Re: [epilepsy] conscious grandmal seizures

I will have to look up different types of seizures..i sure hope hers don't
change to this... :-(
On Dec 22, 2012 10:34 AM, "Millie Myers" <mylmy@gogreencroft.net> wrote:

> **
>
>
> When I had grand mal szs 50 years ago -- I knew nothing.
> I didn't even hear the ambulance siren and woke up in bed in the
> hospital. Now I have more like complex partials and I am awake
> but can't talk.
>
> I was without szs for 5 years. Then for some reason -- who knows
> why? I didn't take my meds for 3 1/2 days. Then this last Aug I had
> a grand mal , I live alone, fell, and was for the floor for probably 12
> hours. We don't really know. I woke up but couldn't get up.
>
> I live in a retirement center and was to work in the dining room the next
> day.
> The lady at the office came and asked me if I was coming to work in the
> dining room. I said "Yes, I'll be there." But I was on the floor and
> didn't tell
> her that. When I didn't come to work -- they came and found me on the
> floor.
>
> Of course I landed in the hospital for 24 hours until the Dr. was sure
> I could be alone. There were too many Phenabarb for some of the
> days and it was decided that my oldest daughter put out my meds out now
> and they decided I should take my meds 12 hours apart --8 am-8 pm. She
> calls
> me in the evening and my middle daughter calls me in the morning to see
> if I have taken them.
>
> I don't like this but the Dr. thinks it is a good idea-- so I gave in.
> He understands I don't like it -- because it is taking away my
> independence.
>
> I'm very fortunate to have 2 daughters in town. I also have one in Boston.
>
> So you can see that szs are different for each of us and they also change.
>
> I am 81 years old. My legs and arms are weak and laying on the floor that
> long did them no good. I now use my walker with a seat more and have
> trouble
> getting out of a chair and car.
>
> Millie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: deanna
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 9:43 AM
> Subject: [epilepsy] conscious grandmal seizures
>
> Hi Georgia
>
> I was wondering what do you mean by conscious during her grandmal
> seizure. I have seizures that i am unresponsive to anybody but on on the
> inside I know exactly what is going on. I have been told mine are non
> epiletic conversion disorder seizures. I also have gandmal seizures.
>
> Deanna Campbell
>
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