness) this can last anything up to an hour. I don't remember anything of these, and all the information has come from witnesses. I have had an EEG and MRI, which were clear. So why am I still having these?
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I am looking for information. My Mom has been diagnosed with Seizures about 10 - 15yrs. ago. She has been on different medications- currently taking Carbamazepine 500 mg A. M. and 400mg P.M. her doctor is starting her on Depakote with 250 mg twice a day then 500mg twice a day. She also sleep walks and high anxiety.
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My son has been having episodes at school, he explains then as he stares, and he can't hear anything, but he can remember what's happened and he can see and move his hands, he doesn't think he could stand or anything though. He is 10 years old and has recently moved schools, He has only noticed these episodes at his new school for the last few months and he had not experienced one at home until the other day when he said he opened the cupboard and just stared at the cups for a while. He also says he doesn't know when it starts or when it is happening but knows when it has finished that it has happened. He is going in for an EEG in a few days, I am a stressed mother who doesn't like waiting :/ Does this sound similar to any seizures anyone else has had?
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I think I been having seizures, I fall to the ground and start shaking a lot, when I was a child I did have seizure I did faint a lot but that had stop at the age of five, I told my mom because one time my friend was about to call 911, is it possible for me to start having seizures again?
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I've had epilepsy all my life. I find the stress has really brought my seizures on a lot. Relationships has anyone had problems with their seizures in a relationship.
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I have been suggested 500 mg depakote.Very scared of weight gain..
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I am a 27 year old male and about 3 months ago I started having seizures. The first 2 were about 2 months apart and both times! paramedics were called and I was taken to the er. Both these times my heart rate was high around 140 and my oxygen was low. After blood and urine tests I was told my potassium was low and I was given fluids and potassium pills and ativan. After the first seizure I got a ct scan at the er and an eeg and an mri a couple weeks later. My neurologist cannot figure out what could be causing them. After the second seizure I was given keppra in an iv at the er and the put on it daily. After a little more than a week on keppra I broke out in a rash. My doc then put me on trileptal, 300mg twice a day slowly stepping up to 600 mg twice a day. Before I got to the full dosage of the trileptal, two days ago I had another seizure. This time it did not last as long and I did not go to the er. My heart was racing for about 30 minutes after and then I was fine. I go back to the neurologist next week and I would like to try more testing instead of simply throwing medicine at the problem. Any ideas what could be the cause of all this?
I will add that I see a psychiatrist and I am on 20mg of prozac and 30mg of remeron for depression and anxiety. Also, my potassium has been checked in between and even before the seizures and it was always normal. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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I seem to have this seizure type thing only when I am on transport and sun is flashing through the trees.
my senses all disappear, I blackout for about 30-40 seconds then jolt back into reality, I sometimes involuntarily scream when I jolt back because its scary.
I have been tested for epilepsy and have come back clear, is it possible to have only sunlight induced epilepsy.
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I've noticed for years that if I lay down when I feel an aura coming on, no matter how intense it gets, I won't black out & go into a full blown T/C. Usually after a T/C my brain seems to.....how should I say.....reset itself as far as "knowing" how intense the last aura was....with every C/P I have they get more & more intense every time I have one until I would black out from one and end up in a T/C. Strange thing though, I've noticed that everytime I'm sitting or standing after they get so intense, I'd fall and go into one. If I lay down on the floor, after awhile, no matter how intense the C/P (AKA aura as far as I'm concerned) gets, it suddenly goes away after a bit. Anyone else ever notice this? Why could this be? I've tried to ask a handful of Neuros. but they NEVER give me time. Everything is "You have any seizures lately? Let's get a blood level. OK see me in ___ months." And that's pretty much the extent of the visit! They NEVER want to let me ask anything else (I've seen 7 or 8 in my life, so I don't think things are any different anywhere. And I'm not the only one I know who gets this attitude.) Anyone have any idea WHY this "pattern" would happen? Could it be more oxygen getting to the brain? More blood?
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Been on too many different kinds of medication for my seizures from 3yrs to now. Is there any other options besides having surgery to possibly them
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My mom has seizures but the doctors say nothing shows on the test they run.
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I have had what we believe to be seizures for three years now. They vary from short shakes to full blown unconsciousness and full body convulsions. The EEG would cost me over $2,000 USD to have done and I just do not have the money. The seizures started March 16th, 2011 from head trauma sustained at the police department. The fragment of bone has embedded itself into a small part of my brain where if I am touched the wrong way there I will lose consciousness.
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Am I the only one? After having a seizure I can't talk right.
It is as if I have lost the ability to talk, and if I am able to talk, It is very slurred. Finding the right words are hard for me to find For at least an hour after having a seizure. Does anyone else face this problem?
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I was diagnosed with epilepsy about a year ago. I have for the past 3 year had strange eye sight. When i spoke with my neurologist she had never heard of it before. The only way that i can describe it is the vision you get after about 2-3 pints. I have been to the opticians and my eyes are perfectly fine. It is worse when i am outside and can make me feel dizzy and light weighted. Any advise would be appreciated. It makes me not want to go out.
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I have been put on Epilim 1g for the past few months for hemiplegic migraines which is helping massively however I'm only 26 and recently got engaged and would love a glass of wine or two. I asked my neuro and he said it would be fine but I just wanted to know If anyone else drinks alcohol on epilim?
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I was listening to our local radio this morning .it was talking about cannabis oil and its benefits for epilepsy especially epilepsy in kids, it really helps . it also went on to say that the oil in drops helps pain , so i was wondering about you all on here from U.S.A in the states that it is legal have any of you tried this oil . and if so did it help ?
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Been on a mix of Phenytoin & Lamotrigine - Lamotrigine now at max dose (200 mg morning/200mg night) & Phenytoin down to 100 mg a day (50mg morning/50mg night).
Been on this regime for 5 months - but my diet has changed. Appetite low - not eating or hungry like I used to be - but I am putting on weight!
Any suggestion - is Lamotrigine a general side effect for this. If I try to cut down diet etc (ie don't really eat) I feel rotten after a few days!!!
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Almost 2 years ago, my wife started having, with what acts like, Mini Strokes. She has had over 60 of these events with varying severity. Sometimes she has quick recovery, sometimes it takes days.
Loss of movement is always on her left, her eating is affected, her left eye, left face drooping, left arm, left leg. Just like a TIA, this can affect her for a short time and mostly resolve itself within a couple hours or take days to resolve. CT Scans show nothing and stroke doctor says they are not strokes. Our neurologist says she is not an epileptic per some tests she did. Her blood tests show no STDs. She does not have Celiacs disease either.
She does have several health conditions but the doctors are stumped.
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im getting frustrated because i have these seizures and when i go to hospital all i get is tests. after that i get appointment after appointment
and referrals. but still the seizures keep going on and no solutions.
my husband has put numerous complaints in and get more appointments.
this has gone on for quite some time. i stopped breathing twice during the seizures and was in hospital for 5 hours unconscious and on razapan all that time. so i need to get this sorted as soon as i can. the paramedics that took me to hospital thought i had epilepsy but consultants assumed different
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I recently had an EEG because of sensory symptoms, auras and smelling strange smells. The test came back abnormal but did not record any seizures. Would it have showed a seizure even if I did not know I had one? Or are the auras and smells themselves considered seizures?
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