Numbness on your right side sounds like part of your prehistory. I have no
idea whether a medicine is triggering that specific prior symptom or not. It
sounds possible.
As for brain fog and word problems, join the club. Those are common side
effects of almost all anticonvulsants. I didn't notice it with Keppra but we
almost got divorced when I was on that stuff; it made me fly into rages. I
had to hand things to my wife and ask her to hide them in case I got even
madder and smashed them against the floor. (Anyone see that "throw it to the
ground" skit on SNL last week? Never mind...) I have brain fog and word
finding difficulties all the time.
The exhausted after seizures for a few hours thing is trying to tell you
something- go to sleep. I know I bore people with this advice but people
keep asking about why they feel so messed up, and I always tell them this:
go to sleep as soon as possible after complex partial or generalized (or
complex partial that generalizes which is what I got cursed with). Don't get
out of bed (except to take pills) until you feel better, like you haven't
just had a seizure. Don't bother setting an alarm. You might find yourself
mysteriously able to sleep for most of a day, longer than you can ever do
normally even if you tried. Just indulge in it.
A person without E would be as screwed up in the head if they stayed awake
for a week, as you could be after a seizure- especially if you lost
consciousness. I take a B vitamin first for good luck, and a melatonin which
always helps me get to sleep at odd hours. Plus a lorazepam- these things
come in clusters and I don't need another one while I'm in bed. I still keep
a bucket next to the bed in case I get really nauseous. I haven't used it,
but it's comforting. Part of the health plan I'm on.
Exhaustion (and nausea) are post-ictal effects of the seizure as your brain
struggles to reorganize its prior internal state that the seizure has
disrupted. (Nobody really understands what got knocked over, but it's a
cleanup of sorts.) Normal people have a disrupted internal state after being
awake 16 hours too, and they feel exhausted too (but not nauseous yet) and
need to sleep. Nobody understands what's going on during sleep, but every
animal with a brain in the animal kingdom has to do it. We know it serves
some vital function. And it's going to take you a lot longer to feel any
better if you stay awake... I can tell you that for sure.
Don't let people call 911 at the drop of a hat (i.e. your hat)... you won't
get any rest in an ER. They usually strap me to a board on a gurney and
leave me under bright fluorescent lights, afraid I'm going to vomit without
being able to turn my head to the side.
Jason
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:06 AM, CorineW <corkiewol@yahoo.
> Hi all. I'm confused with what is happening to me. I have complex partial
> seizures. They last a couple minutes, then I'm exhausted for a few hours.
> But on days when I don't seize, I have problems such as brain fog, slight
> numbness on my right side, word problems, etc. Are these smaller types of
> seizures (although it lasts hours, not minutes) or is it just side effects
> of the medication. Actually I've had the numbness come and go on my right
> side for years before I went on medication, but seizures can't hang on for
> several hours can they? Thanks, Corkie
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