I am not the most knowledge person about epilepsy. It seems to me like I have it. My experience matches some things pretty closely but other things not so much. I guess the big thing is length. Seizures are only supposed to last a minute or two, but I have had absence seizures and simple partial seizures that last considerably longer.
I am female. I am in my 40s now. I also have sporadic ADD-ish symptoms, but have not been official diagnosed with it. When I was in school they believed that only children with below average IQ had learning disabilities.
I do not have any head injuries. I was in general poor health as a teen and often felt exhausted or low energy. The doctor was not able to find any cause for it. I had really bad nightmares that made it hard for me to get a good night’s sleep.
I first noticed symptoms when I was a teen.
As I teen I had fainting spells on a regular basis. These correspond pretty closely to drop seizures and were very short. I have not had one of these for quite a while.
The doctor tested me for several things but was unable to find a cause. One of the things was an EEG test for epilepsy. It did not turn up anything. Many years later, I found out that the test does not always catch it. I also read that the tests back in the 1980s were not that accurate. They told me I was supposed to be sleep deprived coming into the test, but no one told me ahead of time, so I got my normal sleep the night before. They went ahead and did the test anyway rather than have me come back another time.
I also had absence seizures [or something that seems like them], which I still have. I also have missing time episodes. Seizures are supposed to only last a 30 seconds or a minute, but these lasted longer. More like 5 or 10 minutes or even 20 or 30. It is hard to estimate how long I was out.
I have them less now. It is hard to estimate though. I have suspected missing time episodes. It could be that I am simply slow at doing things and lose track of time though. As an example, no matter how much I try, I cannot seem to take a shower in less than 15 minutes even if I do not wash my hair or shave my legs.
This week I just I found the Wikipedia entry for simple partial seizures.
[I had a link for it, but the site will not let newbies post links.]
It was the first I have heard of them. But I just went down the list for the awake section and I checked off almost everything. I never realized these were connected with seizures at all. These were things I have talked with a mental health professional about. Again these last much longer than seizures are supposed to. Sometime only a few minutes like with the smells, but a half hour is more common. But are they really seizures, if they are lasting that long?
I also have other odd things that are not on the last, but may be simple partial seizures as well.
I described the mood thing to a mental health professional who specialized in mood disorders. I thought I might be bipolar, since I feel random extreme joy as well as the darker emotions. She said I was not bipolar.
A few years back I started having some episodes of aphasia. The doctors did a series of tests, including and MRI but did not find out what caused it.
I am female. I am in my 40s now. I also have sporadic ADD-ish symptoms, but have not been official diagnosed with it. When I was in school they believed that only children with below average IQ had learning disabilities.
I do not have any head injuries. I was in general poor health as a teen and often felt exhausted or low energy. The doctor was not able to find any cause for it. I had really bad nightmares that made it hard for me to get a good night’s sleep.
I first noticed symptoms when I was a teen.
As I teen I had fainting spells on a regular basis. These correspond pretty closely to drop seizures and were very short. I have not had one of these for quite a while.
The doctor tested me for several things but was unable to find a cause. One of the things was an EEG test for epilepsy. It did not turn up anything. Many years later, I found out that the test does not always catch it. I also read that the tests back in the 1980s were not that accurate. They told me I was supposed to be sleep deprived coming into the test, but no one told me ahead of time, so I got my normal sleep the night before. They went ahead and did the test anyway rather than have me come back another time.
I also had absence seizures [or something that seems like them], which I still have. I also have missing time episodes. Seizures are supposed to only last a 30 seconds or a minute, but these lasted longer. More like 5 or 10 minutes or even 20 or 30. It is hard to estimate how long I was out.
I have them less now. It is hard to estimate though. I have suspected missing time episodes. It could be that I am simply slow at doing things and lose track of time though. As an example, no matter how much I try, I cannot seem to take a shower in less than 15 minutes even if I do not wash my hair or shave my legs.
This week I just I found the Wikipedia entry for simple partial seizures.
[I had a link for it, but the site will not let newbies post links.]
It was the first I have heard of them. But I just went down the list for the awake section and I checked off almost everything. I never realized these were connected with seizures at all. These were things I have talked with a mental health professional about. Again these last much longer than seizures are supposed to. Sometime only a few minutes like with the smells, but a half hour is more common. But are they really seizures, if they are lasting that long?
I also have other odd things that are not on the last, but may be simple partial seizures as well.
I described the mood thing to a mental health professional who specialized in mood disorders. I thought I might be bipolar, since I feel random extreme joy as well as the darker emotions. She said I was not bipolar.
A few years back I started having some episodes of aphasia. The doctors did a series of tests, including and MRI but did not find out what caused it.
