i need more info...

[lahacade]

I was it was recently suggested (by a fellow epileptologist patient) that maybe my 4 year old's seizure did not really go away, but have changed in the way that they present themselves. How could this be? They mentioned 'rage' seizures? and seizures that will look like he is day-dreaming? What can these seizures (that do not involve shaking) look like? I'm just so confused.
-I posted my whole story in "the foyer", under "my son has 'episodes'"- for those who do not yet know me and my sons' stories.
Thank you for all your help!!!

[Bee91]

Yes. Seizures can change over a period of time. I can tell you this by experience. Mine have changed so much since I started having seizures to now.

As for the day dreaming seizures. Yes there is such thing. They are called absence seizures or petit mal seizures. The day-dream look is their trademark. But eye fluttering, or other small movements may also happen during the episodes...

Hope this helps
Brandi

[BuckeyeFan]

Please read the thread epilepsy 101 to help you understand and recognize the other forms of epilepsy. I myself have the classic shaking/jerking seizures (tonic-clonics) that most people think of when hearing about epilepsy.

However, many many more forms exist as you will see when reading through these forums.

I have read many accounts of epilepsy changing over the years.

[Bernard]

If you know what to look for, you can, as an observer, be cognizant of absence seizures. It took me a while after meeting my wife to start recognizing her absence seizures, but once I understood what they were, I became hyper aware of them.

You should ask your son about sensory hallucinations - smelling things that aren't there (burning smells usually), strange taste sensations (metallic usually), seeing colors/bright spots at odd times, tingling sensations, etc. These types of simple partial seizures (aka auras) are not something you will be able to observe and your son may not consider them abnormal because he doesn't know any better.

An EEG can sometimes pick up on epileptiform activity occurring in the brain that would indicate simple partial seizure activity, but a clear EEG can't rule them out.