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I don't remember the events now, but as a child I witnessed my brother having generalized/ tonic clonic seizures.
I also have a video given to me from my hospital stay for intracranial monitoring. It is bizarre to see myself having full seizures. I don't think I would ever want to see the seizures when I am not fully aware of my actions but am walking around zombie like.
One women said that he "must be on drugs, since he's having seizures." If people say those kinds of things, I don't want to know what has been said about me behind my back.
And kaitybugsmom, we may feel no pain during the seizure, but often times it hurts like hell afterwards. Sometimes, we hurt for days!
Grrr...its upsets me when people just assume things about other people!
I cant even imagine the pain after. Kait said it was like somebody beat her then ran over her. I dont think there was an area on her body that wasnt sore. She said the most painful areas were her tongue (she took a chunk out of the side of it) and her calf muscles.