Epilepsy

[spiketail94]

I have epilepsy and have had over 85 generalised seizures in 7 years. I have a question for anyone else with epilepsy. Have you ever felt a thin, sharp stabbing pain in your head that lasts for a few seconds/minutes at a time? It literally feels like you've been stabbed by a food skewer. My aunt and I get them all the time and I want to know if anyone else gets them too.

[agent254422]

@spiketail94 I have but only once, it was like 4 years ago

[Gracchi]

Can the religious tell the difference between skeptical inquiry and religious persecution?

[Gracchi]

Sacred Disease,in ancient timers, many famous ppl had it, alexander, ceaser,mohamed plus many others.

[deensx7]

@Gracchi Mohamed? & what's your reference for that, your epileptic brain?

[Gracchi]

@deensx7 temporal lobe epilepsy,look it up.

[qwerty123456461]

@Gracchi We dont need to look it up ,, we know that u retard

[kiani584]

its really informative lecture but 1 thing i want 2 mention tht 1 more reason of epilepsy is a person who awake in sleep when he is unconcecious me and my cousin have a same problem

[PowderedToastGirl]

@kiani584 I don't understand that. What do you mean?

[kiani584]

@PowderedToastGirl dear i have a problem tht i wake up in sleep at night and doing unusual things which later my family members told me when i was unconcious i also have epilepsy so i think there is a link betwen tht desease and tht which i mention wht happened with me at night

[TheNinjagrl101]

I have had epilepsy and siezures my entire life. I think that if I hadnt been diagnosed with it and I hadnt known I had it, I would have come to overcome this. This "disiease is depressing. But if you look up, " Famous people with epilepsy," you will not BELIEVE which people pop up!!Be proud to have epilepsy. Wear it like a crown. And fight it. And I thank Dr. Resnick. THANK YOU!!!

[tequendamachibcha69]

I got them all - and Tegretol destroyed my kidneys so i do not urinate in my bed in the middle of the night no more-!

[deckiea]

Is there anywhere else this is accessible? It seems to have been taken down before I got the opportunity to view it.

[shayneFarmer]

Hmm I am someone with a nasty form of epilepy... I am debating on too much Caffeine or too much masterbation as a possible trigger... Both seem to be variables.

[shayneFarmer]

Hmm I am someone with a nasty form of epilepy... I am debating on too much Caffeine or too much masterbation as a possible trigger... Both seem to be variables.

[helena3210]

I got epilepsy, it's not funny...

[artpeacemaster]

I have epilepsy and I am like any other normal girl. had it since I was 3, I'm 18 now. my seizures are going down, and I'm having less now. which I am really happy about. I never actually feel, hear or see anything when I have a seizure, but after waking up, I feel confused and tired, and all I do is sleep. After that I am back to being a normal person. people with epilepsy are not crazy, not stupid, and not contagious.

[man1in2a3box]

@JustinGray70 epilepsy is for disease ridden scumbags

[JustinGray70]

I resent the opening outline classifying epilepsy as "the sacred disease", I am epileptic caused by a birth defect, not a disease, unlike the title mistakenly posts It cannot be transmitted, nor is it viral; the primary speaker needs some patient interaction.

[NSDFbyTerrificTonya]

Dr Lowenstein brings a complete knowledge of Epilepsy, to the best of his ability, to his viewers. I deeply appreciate the vast knowledge shared in this video . As a seizure patient and caregiver of seizure patients and leader of many support systems, I appreciate his matter of fact way of teaching on this subject. Kudos to Dr Lowenstein and UCTelevision for bringing this video to the public.

[cutie1360]

Somehow I find this offensive because I have epilepsy and you saying it's a disease when in fact only a small percentage get it from genetics, injury, and even a much more small percentage of infections. It is not some devil spirit as what some sociopaths may believe but when you have it yourself and people look at you like your crazy you have gone way to far.

[JustinGray70]

@cutie1360 me too ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I was so offended just by the title !

[flowewritharoma]

These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.

[anold130]

There is No Law on this criminal behavior. It could be your family, friends, workmates any body can get a taste of your blood to make them healthy and fit and instead make you weak. This criminal behavior is practiced by anyone around the world.

[anold130]

Did you know epilepsy can be caused by two ways believe it or not if you feel itchy you are drained in broad daylight with strangers by injecting you a piece of thread impossible to see by the naked eye draining until you become weak and soon after a while or years experiencing that ongoing itch you become epileptic. Epilepsy is caused by practical ways of making the person sick instead of being born with it. It can be a blood draining thread or a pill be taken to make you sick by your doctor.

[spiketail94]

I personally think the title "sacred disease" is a very clever name considering all the stigma surrounding it in early times (eg. people who got visions claimed they were of religious significance or some sufferers of epilepsy were killed for being witches or harbouring demons).

I was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy approx 5 years ago. I still get tonic clonic seizures every 2 - 4 months and frequently suffer from absences and headaches.

[giufriBG]

this is a really awesome class,mine allthough is nothing like this

[Quantumness]

@MyTemporalLobe Same here- Bipolar and complex partial TLE. Hope you're doing ok.

[ethrps1977]

Cannot gain enough knowledge about epilepsy.

[satyak82]

Thanks for the lecture !!!!!!

[Ferozislam123]

do people with Epilepsy look different apperance wise?

[24SexyKitten]

@Ferozislam123 No, i have epilepsy, and i'm as cute as anyone else :D

[crazybaseballdude12]

@Ferozislam123

no. i have epilepsy and i'm no different from anyone else. in fact, none of my friends knew i had it until i told them!

a fact that may shock you is that elton john, hugo weaving, and prince are among the many famous people who have it.

[HOGCxGWHF98]

wow ... being a doctor isn't easy :/

[giufriBG]

@HOGCxGWHF98 this is a doctor and at the same time a brain surgent and it really isn't easy from what i saw..just imagine how much they pay them for this,thease are the people who keep us alive!

[braind0wn]

I've generalized epilepsy

[braind0wn]

I've generalized epilepsy

[TheDarkNobleOne]

HOLY SHIT IT'S ALMOST 1 AND 1/2 HOUR LONG!!!

[gkinder1978]

How about you moronic muther f@@@ers make the UC television search GUI a bit easier to use. I have spent the past 2 hours trying to find the Epilepsy YouTube on my televion so give it a shot

[ayshazen]

Fantastic lecture!

[ayshazen]

Fantastic lecture!

[evangrogers]

This is like, EVERYTHING I wanted to know about epilepsy. I kept looking up "what is epilepsy" and it just says "when people have seizures" ...

... HERR DERR!!!

Good stuff guys, thanks for the video!

[iKAT13x]

Im 14 years old and my dad has epilepsy. My mum and him have broken up and he lives alone. I take care of my dad when he has seizures and i have done from a very young age. I hate it when people pretend to have fits as i find it as if they are mocking my dads illness. I feel my dad is the best dad in the world and i am proud of him for trying his best to take care of me.

[afrikanbadboy]

@iKAT13x

i feel the pain i feel you

ii have had 3 seizures 3 dayyyyyyyyyyyys agooooooooooooooooo

i take dilantin and lamotrigine

i now smoke weed which is my medicine

i have had 14 seizures in 3 years

i feel ya

dont worry GOD CAN MAKE IT HARDER IF HE WILLS SO BE GREATFUL

I AM GREATFUL

[iKAT13x]

@afrikanbadboy Aw sorry mate *hugs* I wish there was a safe cure for it. And im very grateful in fact im extremely grateful and proud of my dad, he has went through so much probably like you and when my nan died (his mum) He was having 2-4 seizures a day it was frightening but i stood by him,one time he had this really scary one on the street and started saying to me "Who are you your not my daughter." I cried as i was so young and he ran away it was a really long lasting fit but yeah... :(

[duvexy]

I have epilepsy and it is horrible. I have no pain when I have the seizures, but when I become concious it is painful and I am tired and confused. I wish they would find a cure for epilepsy.

[pascacior]

great video, great presentation

[kethera]

This video was very helpful to watch. I am just starting my journey to understand epilepsy as it relates to my own child and my current neurologist does not seem to have the time or patience to really sit down and go over these details, like those I have learned from watching Dr. Lowenstein's lecture.

[SamiBebe2]

I have had all of these seizures. I cannot believe no one has ever been alarmed about this with me.

I finally began anti-seizure meds after 42 years.

[wnmhgb09]

Thank you for this video. I have Tonic Clonic aka Grand Mal seizures. I have been seizure free for a few years now. I go to Bob Jones University and more and more people ask me about Epilepsy. While I know some genrals things about it, this video helps me to better explaim it to those who ask me about Epilepsy. After watching te video, I now know what my parents go through when I have a seizure.

[iKAT13x]

@wnmhgb09 My dad has grand mal its horrible isnt it. Im really happy as well because now i can have a better understanding of how to help my dad. :) And i hope you stay seizure free for ever :D

[jarpasmannen]

longest vid on youtube huh!

[potccrazy]

Thank you so much for posting this, I had seizures when I was younger and never understood what was going on, and since I was little my mom and the doctor talked about it without including me ( I probably would have understood, I wasn't stupid).

Anyway, your lecture helped calm some of my worries and make me feel a little better about what happens when I feel them coming.

[Thesolve]

Very interesting! But I miss the points of "side effects" he mentioned. The doctor said to me, it would "isolate some regions " of the brain to prevent seizures. But is it also isolating other important waves of the brain?

[tommyboy2493]

long no attn

[Brainskipp]

After seeing myself go through the physical part of it I think its important to know the differences between seizures. I have come close to death many times in clusters of grand mals and it is extremely brutal to see for all around, and when I cluster it goes on for days sometimes. The tape lasted six hours just going in and out till it ran out.

Freaky to see your self with eyes open and never remember a bit of it. Then babel on for days or weeks even a month or more before I remember my name.

[PossiblyDamned]

I'm disappointed. Especially since he called this "Sacred disease" as a missleading theme. He didn't touch upon what the epileptic is experiencing under the different siezures. I am epileptic and I personally find it much more important to talk about the bizzar visions, feelings and all around experiences in the siezures than to talk about how the brain is physically effected and how to cure this "disease". He should have chosen another theme so that I wouldn't have to waste time watching this.

[mkeklpse]

I myself have epilepsy, and I can understand what you're saying. There's a lot of "clinical" information out there, but a lot of people don't really understand it. This lecture is put in terms that almost everyone can understand. I think the both of us can agree that if more people really understood our disorder it would make things much more "pleasant". Oh, and if you listen, he got the name of his lecture from a phrase coined by a Greek philosopher talking about epilepsy. ;~)

[PossiblyDamned]

This guy only mentions the physical effects, how to recognize and cure them. I dont find this information useful. I hope the most of the research on epilepsy is evolving the effects in the mind, not the brain. If not, their wasting time. Understanding what Epilepsy actually is is more important than understanding how to cure it. The weirdlooking physical acts some goes through in seizures has little importance IMO. The bizzar visions and feelings going on in the mind are what really matters.

[RiftRaft123]

? what visions are you talking about. Only thing that happens to me is I have a seizure and everything looks cloudy and dreamy. I can still see parts of it in my head like what I do but not clearly. But I don't have "bizzar visions"

[PossiblyDamned]

Well epilepsy is different for everyone. But my seizures more or less touched on the subjects on what reality is. One kind of seizure I have had several times was where I felt split between two realities at the same time, when I closed my eyes I was in one reality and when I opened my eyes I was in another, and I could feel both realities at the same time all through the episode. I got this seizure when I was asleep and even long after I had woken up I would still half be in the dream.

[RiftRaft123]

how can he talk about that if he doesn't have your type of seizures? I don't even think this guy has epilepsy.

[PersimmonOX]

PossiblyDamned, has it skipped your mind that this is a neurologist speaking to first year medical students? What they most need to know at this point is how seiz. look and what is going on in the brain so that they can relate it to everything else they have learned. The deeper understanding they will get as more experienced students and hopefully become interested specialists. The understanding of the brain and the cure for epilepsy goes hand in hand b/c epilepsy is a dysfunction in the brain.

[PossiblyDamned]

Yes it has skipped my notice. Not that it matters. My problem with this was the titel simply because it was missleading and missplaced. Sacred disease is the wrong titel to give it if you are not talking about how epilepsy is touching the subjects of consciousness connection and spirituality.

[PersimmonOX]

PossiblyD., I admit I don't get your point. The title is put in inverted commas, suggesting irony. There is nothing sacred about e. Yet you seem to think that if this disorder is viewed from the mind's side or spiritually, "sacred" can be applied to it. Since that isn't true to everybody with e., one has to look at it individually and assess the whole person and see if it's the nature of the seiz. that make it "sacred" for this person. In a lecture on e. in general it would only be confusing :-)

[PossiblyDamned]

I'm not saying that Epilepsy is sacred. Something's gone wrong in the brain true, the question is what. What has "gone wrong" since some epileptics experience seizures that are familiar to spiritual experiences or right out psychic phenomina and seem unable to control them? When a doctor names his lecture Sacred disease, no matter if it's in irony or not, I still expect him to touch on these subjects. I have no use for the information he gave. But no matter.

[hogsonquads]

Harvard sucks dick!!!

[hagenest]

This is the best informative piece of information I have every seen. Thank you so much for the excellent presentation. My daughter has had epilepsy for over 10 years and is about to have surgery. Dr. Lowenstein, you have cleared up so many of my questions.

[reizvan4ever]

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[Brainskipp]

I just wanted to say thanks Dr. Lowenstein for your dedication to explaining these things in a mannor the average person can understand.

[drescorpio1114]

That's My Doctor! lol He's been my doc for 10 years and he's good.

[safdarzabeth]

It was an excellent presantation.

It gave a very clear concept of different types of epilepsy.

[mneumeyer]

Thank you for your dedication to helping people with epilepsy. Learning about the disease I have to live with is invaluable and this video makes things unbelievably clear and interesting. Thank you!

[jgjghgh]

Very interesting.

[shu123321]

thanx...nice lecture:)

[Booboo85]

thank you tremendously!

[s6d6j6]

the first video iv ever seen on youtube that is 86 MINUTES LONG!!!

[JorJackie]

very educational, thank you!

[shiralevy]

Can this be used to cure all types of madness and would psychopaths also benefit as well as epileptic mad people.

[karalyeva1985]

People with epilepsy are not crazy. This is actually still a really common misconception. Seizures happen when there are localized neuronal misfirings, and when people come out of seizures they are perfectly fine. It's not like they need to be institutionalized or anything. People with epilepsy, when not having seizures, are, normally, just as functional as someone without.

[qazwsx22]

I have epilepsy and have had it my whole life, but I just recently had a general seizure. Its triggered by deep cognation and now I cant feel emotion, its terrible

[convspro]

oh my god

no emotion?

[MySeizures]

Thank you for your dedication, commitment & time to help out Epilepsy victims.

WE NEED TO CONTROL THIS MENACE.

Keep up the great job.

Gerrie

[broud13]

This is a wonderful video. I have learned alot for my paper research paper. I wouldn't understand the types of seizures if he didn't explained through acting.

Thankyou

Allout