My Son 26 has E and T/C and all kinds of partials.
Before his last T/C which took a day and a half or auras to come on, he had very strong déjà vu the Wed morning, then all that day he felt off and I was him so could see he was not fully himself, bit agitated, next day he was still feeling sensations, pins and needles from the inside out :-(, and Thursday afternoon when he arrived at his Grandma's and sat down, 5 mins later the T/C hit.
As much as I wanted to, I could not wrap him up in cotton wool for a day and a half waiting for the T/C to hit or not...Later the next week, he said to me Mum (as I sat there crying, yes wimpy me his Mother) I’m not ashamed to have E, nor to have a seizure, nor am I scared of it, they take me down for a few minutes and I spring back, it’s been a long road to get him to this point I might add, was diagnosed at 23 so we been working on lifestyle (enough sleep, keep stress to a min, not easy when u a student and working) diet, introduced various supplements to help keep side effects of meds at bay and this one is KEY, Neurofeedback/Neurotherapy and therapy, these have helped him more than I can express in this short feedback.
What I notice, is that in fact we notice more than he does if something is brewing, I think because it takes a long time to really get to know that your body and the fact that your body may already be warning u of upcoming seizure,, he is 26 but in my books (and in fact) he is young and being in prime of life makes u feel u can do anything...
he may feel unwell, have tummy upset, look pale, be agitated or the very opposite, so positive he sounds like he is on a high....then bam, T/C takes him down.
So what we all do now, is if we see he is slightly off, we will tell him so rather than ask him and we will ask him to keep in touch and to be very aware, but still a seizure can hit out of nowhere and yet, they must live their lives, they absolutely must get out and life like anyone else, for today we have and tomorrow we don’t know..And they should not live in fear, but of course not put themselves in the dangerous situations...
but they have to live thier LIFE IN FULL as best they can and yes we might worry ourslef sick and shed the odd tear, but we should support them in this, hard as it is..
a mother who understands u..