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My name's Kevin, 16 years old, This is how seizure happened for me:


When i was at middle school, (14 years old) i was an athlete (i still am), i had a seizure. I don't remember what happened the whole day, but this is what my friends said to me, and the doctor.
I once ran in the platform to catch up with someone, (we were just playing it seems). Many students say i was at my maximum speed, i don't know why i ran at that level, but suddenly a teacher came down through stairs, i looked at him, was afraid that i'd get scolded for running like this in the corridor and when i looked in front of me, there was a metal window, firmly pinned open. The hit made a devastating sound, people all over came rushing to me. I fell down, was perfectly still for over a min. I was knocked out cold, with my eyes open full of tears, as they were dry. After about 2-3 mins, a shot of Grand Mal epilepsy happened, along with vomiting as well. I was immedietly admitted to a hospital, and was given treatment. All scans were perfectly normal, MRI, EEG, everything. The doctor said it isn't possible for a head injury to trigger an epilepsy, but some problem or loss of blood supply to the brain. I was given a lot of pills to take, for a year and he said to keep an eye for me and the epilepsy may happen again.

2 years have passed, no case of epilepsy, but my studies went down drastically, very, very, drastically my maths score was almost down to 35% and i never went below 80% in any subject before that, in my entire school career. Not only maths, all subjects were almost down the ditch, my parents thought it was because of my long absence, i know that wasn't the cause, i just let it pass by. The next year, i switched schools, and got into IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) training program (I thought i am studying well, as i got into it and many can't). But then, the scores again went down too low, my parents became serious and i am going through a hard life atm. The reason is, i am not working or trying to study, i just think i should, but i don't. I don't know if it's due to the head injury, or i've been used to the excuse of long absence and health illness. I am at high school now, my marks have never been this low. Help me out a bit?
 
Hi Kevin,

Welcome to CWE.

It not unusual for people who have Epilepsy- EEG, MRI test to come back normal.

The Term epilepsy is when someone has had more than two seizures.

I have learn a lot in this forum and I hope the same will be true for you.

If you are keeping a diary, I would encourage you to start one, list a seizures the date, time, length that it lasted, any triggers, such as lack of sleep, stress, infection, new medic. cond. such as flu, any new meds. you add even vitamins, foods. there are so many triggers. Different people react to diff. triggers, just like we react diff. to the diff. meds.
 
Hi Kevin, welcome to CWE!

It sounds like you have had a one-off seizure related to your head trauma. Generally speaking, epilepsy isn't diagnosed unless someone has two or more seizures, so hopefully you're in the clear for that. Head trauma can cause cognitive and emotional issues, so it's possible that your subsequent difficulties with your studies are a related after-effect of the injury. If you are otherwise healthy, I suggest that you see a neuropsychiatrist who can run tests to check for any issues that may be affecting your ability to function at an optimum level. If there are cognitive or emotional problems that are playing a role, the neuropsychiatrist may recommend therapy to help you move forward.

Best of luck, hang in there!
Nakamova
 
Hi Kevin...first of all, OUCH! That does not sound fun at all.

Second, the others here will be of great help to you. I agree with them that it sounds like the head injury caused the seizure, and likely could have caused the troubles you're experiencing in school. It's something I would definitely look into. Good luck!
 
Head trauma can cause cognitive and emotional issues, so it's possible that your subsequent difficulties with your studies are a related after-effect of the injury. If you are otherwise healthy, I suggest that you see a neuropsychiatrist who can run tests to check for any issues that may be affecting your ability to function at an optimum level. If there are cognitive or emotional problems that are playing a role, the neuropsychiatrist may recommend therapy to help you move forward.

Best of luck, hang in there!
Nakamova

I just wanted to confirm that the head injury had a part in it, thanks for that, i'll talk about it to my parents.
 
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Hi Kevin...first of all, OUCH! That does not sound fun at all.

Second, the others here will be of great help to you. I agree with them that it sounds like the head injury caused the seizure, and likely could have caused the troubles you're experiencing in school. It's something I would definitely look into. Good luck!

Thanks for caring for me and yes, i am relieved that i don't remember the pain and i actually don't know if it ached at all anyway xD
 
If you are keeping a diary, I would encourage you to start one, list a seizures the date, time, length that it lasted, any triggers, such as lack of sleep, stress, infection, new medic. cond. such as flu, any new meds. you add even vitamins, foods. there are so many triggers. Different people react to diff. triggers, just like we react diff. to the diff. meds.

I'll start doing this right away, thanks ^^
 
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