Until now, I have been holding this inside not sure who to bring this up to and feel safe doing so...
About 5 years ago, I was driving along when I felt a seizure coming on (I've always had several minutes of warning). I pulled over in the town hall parking lot and waited for it to pass. After about 10 minutes of sitting there, I felt well enough to finish driving home. (My nearest relatives were about 40 miles away at the time, and I was only about 3 miles from home.) I decided to take the back roads around the lake just to be sure there wasn't any traffic to speak of. (I felt safe due to the fact that if I would have a second one, it would've been immediately afterwards.) Well, suddenly something odd happened that some of which is still a blank...I suddenly felt the vehicle go off on the gravel on the side of the road as though I had no control of the steering. I then seen a row of mailboxes coming at me, and knew I was going to hit them! I can't remember if I pulled back on the road at that point, but the last thing I remember is going over the curb on a curve in the road. The next...maybe15 seconds, 20 seconds at most, I'm guessing...is to this day, a total blank. Suddenly I noticed myself going the other way on the road, still feeling as though I had no control of the vehicle, but could see and comprehend everything. I then, clear as day, seen the vehicle go across the road into the ditch and hitting a tree! All this time, I know I was fully aware of what was going on. The weird thing is, even though I was fully awake and "into it", I felt frozen stiff. In fact, I remember thinking all the while since going on the gravel; "Why can't I just hit the brake?! That's all I need to do!"
Well, I recall a lady running up to me asking if I was alright. Everything from that moment on again, is clear as day. It was only those few seconds that, years later, are still a blank.
When I looked at the police report it said in part; "vehicle failed to negotiate a curve to the left...driver was reported to have driven through the backyards of several houses, and in between 2 houses to get back on (the road)".
Now, given the fact that I've had seizures ever since I was 2 weeks old, I know exactly how they work in me. I've never petite mall seizures, only, in most cases, complex partial (at least I think that's what they are). I've never heard of anyone 30 years later suddenly having a new kind of seizure, and then never having it happen again. (Does that make sense that someone could?) I know for a fact I didn't have another one while driving because logically, if you're having a seizure, you're not going to be able to steer around and through obsticles without hitting something. Also, I was totally awake and alert seeing and making clear sense of everything that was going on -just not being able to move suddenly.
I've never found anyone to bring this up to -especially physicians, needless to say- to see if any of this makes sense, or if this was some kind of momentart amnesia, or what have you. Has anyone ever heard of this, or can anyone make sense out of any of this?
About 5 years ago, I was driving along when I felt a seizure coming on (I've always had several minutes of warning). I pulled over in the town hall parking lot and waited for it to pass. After about 10 minutes of sitting there, I felt well enough to finish driving home. (My nearest relatives were about 40 miles away at the time, and I was only about 3 miles from home.) I decided to take the back roads around the lake just to be sure there wasn't any traffic to speak of. (I felt safe due to the fact that if I would have a second one, it would've been immediately afterwards.) Well, suddenly something odd happened that some of which is still a blank...I suddenly felt the vehicle go off on the gravel on the side of the road as though I had no control of the steering. I then seen a row of mailboxes coming at me, and knew I was going to hit them! I can't remember if I pulled back on the road at that point, but the last thing I remember is going over the curb on a curve in the road. The next...maybe15 seconds, 20 seconds at most, I'm guessing...is to this day, a total blank. Suddenly I noticed myself going the other way on the road, still feeling as though I had no control of the vehicle, but could see and comprehend everything. I then, clear as day, seen the vehicle go across the road into the ditch and hitting a tree! All this time, I know I was fully aware of what was going on. The weird thing is, even though I was fully awake and "into it", I felt frozen stiff. In fact, I remember thinking all the while since going on the gravel; "Why can't I just hit the brake?! That's all I need to do!"
Well, I recall a lady running up to me asking if I was alright. Everything from that moment on again, is clear as day. It was only those few seconds that, years later, are still a blank.
When I looked at the police report it said in part; "vehicle failed to negotiate a curve to the left...driver was reported to have driven through the backyards of several houses, and in between 2 houses to get back on (the road)".
Now, given the fact that I've had seizures ever since I was 2 weeks old, I know exactly how they work in me. I've never petite mall seizures, only, in most cases, complex partial (at least I think that's what they are). I've never heard of anyone 30 years later suddenly having a new kind of seizure, and then never having it happen again. (Does that make sense that someone could?) I know for a fact I didn't have another one while driving because logically, if you're having a seizure, you're not going to be able to steer around and through obsticles without hitting something. Also, I was totally awake and alert seeing and making clear sense of everything that was going on -just not being able to move suddenly.
I've never found anyone to bring this up to -especially physicians, needless to say- to see if any of this makes sense, or if this was some kind of momentart amnesia, or what have you. Has anyone ever heard of this, or can anyone make sense out of any of this?
) I have been having them for quite some time, just never realised (as my husband and those closest to me have witnessed me having them - just never wanted to say anything).