Absence seizures in adults
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Jane,
not just children have absence sz's I have them as well sometimes with tonic-clonic sz's complex partial sz's to name a few sz's I have
not just children have absence sz's I have them as well sometimes with tonic-clonic sz's complex partial sz's to name a few sz's I have
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Jane, I was diagnosed with absence seizures at 16. I believe it was a misdiagnosis as the seizures appeared to be complex partials, but that made no difference to me at the time. The treatment worked.
Anyone can have absence seizures, not just kids.
Anyone can have absence seizures, not just kids.
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Absence seizures are more common in children than adults, but yeah, adults get them too.
As with NSperlo's experience, it can be difficult to tell whether someone is having an absence seizure or a complex partial seizure, even though one kind affects the whole brain, and the other affects just a part. The main visible difference is that absences are just a few seconds and cp's can last minutes or longer.
As with NSperlo's experience, it can be difficult to tell whether someone is having an absence seizure or a complex partial seizure, even though one kind affects the whole brain, and the other affects just a part. The main visible difference is that absences are just a few seconds and cp's can last minutes or longer.
Lol C0urt, I guess adulthood is a state of mind, at 52, I'm not sure I've achieved it - not all the time anyway.
Thanks for the reassurances that she's not being peculiar in developing absences at this point. I've definitely never seen her have a CP (saw them in my dad so I'm confident I can recognise them).
So far, the tally is TCs, SPs (neither for a while), now absences and some jerks.
Sigh. Just when things were going well. The E nurse has agreed to bring her next appointment forward, which probably means May instead of June :clap:
Sper, when you say treatment, can I ask what it is/was?
Thanks for the reassurances that she's not being peculiar in developing absences at this point. I've definitely never seen her have a CP (saw them in my dad so I'm confident I can recognise them).
So far, the tally is TCs, SPs (neither for a while), now absences and some jerks.
Sigh. Just when things were going well. The E nurse has agreed to bring her next appointment forward, which probably means May instead of June :clap:
Sper, when you say treatment, can I ask what it is/was?
