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Hi everyone,
First, I apologize for my english (I just learned it at school)... But it seems there is no equivalent of this forum in my country.
So let's go... I've been recenltly diagnosed (at 63) with Temporal Epilepsy. I feel a bit ashamed, because my seizures seem very light compared to many of you. Until now...
I've had three seizures in five years (one last week), limited to a temporary and very partial loss of memory. First time, it was 2 monthes after a presidential election in my country (and I had been very interested, even implied, in it...) and suddenly I was unable to say who the hell had been elected (I was even not sure we had these kind of elections here in France, I remembered a few names of political leaders but "who was who" - everything in this [very important to me] area had became very confuse). There were also a few other things (which day were we, which season, even which year - I didn't know anymore). But nothing else. No physical symptom, no aura, no headache, no "deja vu" feeling. Half an hour later, everything was fine. Nothing on the IRM and EEG, and endly my doctors said it was probably a Transient ischemic attack.
The 2 other seizures were very similar. Last week, the memory loss was centered on my beloved daughter. She has leaved us a few monthes ago to end her studies in Japan (that's very far from here !) and then she got very quickly a job in Tokyo (and we were so happy, because it's not that easy in France to get a job for the newcomers !). For us, it was the big event of the year - and she Skypes us everyday ! Last tuesday in the morning, when I was alone in the kitchen, I couldn't remember where the hell she was. I was very ashamed (what an ugly father I was !) but after a big and useless effort for a quarter of an hour, I endly woke up my wife. And even after my wife told me "she is in Japan", I was unable to imagine what she was doing there. My wife asked me a few other things then (what did you do yesterday... I couldn't say). And, as it occured for the first 2 seizures, half an hour later, everything was fine. My doctor sent me to the ER, and for the first time the EEG (not the IRM) showed something - there were signs of a right temporal epilepsy, the doctors said.
Until now, it's not a big deal - just three times a strange half an hour moment, with partial memory loss, in five years. To be honnest, would I even have cared of it, if I had had to pay for the doctors & hospital ? But my concerrn is :
- can this kind of epilepsy drive to bigger symptoms.
- according to the french law, I'm not allowed to drive anymore (as every epilepsy diagnosed people). Very very boring for my everyday life !
- and might this diagnosis be a mistake (even with some "signs" on an EEG...). Reading this forum, I feel like some symptoms are missing...
If someone else here has known these kind of 'soft' epilepsy seizures, please tell me !
First, I apologize for my english (I just learned it at school)... But it seems there is no equivalent of this forum in my country.
So let's go... I've been recenltly diagnosed (at 63) with Temporal Epilepsy. I feel a bit ashamed, because my seizures seem very light compared to many of you. Until now...
I've had three seizures in five years (one last week), limited to a temporary and very partial loss of memory. First time, it was 2 monthes after a presidential election in my country (and I had been very interested, even implied, in it...) and suddenly I was unable to say who the hell had been elected (I was even not sure we had these kind of elections here in France, I remembered a few names of political leaders but "who was who" - everything in this [very important to me] area had became very confuse). There were also a few other things (which day were we, which season, even which year - I didn't know anymore). But nothing else. No physical symptom, no aura, no headache, no "deja vu" feeling. Half an hour later, everything was fine. Nothing on the IRM and EEG, and endly my doctors said it was probably a Transient ischemic attack.
The 2 other seizures were very similar. Last week, the memory loss was centered on my beloved daughter. She has leaved us a few monthes ago to end her studies in Japan (that's very far from here !) and then she got very quickly a job in Tokyo (and we were so happy, because it's not that easy in France to get a job for the newcomers !). For us, it was the big event of the year - and she Skypes us everyday ! Last tuesday in the morning, when I was alone in the kitchen, I couldn't remember where the hell she was. I was very ashamed (what an ugly father I was !) but after a big and useless effort for a quarter of an hour, I endly woke up my wife. And even after my wife told me "she is in Japan", I was unable to imagine what she was doing there. My wife asked me a few other things then (what did you do yesterday... I couldn't say). And, as it occured for the first 2 seizures, half an hour later, everything was fine. My doctor sent me to the ER, and for the first time the EEG (not the IRM) showed something - there were signs of a right temporal epilepsy, the doctors said.
Until now, it's not a big deal - just three times a strange half an hour moment, with partial memory loss, in five years. To be honnest, would I even have cared of it, if I had had to pay for the doctors & hospital ? But my concerrn is :
- can this kind of epilepsy drive to bigger symptoms.
- according to the french law, I'm not allowed to drive anymore (as every epilepsy diagnosed people). Very very boring for my everyday life !
- and might this diagnosis be a mistake (even with some "signs" on an EEG...). Reading this forum, I feel like some symptoms are missing...
If someone else here has known these kind of 'soft' epilepsy seizures, please tell me !
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