A seizure through our eyes

[SeizetheNight]

Here is a video that came through on my facebook today. Epilepsy Foundation posted it. I just thought I would put it here in case anyone is interested. It is what someone experiences when they have a seizure, made by someone who has seizures.

http://www.a-seizure.com/A_seizure_by_Nathan_Jones/A_Seizure_by_Nathan_Jones.html

It being epilepsy awareness month and all, it might be helpful to give people a glimpse of what we go though.

 

[Autumn Breeze]

Wow.

I shared it on facebook.


Wow. I feel for those of you who still retain awareness during their seizures. That's terrifying. I'm quite thankful that I don't.

 

[PSUgirl2009]

I retained awareness completely when I had seizures (it's been 20 years). I just remember the feelings I got and then crying so hard that I would throw up.

 

[Cint]

Thanks..... seems like it's been posted before.

 

[pita300]

First time I have seen that. I have been in that situation many times. Different to see it from that view.

 

[lizzyb831]

I don't have the tonic clinics, but am aware of my surroundings and it is like that. where you see things but not focused and all over the place. I try to focus on something, look at something to get through it

 

[momof3boys]

Looks just like what I experience during my seizures.

 

[SeizetheNight]

One of the things that hit me was the very end, when it all comes back. The moment when you actually realize who you are, and how it began. No video can ever really capture that. No one can really know, unless you experience it firsthand, what it is like coming to and not knowing who you are. The haziness and trying to realize just what is happening and why. How it begins after the seizure, not during.

Sorry if it's been posted before, I have not seen it. If I have, I blame the topamax!

 

[flinnigan]

Beautifully done

 

[SoonToBeMommy]

I am so glad I am not aware during my seizures I am scared enough as I wake up from them