Hi Tammy,
My seizures are basically identical to yours.
I feel them coming on, but when I am actually having the seizure I am at a total blank.
People who've witnessed me having them all say approximately the exact same thing. I am gritting my teeth, mumbling - not making any sense, staring, and maybe walking away from them.
Sometimes I set up my PC cams hoping that if I have a seizure I'll see and hear it with my own eyes, but that never happens.
My worst seizure was a grand mal, when I was driving my car coming home from work at 4:00 am.
I was very tired after working since 8am the previous morning, and had very few hours of sleep for the 2 days prior to that. I pulled into the parking lot of a supermarket, felt one coming on, so I immediately headed for a parking spot.
The next thing I found myself surrounded with police, an ambulance and a crowd of people.
Then I realized that I crashed right into the front of the store!!. Luckily I had an old 78 Lincoln, so there was some protection there which saved my life. Needless to say, I don't have a driver's license since then. Honestly. I feel I am better off without it and the pedestrians are safer also.
There were two major instances when it happened at work (btw, I'am a stagehand).
One was when my partner and I were cutting up some wood. He had the saw and I was steadying the end for him. About five minutes into the job, I find myself out on the loading dock! I hadn't felt the seizure coming on at all! I quickly ran back inside to see if he was OK, and he asked me if I was ok. I explained to him what happened.
Another time was when I was climbing up an 18 foot ladder. Just as I was reaching the top, one of my friends noticed that i looked like I was going to have a seizure and yelled at me to get down. If he hadn't done that, I don't think I would've realized it until it was too late.
One more thing... For my doctor (and myself) I keep a detailed record on my pc using a spreadsheet where I log every seizure that I have. Date, time, location, what I was doing, etc.. maybe 10 columns of info. A strange thing is that during a seizure I am able to access the file, go to the next row, update it and save it! A few hours later I won't realize that I had done it already! Hard to believe!..
At this time I have my second application in for Disability, so I am very concerned.
Take care,
Vinnie
--- On Thu, 9/10/09, uniquepnk tds.net <Uniquepnk@tds.
From: uniquepnk tds.net <Uniquepnk@tds.
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Hi everyone have a few questions
To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 10:20 PM
Erin,
I have complex partial seizures. I don't know much of what I do when I have
one. My botfriend tells me I say things during the seizures, try to move
around and grit my teeth. I know I have had them, but they last a few
minutes and after I have sat for a few minutes afterwards I go back to what
I was doing. I don't know much about the way the other kind are, but that is
what the neurologist said my type of seizure was. Take care.
Tammy
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:47 PM, erin nichole <lazer63@yahoo. com> wrote:
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> Hi there its erin I am very confused about my seizures.Ok first of all I
> have been waking up screaming I couldn't tell u what it was about.Could that
> be related?I also want to know how I can identify my seizures.My seizures
> are mainly grand mal,however I don't know what the symptoms would be of
> other kind of seizures.If this has been talked about sorry its just my
> computer at home is down so I come to the library when I can
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