Epileptic Seizure

This is a video of me having a partial seizure. I am 21 years old and have suffered from epilepsy since I was 5. However, this is the first of my seizures that I was ever able to see. When I was younger, I would always wake up after a seizure and ask what happened, my parents, doctors, teacher, and friends would never tell me much more that "You just had a little trouble." Senior year of high school I finally got my seizures under control with the help of a VNS stimulator and medication. For 2 ½ years I was seizure free until my junior year of college when I started to have cluster breakthrough seizures. My roommate (the one who filmed my seizure for me) started to describe to me what actually happened during my seizures; it was then that I asked him to film me. He has been there for me through some of my most serious seizures and I trust him with my life. If the title is offensive to anyone I am sorry but I found that the best way to keep my friends and others around me from "Freaking Out" and calling for an ambulance every time is to show them that I am comfortable with myself and the condition that I suffer from. In college this might mean making a little joke about yourself.
Thanks
-Eric

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[Dave301978]

Eric,

I just wanted to take this time to say thank you for posting this video of yourself so people could actually see what a seizure looks like. I've had to save my fellow volunteer a few times while she was having a seizure. To be honest it was scary to see her go through this. To bad those seizures of yours though were gone forever instead of at the most 2 1/2 years.

-Dave

[ripetomatoes]

i feel bad for laughing at the expression you made. :/

[ilikeslade]

This is fascinating! My seizures are fairly similar to yours, I have always wanted to see what I look like. I want someone to film me too now!

Yes, it's a serious issue etc etc but when you live with it you have to have a level of humour to help accept it's there.

[soberloki]

Awesome, thanks for posting this and having a sense of humour about life and all. Hope you get a break from seizures again.

[DrJackSWEE]

:/

[gabbis]

Feeling weenie @1:36...

[derick692]

@yugt100 obviously that should have been spelt wrongly ya fcuking arse!!!!!!!!!!!!

[derick692]

@yugt100 you are a 100% fcuking dick!!!!!!!! and that was ment to be spent wrongly ya fcuking arse!!!!!!!! i hope you have someone in your family who has a seziour see how funny it is then ya fcuking dick

[famileri]

I once knew an epileptic bartender he use to mix the best drinks.

[jakstamike13]

@ripetomatoes ur the biggest mug going my mum has epilepsy , twat

[MrCruiseBlackorby]

Were you watching Denno Senshi Porygon?

[yugt100]

What to do when epileptic starts when you bathing, get your dirty clothes in and add some soup