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In March 2012, I had an unusual episode. I was at work sitting in a large overstuffed green chair with my laptop in my lap, and I suddenly woke up. I'm a teacher and had a planning period, so no one saw me or what what happened to me. I was completely disoriented, since I had felt that I would be waking up at home, and I couldn't remember getting ready for work, dropping our foster child off at daycare, or driving to work. My boss drove me home, and we went to the ER because I was having memory loss issues. I had bloodwork, a CT scan, and and an EKG, all of which came back normal. I also noticed I had bitten my tongue and possibly wet myself. (A hot laptop can make you sweat a ton, too.)
The neuro I wound up seeing called it a grand mal seizure (tonic clonic), had me get an EEG, and set me up to get an MRI. The EEG came back as fine except for some unusual blips while hyperventilating. She also put me on 2000 mg Keppra/day. Two nights ago, I forgot my Keppra because I had a sleep study to see if Sleep Apnea was part of my problem. The first neuro didn't think so, but a second opinion said it could be related. At 5:30 yesterday morning, after the tech had awakened me, I collapsed in a true-blue grand mal seizure. They took me via ambulance to the ER again, and they pricked my finger to test my blood sugar. Even though I had calmed down, I shrieked bloody murder and had a second grand mal. I don't remember anything, but my wife was there by that point. About two hours elapsed between the first and second seizure. My bloodwork and an MRI all came back as normal.
Anybody have any thoughts as to what is going on here? I am baffled and freaked out. I'm almost thirty and have never had a seizure in my life until now. Also, no one in my family has had one.
The neuro I wound up seeing called it a grand mal seizure (tonic clonic), had me get an EEG, and set me up to get an MRI. The EEG came back as fine except for some unusual blips while hyperventilating. She also put me on 2000 mg Keppra/day. Two nights ago, I forgot my Keppra because I had a sleep study to see if Sleep Apnea was part of my problem. The first neuro didn't think so, but a second opinion said it could be related. At 5:30 yesterday morning, after the tech had awakened me, I collapsed in a true-blue grand mal seizure. They took me via ambulance to the ER again, and they pricked my finger to test my blood sugar. Even though I had calmed down, I shrieked bloody murder and had a second grand mal. I don't remember anything, but my wife was there by that point. About two hours elapsed between the first and second seizure. My bloodwork and an MRI all came back as normal.
Anybody have any thoughts as to what is going on here? I am baffled and freaked out. I'm almost thirty and have never had a seizure in my life until now. Also, no one in my family has had one.