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Hi everyone. I was trying to do my research on epilepsy and seizures, and came across this forum. I hope some of you can shed some light on my situation.
About a year ago, my older brother had a seizure. And since then he's had a couple more. We think it's due to stress (and our family has had some problems in the past year that put a strain on our mental health). He was okay for some months. But a problem cropped up in our family two weeks ago, and he's starting to experience his neurological problems again.
He's been suddenly feeling sleepy, losing awareness, and feeling hungry. When he loses his awareness, he often talks about things that are unrelated to the conversation. His movement is slow, his speech is slurred, and his estimation/judgement of where things are is affected. For example, just last night he was smoking. I was keeping an eye on him because I knew he was having one of those episodes. He raised his hand to remove his cigarette from his mouth, but his finger hit the end of the cigarette where the fire is. He gets very hungry as well during these episodes.
He's also been very bad with his memory, repeatedly talking about things he's talked about before, having no recollection of certain events, etc.
Can somebody tell me if there's a name for the episode I described earlier? The one where he's losing awareness, etc. It's not a full-on seizure, but I'd like to know if there's a name for it so I can do my research on it.
This has been hard on me, and he's been upset and frustrated about it too. I cannot bear to see him like this, it makes me want to tear up each time I see him in that state. Which is why any and all help I can get would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
About a year ago, my older brother had a seizure. And since then he's had a couple more. We think it's due to stress (and our family has had some problems in the past year that put a strain on our mental health). He was okay for some months. But a problem cropped up in our family two weeks ago, and he's starting to experience his neurological problems again.
He's been suddenly feeling sleepy, losing awareness, and feeling hungry. When he loses his awareness, he often talks about things that are unrelated to the conversation. His movement is slow, his speech is slurred, and his estimation/judgement of where things are is affected. For example, just last night he was smoking. I was keeping an eye on him because I knew he was having one of those episodes. He raised his hand to remove his cigarette from his mouth, but his finger hit the end of the cigarette where the fire is. He gets very hungry as well during these episodes.
He's also been very bad with his memory, repeatedly talking about things he's talked about before, having no recollection of certain events, etc.
Can somebody tell me if there's a name for the episode I described earlier? The one where he's losing awareness, etc. It's not a full-on seizure, but I'd like to know if there's a name for it so I can do my research on it.
This has been hard on me, and he's been upset and frustrated about it too. I cannot bear to see him like this, it makes me want to tear up each time I see him in that state. Which is why any and all help I can get would be greatly appreciated. Thank you