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[rhonda23]

My name is Rhonda. I have been on here before and my story is not getting better. My first seizure was in Sep. The second one was in Dec. Those seizure I bit my tonuge and the first seizure I fell out of the bed. The second one I stayed in the bed. The third seizure happened in March. My son found me in bed and said I must have had a seizure because I had vomit all in the bed and all over me. He took care of me. Went and got a neighbor to help him with me. I do not recall any of this happing. The last one was May 5 and it was bad. I fell out of bed and hit my eye on the night stand and also had vomit everywhere. All of the seziures are happing while I am taking a nap or sleeping for the night. The doctors still don't know what is causing it to happen. I have to wait 2 weeks to make an appointment with the neuroligist(spelling). Do y'all have any ideas?

 

[Nakamova]

Unfortunately, it's not always possible to tell what is causing the seizures. Over half of seizure disorders are considered "idiopathic" -- i.e. there's no obvious primary cause like a head injury or something similar. Sometimes there are secondary triggers -- things like fatigue or illness -- that can bring on a seizure. Do you have any guesses at all about anything that might be a secondary trigger? If you haven't been sleeping well, fatigue could be playing a role. You might ask the neurologist about having a sleep study done.

And it's important to discuss treatment options with the neurologist. The more seizures you have, the easier it gets for the brain to seize in the future.

 

[little fruitcake]

Hi Rhonda, my name is Rhonda and I also live in Garland. I'm sorry to hear you are having a rough time. I wish I had more to say to be helpful but when you see the neuro you will know more. Keep me posted.