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I'm 20 Yrs Old,never Had a Seizure,and Had 3 This Week. Help Posted: 08-17-07 22:19pm
I'm only 20 yrs old, seem to have been in
perfect health UNTIL recently i had 3
seizures in a week. I black out and don't
remember any of it. Afterwards i have a
headache and high levels of anxiety. My
husband tells me I first Stutter,tighten
up my arms to my chest, turn my head to
the right sometimes left. Then begin to
shake. My breathing becomes eratic, i
salivate heavily, my pupils are very
large. At some point i fall or one time he
held me and laid me down. He says when i
come to i flail my arms about, my speech
is jumbled, my legs are very weak. He
says i'm disoriented for about 20 minutes.
After the 20 mins i can remember and have
a continuing headache, once for 12hours or
more. After my laST SO-CALLED SEIZURE A
HAD A MAJOR PANIC-ATTACK. The dr. at the
e.r said the episodes were caused by
stress. Is THIS A POSSIBILITY????. Can I
please get some answers.. Fill free to
e-mail me if you have some insight THANK
YOU.
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kayakmom
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Posted: 08-29-07 20:42pm
I am so sorry this happened. Have you had
any tests like an EEG after your seizures?
It sounds like a seizure. Having tests are
very important to see what is going on.
Anxiety afterward is not uncommon. Your
brain is misfiring neurons and the mixed
up messages can cause confusion and make
you feel anxious and afraid. Of course
feeling out of control and not knowing
what is going on adds to all of that....
Did the doctor refer you to a neurologist?
Since you have now had 3 of these, that is
the wisest course of action.
Re: I'm 20 Yrs Old,never Had a Seizure,and Had 3 This Week. Posted: 09-07-07 20:55pm
katrinahill
wrote:
I'm only 20 yrs old, seem to
have been in perfect health UNTIL recently
i had 3 seizures in a week. I black out
and don't remember any of it. Afterwards i
have a headache and high levels of
anxiety. My husband tells me I first
Stutter,tighten up my arms to my chest,
turn my head to the right sometimes left.
Then begin to shake. My breathing becomes
eratic, i salivate heavily, my pupils are
very large. At some point i fall or one
time he held me and laid me down. He says
when i come to i flail my arms about, my
speech is jumbled, my legs are very weak.
He says i'm disoriented for about 20
minutes. After the 20 mins i can remember
and have a continuing headache, once for
12hours or more. After my laST SO-CALLED
SEIZURE A HAD A MAJOR PANIC-ATTACK. The
dr. at the e.r said the episodes were
caused by stress. Is THIS A
POSSIBILITY????. Can I please get some
answers.. Fill free to e-mail me if you
have some insight THANK
YOU.
It sounds exactly like a grand mal, or
tonic clonic seizure. Your doctor should
have reffered you to a nuerologist, who
then should have ordered an EEG or MRI. It
could be epilepsy, or it couls be a number
of other things causing these seizures
(aka food allergy, tumor, heart problem,
etc. etc.) not trying to scare you but
those tests are extremely important.
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scotty g
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Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 3
Fit At 21 Posted: 09-21-07 19:39pm
Thats how it was for me. It all happened
when i was 21 i came home from work went
to bed woke up in the hospital. The
doctors said it was a once of event. The
following week came home from work had
three fits in a row. It scared the life
out of me. I was put on dilantin which
seams to be working.
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sami_1982
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Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 200 Location: Australia
Seizures Posted: 10-26-07 20:53pm
it was the same for me, 21 no seizures
that i knew of, then came home, and had
apparently grand mal after grand mal. i
lost 3 hrs in that day, at the hospital
they said it was an acute stress reaction.
one off. sent me home after 8 hrs, of
taking blood samples to see if i was on
drugs or something. but i never did drugs.
It was about a month after that when i had
another one. my gp said it might be
epilepsy and sent me to a neurologist, he
was no use. had a eeg and then he read it
out to me same day, said my brain was
weird in waves and something about the
14th to 17 electrode. but i didnt
understand. he said it wasnt epilepsy and
that i needed to see a psychiatrist.
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dinowk
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Seizure Vs Panic Attack Posted: 12-01-07 23:50pm
After Grand Mal, you might experience
panic attack. The two are very similar for
your first experience. Even after many
years, I was still so worried about
seizure, whci will cause panic attack.
My had first grand mal when I was 37
(midnight in bed). I can not remember how
many hours I was awake within the next 7
days.
The good thing is that it can be
controlled. Keep a good habit about sleep
patten.
