Ok everyone,
I need some help here because I am a little scared and confused.
I am 27 weeks pregnant with my first child. I never even really gave epilepsy a thought until I had two very distinct experiences- one in week 24 and one last night.
The first major experience is more in two parts. It started as I was in the kitchen and I started to feel a little dizzy-my husband came in and found me sitting on the floor against the cabinets. I told him that I felt faint so I sat down- which was true- but the sensation was like being sucked under the tides at the ocean- going all black with a ringing sound sort of. I was anxious- but not really scared. Later that night I was sitting on the couch and I started to feel dizzy. I had a feeling of my throat closing up- kind of like the tightness you get when you feel naseuas. I remember leaning foward and the next thing I know I'm on the floor. Myhusband said that it looked almost like I threw myself or let myself fall completely down.
When I came out of it I wasnt afraid, other than I thought I should still be in the kitchen. I remembered after a little bit of time going from the kitchen to the living room and sitting down and talking for a minute before it happened, but immediately after coming out of it I did'nt know how or what had happened.
Last night was similar. My husband and I were watching anime and there was a part with a lot of flashing lights-I even made the comment that it would suck to be epileptic....
A little later I began to have the tight feeling in my throat again and felt very sleepy- so I drank some water and leaned back on the couch. I was listening to the anime and I felt a very pleasant sensation... its hard to describe but like being totally awake and alive yet not- like there was a lot of electricity coursing through my body but not painfully. Although my vision was blacked out I still felt like I was "seeing" some colors. I then recall my husbands voice being very panicky and asking me if I ok and what was going on. From his point of view I had gone completely stiff and began to twitch and he said it sounded like I Was humming? Or my teeth were chattering?
I felt very peaceful and not alarmed at all-but it took me a few minutes to be able to remember what was going on. I also felt very weak.
It's because of these experiences I began researching epilepsy. I was surprised when I read about absence seizures because these sound like something I have had all my life... a very intense zone that I get locked into and cannot get out of until I just come out of it- or fall asleep and wake back up. I used to get into so much trouble for episodes like these with my parents and such.
I am also wondering if any of you had doctors think that you may be narcoleptic? Because of the absence like episodes I saw a doctor who sent me for a sleep study- I;m not narcoleptic, but I'm wondering if the problem really was/is epilepsy made worse by pregnancy? Can anyone relate or help?
Thanks in advance!
I need some help here because I am a little scared and confused.
I am 27 weeks pregnant with my first child. I never even really gave epilepsy a thought until I had two very distinct experiences- one in week 24 and one last night.
The first major experience is more in two parts. It started as I was in the kitchen and I started to feel a little dizzy-my husband came in and found me sitting on the floor against the cabinets. I told him that I felt faint so I sat down- which was true- but the sensation was like being sucked under the tides at the ocean- going all black with a ringing sound sort of. I was anxious- but not really scared. Later that night I was sitting on the couch and I started to feel dizzy. I had a feeling of my throat closing up- kind of like the tightness you get when you feel naseuas. I remember leaning foward and the next thing I know I'm on the floor. Myhusband said that it looked almost like I threw myself or let myself fall completely down.
When I came out of it I wasnt afraid, other than I thought I should still be in the kitchen. I remembered after a little bit of time going from the kitchen to the living room and sitting down and talking for a minute before it happened, but immediately after coming out of it I did'nt know how or what had happened.
Last night was similar. My husband and I were watching anime and there was a part with a lot of flashing lights-I even made the comment that it would suck to be epileptic....
A little later I began to have the tight feeling in my throat again and felt very sleepy- so I drank some water and leaned back on the couch. I was listening to the anime and I felt a very pleasant sensation... its hard to describe but like being totally awake and alive yet not- like there was a lot of electricity coursing through my body but not painfully. Although my vision was blacked out I still felt like I was "seeing" some colors. I then recall my husbands voice being very panicky and asking me if I ok and what was going on. From his point of view I had gone completely stiff and began to twitch and he said it sounded like I Was humming? Or my teeth were chattering?
I felt very peaceful and not alarmed at all-but it took me a few minutes to be able to remember what was going on. I also felt very weak.
It's because of these experiences I began researching epilepsy. I was surprised when I read about absence seizures because these sound like something I have had all my life... a very intense zone that I get locked into and cannot get out of until I just come out of it- or fall asleep and wake back up. I used to get into so much trouble for episodes like these with my parents and such.
I am also wondering if any of you had doctors think that you may be narcoleptic? Because of the absence like episodes I saw a doctor who sent me for a sleep study- I;m not narcoleptic, but I'm wondering if the problem really was/is epilepsy made worse by pregnancy? Can anyone relate or help?
Thanks in advance!