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I guess i was pretty out of it but I was still aware it was a seizure because i was not in control of my movements.
anything goes
the good ol' EEG is a way to be sure
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I guess i was pretty out of it but I was still aware it was a seizure because i was not in control of my movements.
Thing is, that's EXACTLY what happened though. I certainly couldn't have (intelligibly) said anything, even if someone would've been around. That's what got me starting this thread. I just think it's weird to say the least given what's always happened before as far as remembering starting to fall but never remember hitting the floor and the "usual" rest of it I'm always told about. But I was fully conscious & alert but as usual couldn't of course control my movements or breathing.....that was the scariest part! Even after I wake up it always feels like there's a 50# weight on my chest not letting me get a full breath of air feeling like I'm suffocating. THAT scares the heck out of me!
(Now....if this quote comes out right this time. I always end up doing it backwards.)
NOT a tonic clonic seizure; whatever seizure happened that night wouldn't have been a t.c.
there are over 40 types (which i would assume you know if you research endlessly) and a few cause the inability to talk, mainly simple and partial seizures (which may or not lead to a tonic clonic).
a t.c. goes alot further than 'intelligibly' being able to say anything (as 'simple' as a simple partial can cause that).... but with a tonic clonic you're not able to say anything AT ALL b/c you're unconscious.
i'm not sure how to be more specific than that jane, and suggest you do investigate seizures quite a bit more before convincing yourself that is what happened.