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I am in my early 30's and just had my first seizure in 25 years. When I entered elementary school way back in the late 80's it was noticed immediately by my teacher that I was experiencing something odd. Long story short, I had a habit of banging the back of my head against any nearby surface and this was diagnosed as petit mal seizures. By age 7 I was doing regular EEG's and by age nine I was told I no longer had epilepsy because I had "grown out of it."
Life went on, high school involved no lack of controlled substance abuse and college involved working 30-40 hour weeks while acing 18-22 credits a semester. I worked hard, I played hard and I never once suspected epilepsy might come back.
While in college, my older sister passed having a grand mal seizure. She developed her symptoms later than I and had fairly regular seizures from age 15 on. Before she turned 30 we lost her.
So, Wednesday morning I had a seizure while sleeping in bed with my husband. I was awoken by EMT's (he called 911) and confused as heck. Went to the hospital, anticlimactic. Now I have an appointment with a neurologist Monday morning. I have no idea what to expect. Kinda freaking out and thought I'd learn what I can.
Life went on, high school involved no lack of controlled substance abuse and college involved working 30-40 hour weeks while acing 18-22 credits a semester. I worked hard, I played hard and I never once suspected epilepsy might come back.
While in college, my older sister passed having a grand mal seizure. She developed her symptoms later than I and had fairly regular seizures from age 15 on. Before she turned 30 we lost her.
So, Wednesday morning I had a seizure while sleeping in bed with my husband. I was awoken by EMT's (he called 911) and confused as heck. Went to the hospital, anticlimactic. Now I have an appointment with a neurologist Monday morning. I have no idea what to expect. Kinda freaking out and thought I'd learn what I can.