Vinnie,
It is strange doing things during a seizure that you don't remember doing.
Some of the seizures I have had I would go try to take my medicine while I
was coming out of the seizure. My boyfriend would have to stop me, because
sometimes I had already taken it. I have had some in the past that have been
pretty bad though. I have fallen off the front porch, fell into an oven
while I was baking something, and other things. The headaches years ago were
pretty bad afterwards, so I would have to sleep them off. I had surgery back
in 2004 for the seizures, and even though it didn't stop them completely
they have not been near as bad.It does take time to get the disability
approved, so I really hope you get yours approved. My mom tried to get it
for me when I was in school and couldn't and had to try 2 more times myself.
You need to get the doctors to help you and a good lawyer. My lawyer didn't
charge anything until I was approved for it. It is better to be safe than to
hurt yourself or others, as far as driving goes.Take care, and write
anytime.
Tammy
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Vincent Augeri <vinnie_aug@yahoo.
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> Hi Tammy,
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> 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.
> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> > have been waking up screaming I couldn't tell u what it was about.Could
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> > be related?I also want to know how I can identify my seizures.My seizures
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> > are mainly grand mal,however I don't know what the symptoms would be of
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> > other kind of seizures.If this has been talked about sorry its just my
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