Understanding Generalized Seizures (Epilepsy #4)

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[TuckmanJiggityJones]

Really the worst part about having epilepsy is waking up with the bloody tongue, the aches... trying to stand when your legs refuse to support you.

And worse still is waking up on the curb outside a 7-Eleven with a cop shining a flashlight in your face.

"How many drinks have you had tonight?"

"Egh... none you idiot..." I really get sick of having to explain it to people. And all I ever really wanna do afterwards is sleep, those shits are maaaad tiring.

[HollyvBro]

im 17 and i have complex partial seizures most days of the week.they only last a few seconds, and people think im just daydreaming, so there no need to explain really i also have regular tonic clonics. work, at school, friends houses, its awful to explain afterwards. i cant remeber anything. ive been rushed to hospital twice because they havent been able to stop me from convulsing. eplieplsy sucks! :( i still get scared every time i have one. hope everyone gets thiers under controll :)

Holly x

[chavel3475]

@spiketail94 i've got epilepsy

[spiketail94]

I'm 17 and I have myoclonic epilepsy. I was diagnosed when I was 10. Over the past 7 years I have experienced over 80 generalised seizures alone and have had 6 different medications. I also had to quit school. Right now I'm taking both lomotragine and levateracitam. I've only had one seizure in the last 9 months I started taking it. Wish me luck.

[shealuna20]

i am 20 and i have grand mal siezures and the medicine that i am taking is not working. because i had a siezure on halloween in the shower and my parents were at work. my medicine that i am taking is called lamictal and i missed 2 of my doseges on sunday and useally my mom fills my pill box. my blood viles are good so i don't know why my medicine is not working and i had one in augest too.

[dosh228]

@manlymen361 Don't!! i remember feeling healthy

[SeptemberRain11]

I had my first seizure recently. I had just gotten on a bus, next thing I know I'm waking up in the back of an ambulance, completely confused with the EMT telling me I'd just had a seizure. I actually didn't remember even getting on the bus until days later and I still have no memory of anything between the time I got to my seat and the time I woke up in the ambulance. Not only was it the scariest thing that ever happened to me, but even watching these vids gives me a panicky feeling.

[KaiserVadin]

@Niceboy3377 i am not sure if what i have is a seizure even thought that is what the hospital said they where based on today i would say you get a feeling of numbness kind of like your body is viberating then you get random jerk spells and if you do not stop to treat it, it will get worst to drop attacks ( dropping on the floor or where you stand ) and if you still fight that it progresses to falling on the ground every 5 second its so bad you can't stand and REMEMBER YOU CAN NOT CONTROL THESE

[cutie1360]

@Niceboy3377 They are painful afterwards. Mostly you get a severe headache a badly bitten toungue which sometimes it might look purple. You'll feel numb all over when you try and touch something but only a slight bit. The parts of the body that move the most in a seizure might ache a little bit. All you basically want to do is sleep after it. Sometimes you will wake up and not have any memory what so ever but it gets better. You won't remember falling but you feel like crap when you get up.

[sadmoviemaker]

I'm 16 and have epilepsy since I'm 11. It's not so bad 'cause it's only focal, but it's also nerving and I have it every day. One time it was really bad and I fell on the ground, but I wasn't unconcious at this moment. When it was over, I stood up and walked on. It was so embarassing when my dad asked me what was wrong with me but I didn't answer him.

[Niceboy3377]

r they painful can someone describe wat its like