What Is Epilepsy and Why Do Epileptic Seizures Happen?
SK Life Science spokesperson Dr. Michael Privitera shares why epileptic seizures happen. November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month and you can head …
I’ve been having nocturnal seizures. Four now. Three in one weekend. Was diagnosed as epileptic with no known cause. It’s so frustrating bc t job is being a driver and have no idea what to do lol. I don’t wish this is on anyone
People need to talk more about the side affects and long term affects of having seizures & being on the medication itself. For ex: issues w/ sort term memory loss is common for those with Temporal lobe Epilepsy. Have seizures also causes brain damage.. another topic you'll notice rarely gets talked about.
hi i have a seizure disorder here is my story When I was a baby I had a febrile seizure, I stopped breathing and turned blue. My mom gave me mouth to mouth and by the time the EMTS arrived I stopped seizing. As i grew from baby to toddler, my parents began to see that I was delayed. So I started early intervention at 3 years old I had occupational therapy and PT. In pre k I would get angry and punch any thing that was in front of me, after my parents had been observing me in a pre K class and talking to the pre k teachers it was suggested that my parents should take me to a therapist to rule out any behavior issues. He took one look at me and said that I was having seizures he then referred me to a neurologist. At the age of 5, I was diagnosed with Childhood Absence Epilepsy. I was put on Depakote for the next 9 years This is how Depakote affected me it caused massive weight gain, memory loss, a hand tremor a one point I stopped eating I had no appetite i was depressed. I was also on Clonidine guanfacine (mood stabilizer). Then when i was 10 I was on levocarnitine as I did not have too much vitamin A in the body. My triggers are flashing lights, strobe lights, LED lights, florecent ,the transition from the out doors to inside a classroom, getting too hot and recently sleep deprivation. When i have an absent my pupils will go from normal to pin point this is the only physical sign. My seizures last one-second and happened every minute to every minute and a half. So there are 60 seconds in a minute and 24 hours in a day then I was having seizures every 1440 minutes or 86400 seconds, so in total I would have 86400 seizures per day before I was put on meds.
My parents were told to treat me as a normal child and to see how far I would develop, and look at me now I have graduated High School with honors. I am in Collage as you can infer I was not expected to do much of what I just mentioned. The effects of my seizures is that I have Aspie like tendencies due to my epilepsy which I know is difficult to understand. to put it in simple terms as a result of my seizures my brain compensated and rewired itself. I also have severe deficits in Processing Speed, Perceptual Reasoning, and Working Memory, Upper Limb Coordination, Manual Dexterity, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Strength, Visual Perceptual Skills, and understanding meaning.
When was 19, my father died, and it seems I have had a relapse if that is possible.I still have my absence seizure but it is not enough to put me on meds. When I was thirteen I had my last EEG and my seizures showed up as misfired neurons not seizure activity per say and the Dr. called them “flurries", so here is what my flurries are typically like: I will become very spacey, I can not interact with my surroundings, I also felt locked in to place. I am completely aware, my vision becomes like a tunnel, and things start to move or vibrate on their own.
This segment was too short. They sped through an issue just like everywhere else seems to too. The Epilepsy Foundation is underfunded. I didn’t even know it was National Epilepsy Month until they said because of the real lack of attention in media. When Cameron Boyce died earlier this year and news broke that he died of epilepsy hardly anyone mainstream took time to bring awareness to it. This is a condition that restricts people from living their own lives, myself included, and, among many other things, it’s unfair beyond words. Treatment isn’t formulaic either and you’re almost lucky if you reach controlled status.
There’s much more to be said than what was today. Please dedicate the better part of a show to it like you did opiate addiction.
He has behavior problems too am worried because he does not want to bathe be around others and tries to run me. Am his biological mother and guardian. I love him with all my heart how can I help him and now he is losing his legs.
My son has only half a brain after his father kissed him with an infected cold soar at 4mnths old. And my son has had seizures since he got sick with viral encephalitis. And almost died. So he is on Vimpat.
My neurologist and I are still trying to figure out if I have epilepsy or not. I do have 2 types of seizures but we do not know why. I started having them about 2 months before I had my daughter and she is 16 months old. I did have preeclampsia with my first and that could have had something to do with it. My mom has chiari malformation and im going to talk to my Dr at my next appointment. I just had a 72 hour EEG done and are awaiting results from that. It sucks not knowing what is causing this especially when it interferes with everyday life. Everyday is a struggle. Meds do a good job but don't keep them away completely and trying to do any type of work like sweeping or cleaning up toys makes me dizzy and makes me have a small seizure. So ready to figure this out.
One of my family members has this since the age of 15 it started with uncontrollable shiverings. And first attack happened just after first MC. She remembered her past birth for first 3 years of her life. She remembered each and every part of her past life house, room designs her favorite hobbies even her surname. After a lot of research we found the family she was talking about we took her to her past life family.Her family told us that in her last birth at the old age she wanted to stay at her ancestors property which is extremely close to our property but due to her other family members business the whole family moved to another city. And she was extremely unhappy with the situation.After coming back home till now not a single memory of her past birth! ! We were lucky that the Neurologist we approched at first was very aged and had seen similar patients with past life memories who often suffers after puberty. But she often gets epilepsy attack if she is stressed or when her weight gains which is quite common in epilepsy patients the epilepsy dosage do not work properly. Now after 25 years she knows symptoms and asks to stay with her if she feels like attck might happen. She uses a spray if she feels like. But after using it several times she feels like if a attack is about to happen let it happen she feels relieved after the attack. But if she stops it with the spray she still gets mild but several attacks. And it stresses her more. But after spray she can not tell when it's gonna happen. Without spray she knows.Strange but true!
My seizures are because of scar tissue from having a brain tumor removed. I haven’t had one in almost 4 years but it’s a struggle sometimes to remember to take my medication but I am doing well
I’ve been having nocturnal seizures. Four now. Three in one weekend. Was diagnosed as epileptic with no known cause. It’s so frustrating bc t job is being a driver and have no idea what to do lol. I don’t wish this is on anyone
People need to talk more about the side affects and long term affects of having seizures & being on the medication itself. For ex: issues w/ sort term memory loss is common for those with Temporal lobe Epilepsy. Have seizures also causes brain damage.. another topic you'll notice rarely gets talked about.
WOW!
hi i have a seizure disorder here is my story
When I was a baby I had a febrile seizure, I stopped breathing and turned blue. My mom gave me mouth to mouth and by the time the EMTS arrived I stopped seizing. As i grew from baby to toddler, my parents began to see that I was delayed. So I started early intervention at 3 years old I had occupational therapy and PT.
In pre k I would get angry and punch any thing that was in front of me, after my parents had been observing me in a pre K class and talking to the pre k teachers it was suggested that my parents should take me to a therapist to rule out any behavior issues. He took one look at me and said that I was having seizures he then referred me to a neurologist.
At the age of 5, I was diagnosed with Childhood Absence Epilepsy. I was put on Depakote for the next 9 years This is how Depakote affected me it caused massive weight gain, memory loss, a hand tremor a one point I stopped eating I had no appetite i was depressed. I was also on Clonidine guanfacine (mood stabilizer). Then when i was 10 I was on levocarnitine as I did not have too much vitamin A in the body. My triggers are flashing lights, strobe lights, LED lights, florecent ,the transition from the out doors to inside a classroom, getting too hot and recently sleep deprivation. When i have an absent my pupils will go from normal to pin point this is the only physical sign. My seizures last one-second and happened every minute to every minute and a half. So there are 60 seconds in a minute and 24 hours in a day then I was having seizures every 1440 minutes or 86400 seconds, so in total I would have 86400 seizures per day before I was put on meds.
My parents were told to treat me as a normal child and to see how far I would develop, and look at me now I have graduated High School with honors. I am in Collage as you can infer I was not expected to do much of what I just mentioned.
The effects of my seizures is that I have Aspie like tendencies due to my epilepsy which I know is difficult to understand. to put it in simple terms as a result of my seizures my brain compensated and rewired itself. I also have severe deficits in Processing Speed, Perceptual Reasoning, and Working Memory, Upper Limb Coordination, Manual Dexterity, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Strength, Visual Perceptual Skills, and understanding meaning.
When was 19, my father died, and it seems I have had a relapse if that is possible.I still have my absence seizure but it is not enough to put me on meds. When I was thirteen I had my last EEG and my seizures showed up as misfired neurons not seizure activity per say and the Dr. called them “flurries", so here is what my flurries are typically like: I will become very spacey, I can not interact with my surroundings, I also felt locked in to place. I am completely aware, my vision becomes like a tunnel, and things start to move or vibrate on their own.
This segment was too short. They sped through an issue just like everywhere else seems to too. The Epilepsy Foundation is underfunded. I didn’t even know it was National Epilepsy Month until they said because of the real lack of attention in media. When Cameron Boyce died earlier this year and news broke that he died of epilepsy hardly anyone mainstream took time to bring awareness to it. This is a condition that restricts people from living their own lives, myself included, and, among many other things, it’s unfair beyond words. Treatment isn’t formulaic either and you’re almost lucky if you reach controlled status.
There’s much more to be said than what was today. Please dedicate the better part of a show to it like you did opiate addiction.
And his eye sight. My family is cruel and unkind to him. This is not his fault.
He has behavior problems too am worried because he does not want to bathe be around others and tries to run me. Am his biological mother and guardian. I love him with all my heart how can I help him and now he is losing his legs.
My son has only half a brain after his father kissed him with an infected cold soar at 4mnths old. And my son has had seizures since he got sick with viral encephalitis. And almost died. So he is on Vimpat.
My sister died from epilepsy. She was only 19.
I have had epilepsy since i was 4 I'm 38 now
My neurologist and I are still trying to figure out if I have epilepsy or not. I do have 2 types of seizures but we do not know why. I started having them about 2 months before I had my daughter and she is 16 months old. I did have preeclampsia with my first and that could have had something to do with it. My mom has chiari malformation and im going to talk to my Dr at my next appointment. I just had a 72 hour EEG done and are awaiting results from that. It sucks not knowing what is causing this especially when it interferes with everyday life. Everyday is a struggle. Meds do a good job but don't keep them away completely and trying to do any type of work like sweeping or cleaning up toys makes me dizzy and makes me have a small seizure. So ready to figure this out.
One of my family members has this since the age of 15 it started with uncontrollable shiverings. And first attack happened just after first MC. She remembered her past birth for first 3 years of her life. She remembered each and every part of her past life house, room designs her favorite hobbies even her surname. After a lot of research we found the family she was talking about we took her to her past life family.Her family told us that in her last birth at the old age she wanted to stay at her ancestors property which is extremely close to our property but due to her other family members business the whole family moved to another city. And she was extremely unhappy with the situation.After coming back home till now not a single memory of her past birth! ! We were lucky that the Neurologist we approched at first was very aged and had seen similar patients with past life memories who often suffers after puberty. But she often gets epilepsy attack if she is stressed or when her weight gains which is quite common in epilepsy patients the epilepsy dosage do not work properly. Now after 25 years she knows symptoms and asks to stay with her if she feels like attck might happen. She uses a spray if she feels like. But after using it several times she feels like if a attack is about to happen let it happen she feels relieved after the attack. But if she stops it with the spray she still gets mild but several attacks. And it stresses her more. But after spray she can not tell when it's gonna happen. Without spray she knows.Strange but true!
my uncle has seizures alot ngl it's scary
Thanks.this topic is very helpful for me.
My seizures are because of scar tissue from having a brain tumor removed. I haven’t had one in almost 4 years but it’s a struggle sometimes to remember to take my medication but I am doing well
Wow I also get seizures