Seizures and nerve damage?

[MuayThaiFighter]

I have always wondered about the combination of my seizures and how they relate to my physical sensation. As the last three years progressed, i've lost more sensation. I was informed that soft tissue nerve damage is not something that a test could find. But either way I just don't feel nearly as much as I should. Whenever I have had a seizure I feel almost nothing.

An example of my feeling getting lessened would be in my past, when I was only getting auras once a year. I recall when I was in Judo I reacted to pain very differently then I did in previous years. I broke a rib and cracked another one, but it just didn't really hurt. Broke a bone in my foot, and yet again, it just didn't hurt. I used to think I had a really high pain threshold, but this is getting to weird.

Can prolonged seizures do some damage to the nerves? Or is it just a general impact to the sensory part of the brain?

 

[Fedup]

MuayThaiFighter

Well from what I understand there is no evidence to show there is an actual relationship between never damage and seizures. However from my own experience yes there is a relationship and the medication gives you a higher pain threshold.

 

[LW6279]

Yes, I agree with Fedup. I was put on Neurontin for never pain and numbness. But, then on the other hand your brian could be working differently in the pain sensor area to compensate for pain. The brain is ever changing and healing. One area with take over if the other area is not working right.

 

[jayde-101]

I have been thinking about this ALOT .... And i have thought that your body adapts to your lifestyle ...how did i come to that conclusion ....well for example ... I used to hate injections or blood tests so much id panic giving myself nose bleeds cause of the rise in heart rate and pressure ...but the more i have had to have the less they hurt ans so forth ....another example is those in martial arts when they first get flung to the floor it hurts like hell ...second time not so bad and so forth ...

So i believe our bodies actually adapt to our lifestyles/surroundings .... In order to protect us ...i know it seem inconvenient but its plausible .... I hope i haven't just rambled but actually made some sense

 

[momof3boys]

I dont know much about nerve damage and all... but I have seen over the years, that my pain tolerance is more than others. I dont know if its related to seizures, or seizure medications, etc. But the only time Ive complained badly about anything, was a couple of years back when I had a severe case of Bronchitis and couldnt breath. Heck Ive injured myself during seizures and didnt realize it til later. I didnt have much pain, it just felt alittle bruised.

 

[arnie]

Personally, after more than 30 years of seizures,I have never noticed a decrease in sensations, whether pleasure or pain, and I am quite in tune with what my body is feeling. I do wonder what long-term damage, if any, happens to my brain as a result of having several hundred partial seizures a year. My neurologist pretty much said he would not worry about that when I asked him, but I still wonder . . .

 

[Janus]

Hi, I have worried about this considerably. I had a Tonic/Clonic last night and spent 7 hours in the ER. Because they do not know anything about that. Now, 24 hours later, the splitting headache is going away but I have clear and notable nerve issues to my Left arm/hand. I know I had brain damage there from a motorcycle accident but now i have little control over that area in my body. It can be a side effect of the meds as they slow neuronal movement. ??????? PS I have always had a real hight pain tolerance. but i know i feel nothing in my seizure time. Thanks for the post!

 

[Nakamova]

It's possible for there to be issues in the brain -- either caused by the seizures, or related to a cause of the seizures (like lesions,or sclerosis) -- that would lead to loss of sensation elsewhere in the body. Long-term use of some of the anti-seizure meds can also cause a loss of peripheral sensation.