elizzza811
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Back on February 3, 2011, I had my second seizure since ending up in a ditch back in December. What was interesting about this particular seizure though was that I happened to be OCD-cleaning something (I have OCD, too) and standing in front of the bathroom mirror at the seizure's onset.
At the very first sign of this seizure (a funny taste in my mouth), I happened to be 'conscious' enough to briefly glance at my face in the mirror and noticed that for a fraction of a second (literally...less than a second) my pupils grew larger, but then they quickly reverted back to their 'normal' pinpoint size as the dizziness/confusion part of my seizure began.
My question...
I keep mentioning my pinpoint pupils to doctor after doctor, even the neuro who is currently evaluating me for these seizures, and though my pupils react somewhat to light (barely), I do not believe their size is truly 'normal' by any means. By that I mean that they don't respond to DARKNESS by enlarging, which is perhaps why even neuros don't understand why I'm so concerned and frustrated. Whether I am standing in the sun or sitting in the dark, my pupils are ALWAYS tiny, and neuros have only ever checked to see if shining a light in my eyes causes my pupils to get any tinier. They DON'T check to see if they enlarge in darkness.
How large should my pupils be in a darkened room? I couldn't even drive at night anymore even if this seizure stuff was behind me because of how tiny my pupils are day and night.
Anybody else have this pinpoint pupil problem?
At the very first sign of this seizure (a funny taste in my mouth), I happened to be 'conscious' enough to briefly glance at my face in the mirror and noticed that for a fraction of a second (literally...less than a second) my pupils grew larger, but then they quickly reverted back to their 'normal' pinpoint size as the dizziness/confusion part of my seizure began.
My question...
I keep mentioning my pinpoint pupils to doctor after doctor, even the neuro who is currently evaluating me for these seizures, and though my pupils react somewhat to light (barely), I do not believe their size is truly 'normal' by any means. By that I mean that they don't respond to DARKNESS by enlarging, which is perhaps why even neuros don't understand why I'm so concerned and frustrated. Whether I am standing in the sun or sitting in the dark, my pupils are ALWAYS tiny, and neuros have only ever checked to see if shining a light in my eyes causes my pupils to get any tinier. They DON'T check to see if they enlarge in darkness.
How large should my pupils be in a darkened room? I couldn't even drive at night anymore even if this seizure stuff was behind me because of how tiny my pupils are day and night.
Anybody else have this pinpoint pupil problem?