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Partner had a stroke april 21 but only this last 6mths she has had 1/2 episodes where she has gone to laugh and had one i would describe as a seizure - she stares and goes red as though struggling to breath then 10ish secs later she is absolutely fine- anyone else had similar
Hello.
You have done a good job by bringing this to the forum. There is a possibility of a partial seizure. But you should also consider something called as eye tics. These are not so uncommon in infants.
You may need to get an EEG done. A video EEG is preferred. It has the advantage of letting us see the brain waves during such an episode or up rolling of eyes.
Did he have any significant birth complications?
Our 4 year old Aussie just had a first seizure this morning. I have dealt with seizures before in another dog, but the aftermath of this is very different and hard. The jerking and then the stiffness lasted about 5 minutes or so, but when he started to come out of it and relax, he jumped up and started barking fiercely at us like he didn't know us. We got the other dogs out of the room in case of agitation or attack.
So I am sitting waiting for my turn when I start feeling nauseous, I didnt think much of it at first, but it soon started building into a prickly feeling throughout my entire body accompanied by lightheadedness and dizziness. I also became very pale and sweaty. This prickly feeling was not the pins and needles feeling from something falling asleep, it was stronger and almost painful. It grew INSANELY powerful and at this point I got really scared and told my brother I didn't feel well.
My daugher is 12 and had her first seizure last yr. Her EEG came back and she was given meds since it showed something. She was watching TV at the time it happened. But not long after ended up having her period. I noticed her mood swings before this and kept saying she needs to get it soon. (ofcourse as a joke) Well a yr passes and she has her second episode while on computer. The catch is when she got her period she spotted every day. Probably missed 5 days in that yr.
Infections and fever can make an otherwise healthy individual more prone to have a seizure. a single episode of seizure cannot be marked as epilepsy. An EEG to ensure that there are no structural abnormalities in brain. Normal EEG and MRI brain are encouraging though this does not rule out a future episode. You need to consult a physician for investigating any underlying infectious condition, high or low blood sugar, injury, electrolyte imbalance, drug withdrawal syndrome etc.
9 months later she had a seizure like episode. The doctor said that it could NOT have been a seizure because she remembered everything as it was happening. 4 months later the at same hospital she was taken in for exact same thing. A different neurologist diagnosed it as seizure from damage from the stroke in less than five minute. She received a cat scan upon arrival. Further scans confirmed his diagnosis.
Sorry. Didn't realize you were asking about your dad. Anyway, the "absent seizures" you described may just be strong auras (pre-seizure activity) that aren't breaking through to full blown seizures. Auras are different for different people.
The first type of seizure you described sounds like an absence seizure. Was your boyfriend put on medication of any sort? Did the evaluation(s) he had reveal anything else?
The second "seizure" does not seem at all like sleep paralysis. It could have been any of a number of things, from seizure to night terror. The severity of the event, along with his and your reaction, make me think he should see a doctor about this very soon.
00PM on Monday to have her nails trimmed and she had a seizure, presumably due to the stress of the situation. This was the first time she has ever had a seizure. Then she had another on Tuesday morning at around 9:00AM, then another on Tuesday night at around 7:30PM, then another on Wednesday morning at about 7:00AM.
We took her to the vet on Tuesday morning after her 2nd seizure for blood work to check for possible causes.
Hello, Let me begin by giving you Hx of my stepson. He is 16, diagnosed with mild-moderate MR several years ago.
Meds taken are Seraquel, Abilify, Depakote and Zoloft. No Allergies.
Several years ago he started having what his mother and doctors have called 'episodes' where he becomes agitated, combative, yelling, cussing, spitting, trys to hurt himself biting and hitting his head on wall or slapping his face. He usually has to be restrained for his own safety.
My neurologist said topamax was too dangerous. So with my first pregnancy i did have a seizure at like 4 weeks and I still kept on taking my medicine (carbatrol) afterwards. All came out fine with baby. Hes now 4 yrs old and now on my second pregnancy at 29 weeks and the baby is very healthy as well. We cant stop medicating ourselves its worse to actually have a seizure but it all depends on your doctors opinion. Hope my info helped a little bit.
Tonight I witnessed the full episode. I went in to check on him, and found him on his hands and knees rocking back and forth. This lasted 1-2 minutes. I could not get his attention and he would not snap out of it even after I turned the light on and was calling him name and touching him. Then he wet the bed and was crying, still not able to get him to aknowledge me for about 1-2 more minutes. Finally he snapped out of it and was still "out of it" kind of in a trance.
Not sure if I fainted or had some form of a Seizure as I understand there are several types of Seizures. If anyone could give me their opinion, that would be greatly appreciated.
I was laying down on couch watching tv. I was doing nothing abnormal or different throughout the day. I got up from couch walked in the kitchen and collapsed on floor face first, with a slight cut above my eyebrow with my right cheek pressed against floor.
I was unconscious for approx 1 minute.
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