a question

[Bradley]

Does anyone find they have a "craving" for some form of food just before an fit?
And it can even cause a massive shift in your emotions and moods....

 

[ak<3history]

I don't get a craving for food, but I actually get deterred from all from food. I do get the massive shifts in emotions and moods though, usually towards the super cranky!

 

[Nakamova]

The craving could be a Simple Partial Seizure...

 

[Bradley]

ak<3history u are right....
There is something around food that doesnt make sense to me... If I actually think about it, I can be really put off by food...
Brad

 

[Bradley]

Nakamova, what is a simple partial seizure?

 

[CQ:)]

Nakamova, what is a simple partial seizure?

Hi Bradley,

Welcome to CWE.

Here is some information about Simple partials )also known as auras)

Simple partial seizures are seizures which affect only a small region of the brain, often the temporal lobes or hippocampi. People who have simple partial seizures retain consciousness.[1] Simple partial seizures are often precursors to larger seizures, where the abnormal electrical activity spreads to a larger area of (or all of) the brain, usually resulting in a complex partial seizure or a tonic-clonic seizure.[2] In this case they are often known as an aura.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_partial_seizure

 

[Nakamova]

Simple Partial seizures are seizures where there's no loss of consciousness, but there is some kind of disturbed sensation. These symptoms can take a wide variety of forms, but they fall roughly into 4 major categories:

1. Motor -- Jerking movements/twitches.
2. Sensory -- hearing problems, unusual or phantom sounds/tastes/sensations/smells, disorted vision or hallucinations.
3. Autonomic -- Changes in blood pressure, heart rhythm, bowel function, temperature, etc. Feelings of nausea, hunger.
4. Psychic -- feelings of fear, anxiety, déjà vu, jamais vu

If it's followed by a full-blown seizure, then a simple partial is called an aura.