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I was wondering if there's anyone else who's glad when someone who they know has a seizure?
Almost all of my close family and friends have seen me have a seizure when I was first diagnosed with epilepsy because I was having them left and right but very few other people have.
Most people only relate seizures to a tonic clonic and don't realize there are more types than that. Even though you try to describe what a simple or complex partial is they still don't understand. They still think that you are going to fall to the ground and start shaking when you have a seizure.
I was with my husband for about 5 years before his son, who was around 18 then, saw me have a seizure. I know he was afraid to be alone with me because I might have a seizure and he wouldn't know what to do. After he saw me have a complex partial he's fine being alone with me now.
I have a friend who has never actually seen me have a seizure but I had one while I was on the phone with her. I know that it freaked her out just because she wasn't there and couldn't do anything for me. Luckily my husband was home and she called him on his cell phone so he could help.
We had friends over about a month ago. A few hours after they were here my husband told me that I'd had a complex partial seizure that I didn't know I'd had. I'd gotten up and walked around the house. He tried to keep me sitting on the couch but it wouldn't work. Our friends were actually surprised that what I had was a seizure.
I'm not embarrassed that I have epilepsy but it's not like I go around the whole world I have it. If it comes up in a conversation with someone that I haven't seen for a long time why I don't work or drive I tell them why.
I'm just glad that people who I spend a lot of time with finally see me have a seizure and understand what they are like and what I do.
Almost all of my close family and friends have seen me have a seizure when I was first diagnosed with epilepsy because I was having them left and right but very few other people have.
Most people only relate seizures to a tonic clonic and don't realize there are more types than that. Even though you try to describe what a simple or complex partial is they still don't understand. They still think that you are going to fall to the ground and start shaking when you have a seizure.
I was with my husband for about 5 years before his son, who was around 18 then, saw me have a seizure. I know he was afraid to be alone with me because I might have a seizure and he wouldn't know what to do. After he saw me have a complex partial he's fine being alone with me now.
I have a friend who has never actually seen me have a seizure but I had one while I was on the phone with her. I know that it freaked her out just because she wasn't there and couldn't do anything for me. Luckily my husband was home and she called him on his cell phone so he could help.
We had friends over about a month ago. A few hours after they were here my husband told me that I'd had a complex partial seizure that I didn't know I'd had. I'd gotten up and walked around the house. He tried to keep me sitting on the couch but it wouldn't work. Our friends were actually surprised that what I had was a seizure.
I'm not embarrassed that I have epilepsy but it's not like I go around the whole world I have it. If it comes up in a conversation with someone that I haven't seen for a long time why I don't work or drive I tell them why.
I'm just glad that people who I spend a lot of time with finally see me have a seizure and understand what they are like and what I do.