Posted by sleepygirl on February 20, 2007, at 0:42:12
In reply to Re: anyone find seizure sort of experiences......., posted by notfred on February 19, 2007, at 17:30:40
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> > I suppose it will now be something I will pay attention for, and bring to the prompt attention of my pdoc should it recurr. I'll pay more attention probably should I ever get off lamictal.
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> Yes, the fact that you have events while not on antiseizure meds but do not while on them seems to be saying something.
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> Do get this checked out, you are at risk for having a seizure while driving or in another
> risky situation. Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) is a serious risk, also.
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> one you are more likely to have more and growing to greater frequency. This is all very treatable.
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> All AD's increase the chances of a seizure, as do most stims.Thanks for your concern, but it's been years now and when they did happen they were not everyday. I'm not sure why they happened when they did...I felt like it was "deja vu" that I let get out of hand. The worst and last episodes were in my mid 20's- a really crappy time on top of it all- I remember them occurring all around a particular time in college which was really tough...then for a while nothing...then eventually I got on meds, then just a few months ago the briefest of episodes, and it got me thinking about them again, and how I happened not to be on a benzo or an anticonvulsant
and you know generally I think sometimes about how much overlap there is with meds...you know why so many anticonvulsant meds as antianxiety/mood stabilizer meds? so I think about my weird experiences, and what my biochemistry is and if it makes any sense you know?
I'm not sure I'll ever know, but I'll always pay attention....when you mentioned driving I thought of a little episode I had once while driving, was fairly in control at that time though- I heard god talk to me though which is ironic really because I'm an atheist....it was like a thought really- spoken aloud "everything's going to be ok" I suppose because I was scared that I felt it coming on, and "oh god!" seems like the appropriate sentiment I suppose, weird feeling, then headache, there was a weird automaton feeling sometimes and sometimes a compulsion to repeat a phrase or something.
I remember I had the impression that I could stop them if I felt one coming on and say, moved abruptly or something like that, there was a definite feeling when they would comeI feel pretty ridiculous describing this :-(
thanks for responding
Understand I really didn't understand what was happening at all then (and I NEVER told anyone when it did). It has been some years though since I had these experiences - just the really slight experience a few months ago - brief fear/deja vu(not on benzo or anticonvulsant) so it's definitely not a chronic thing for me now.Their intensity hit their peak in my mid 20's I suppose....happened once in a chemistry class while everyone stared at me, a couple of times at work (try answering the phone when you can't make a sentence-clearly anyway), when I was stressed out at school
really they're just a curiosity for me now...like what the hell was that? now that I'm less concerned about how people might judge the experience (and me) and just now interested in understanding how I've functioned in certain ways, and in certain situations, and what my vulnerabilities might beI know that deja vu is such a common phenomena, but I know these episodes were beyond that, but somehow a worsening of the deja vu thing
again thanks for responding and I hope the seizure disorder isn't giving you too much trouble...why don't brains behave?
warm regards,
sleepygirl
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