When I had grand mals I felt stiff like I had done some exercises that I
wasn't used to. I was told that is because your body has just gone thru
what it isn't used to doing and my muscles will be stiff and sore for a
couple days.
That doesn't happen now that I don't pass out and have what I think is
complex partials. My brain is just scrambled for a few days.
Millie
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From: "Jason" <tiscione@gmail.
To: <epilepsy@yahoogroup
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Medication or just the seizure disorder?
> 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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