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1) Extreme sensitivity to cold -- for instance, a seizure might be triggered by swimming in cold water or being in a cold wind or getting too cold at night or even drinking cold water.
2) Shuddering (unrelated to being too cold or having the flu, but the same type of shuddering) -- especially upon awakening. Not a mycolonic type of manifestation, just the sort of shuddering we all get when we have the chills.
3) Pupils frequently dilated
4) Extreme thirst -- always wanting a drink -- drinking more than 2 cups of liquid per hour (1 cup for a child)
5) Extreme urination -- more than once an hour in daytime; having to get up to go more than once at night (unless you drank a whole lot right before bed -- ha ha!). For a child -- daytime incontinence or bedwetting after potty training achieved.
6) Extreme hunger, and lack of feeling full (not related to certain seizure meds)
7) Problems with blood sugar regulation (high or low)
8} Photosensitivity that triggers a seizure (examples might be seeing sunlight reflected off water, being close to TV screen, very bright lights -- like in a department store or the mall, computer screen, computer games, flickering lights -- like on Christmas tree)
9) Disruptions in certain sleep cycles -- for instance, consistently waking up around 3 a.m. -- or consistently having a seizure at a certain time of the night
10) Anti-epileptic meds metabolized too fast or inefficiently -- for instance, you might be on a very high dose, but your blood tests show less than therapeutic levels
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If you have epilepsy and have 3 (or more) of these symptoms, and could also share what type of seizures you have (i.e. tonic clonic, myoclonic, gelastic, etc.), what kind of epilepsy you have (i.e. temporal lobe, etc.), and if you know the cause of your epilepsy (i.e. brain injury or lesion) that would be helpful.
2) Shuddering (unrelated to being too cold or having the flu, but the same type of shuddering) -- especially upon awakening. Not a mycolonic type of manifestation, just the sort of shuddering we all get when we have the chills.
3) Pupils frequently dilated
4) Extreme thirst -- always wanting a drink -- drinking more than 2 cups of liquid per hour (1 cup for a child)
5) Extreme urination -- more than once an hour in daytime; having to get up to go more than once at night (unless you drank a whole lot right before bed -- ha ha!). For a child -- daytime incontinence or bedwetting after potty training achieved.
6) Extreme hunger, and lack of feeling full (not related to certain seizure meds)
7) Problems with blood sugar regulation (high or low)
8} Photosensitivity that triggers a seizure (examples might be seeing sunlight reflected off water, being close to TV screen, very bright lights -- like in a department store or the mall, computer screen, computer games, flickering lights -- like on Christmas tree)
9) Disruptions in certain sleep cycles -- for instance, consistently waking up around 3 a.m. -- or consistently having a seizure at a certain time of the night
10) Anti-epileptic meds metabolized too fast or inefficiently -- for instance, you might be on a very high dose, but your blood tests show less than therapeutic levels
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If you have epilepsy and have 3 (or more) of these symptoms, and could also share what type of seizures you have (i.e. tonic clonic, myoclonic, gelastic, etc.), what kind of epilepsy you have (i.e. temporal lobe, etc.), and if you know the cause of your epilepsy (i.e. brain injury or lesion) that would be helpful.
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