Originally Posted by
MyBabyGirlAbigailFaith 
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... She is now starting to yell out a scream or starts asking for her now dead great-grandmother and then goes into a strong convulsion that makes her very tight with large pupils and of course she has always had the draining of fluids from the mouth. My question is: When she starts to scream right before going into one, does this mean she is in pain? Is she hurting?
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I have witnessed a similar phenomena with my wife at times. She starts to moan/scream as she enters the seizure. Of course, she never remembers this when she regains consciousness, but I always got the impression that she knew she was about to have the seizure and was trying to cry out - like "Oh no".
Originally Posted by
MyBabyGirlAbigailFaith 
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Is there a reason that she never talks about her Mamaw any other time except right before she goes into one?
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It's a touchy subject on epilepsy forums. Some people strongly believe epilepsy has a relation to a/the spirit world and others think its bunk. When seizures involve the temporal lobe, people can experience all kinds of strange things.
I wouldn't be surprised if the source of her seizures are close to a spot in the brain where memories of Mamaw are stored. I'm not sure if there has ever been a study done correlating seizure activity with specific memories, but it sounds like something worth looking into.
Another possibility is that she has a strong emotion tied to her memories of Mamaw that are stressful to her. Stress is known to be a seizure trigger.
Originally Posted by
MyBabyGirlAbigailFaith 
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She has had seizures up to 25 minutes before and also as small as 10 seconds. And they keep getting worse. She has now had 9 seizures within the past 3 days and it didnt used to be that frequent. I am scared to death for her b/c she is so helpless and I had never saw a seizure before hers started. Please someone let me know wether or not she is hurting.
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I'm so sorry to hear that her seizures are getting worse (or more frequent). Has she been on any medications since her diagnosis? Did they help? You should really call her neurologist or epileptologist for immediate attention IMO. Getting the seizures controlled early is important.
If she is like my 3yo boy, she probably likes to eat sweet things, but I would recommend (I'm not a doctor - just been around a bit) restricting all simple sugars (ie. candies, cake, soda, etc.) as much as possible.