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Sometimes...like with smoking....it seems like yesterday was my quit day. I'm actually forty days non smoker now. Its like wait where have I been? Sometimes I am really bothered because I think I can't get time perception down. I don't know how to explain it. Its like I go through life being in autopilot more than I Am here.
I was talking to my counselor one day and I completely forgot what I was talking about it left couldn't recall it and honestly still can't, um I get on to my kids and its like wait a minute what did you do again that you weren't supposed to do. I don't catch a lot such as people being smart with me like my daughter which by the way works out great for her but not for me and its like when I catch things I'm shocked and others are looking at me like she does it all the time why say anything now? My memory is horrible to be honest has been for a while. I have done things and not realized it till after I did it and I a like wait did I do that? Uh oh how do I get myself out of this. Oops. Stay away from amazon when you're having episodes lol. Its like part of my brain just is going nope not working out of order whatever. But its gotten worse my hand jerks I feel like my head just won't stay up like its heavy And then i,m tired the rest of the day. I have ring in my ears. I thought I heard a rubber band in my ear one time and I thought maybe my bones cracked or something in my ear. I see a lot stars over the past couple of days and my bp is fine. One of my eyes will feel like its slumped down. Or my ear goes numb or one side of my my face. It goes on and on And seems to be happening more often. I have a hard time talking about these things
 
Tnicol, I hear exactly where you are coming from, a lot of the time I swear im just trying to push past my "episodes" and am on Autoholly for the longest times, I get confused fast and rather than me be like ... wait back up breath and start again, im like NO not giving in keep pushing even if I make no sense and am making it harder for myself.... I am constantly exhausted, have headaches ALL the time, and I think you like me (being a parent) need to take 5 more often and realize "we" may not be helping "US" or our conditions, im still in some kind of denial, as I haven't been diagnosed, so im just like im fine its ok I feel fine... when in actual fact I have no idea what is going on, cant remember my butt from my elbow and cant even have a decent fight with the husband because usually I get so mad I forget everything, and then he's like, wait thought you were mad at me.... im like... umm? I WAS?!?! he said im like a light bulb I just switch off I could be screaming the house down and then ill pause for maybe 15 seconds and ill be back to how I was before an argument heated discussion started :)

only thing I will add is that my and DH don't fight often .... I don't think.... ahhh who am I kidding I prolly don't remember half of the fights hahahaha
 
That's a lot funny.. I've been reading your posts and I am anxious to hear what they say because I identify with you a bunch. I go see my neurologist the tenth of October I'm nervous some cuz I'm like well do I plop down and say here's the paper of my symptoms if I remember to take it. I've done some research on it and its interesting and I wonder how long now not so much do I its more of how long. I am not so much in denial its just another thing I can probably see mom what your boyfriends did to me...I didn't like her bf when I was a kid and they hated me. I think what I went through with my ex hubby and my daughter pushed me into having these worse. Stress stress stress I think is a big factor the other triggers seem to consist of noises that are consistent or lights. Like being surrounded in a store of Christmas tree lights flashing lights. Too many people talking at once or the same saying over and over again. I guess I just have to figure it all out but I just want to work properly again.
 
Partial Seizures

Partial seizures are divided into simple, complex and those that evolve into secondary generalized seizures. The difference between simple and complex seizures is that during simple partial seizures, patients retain awareness; during complex partial seizures, they lose awareness.

Simple partial seizures are further subdivided into four categories according to the nature of their symptoms: motor, autonomic, sensory, or psychological. Motor symptoms include movements such as jerking and stiffening. Sensory symptoms caused by seizures involve unusual sensations affecting any of the five senses (vision, hearing, smell, taste, or touch). When simple partial seizures cause sensory symptoms only (and not motor symptoms), they are called "auras."

Autonomic symptoms affect the autonomic nervous system, which is the group of nerves that control the functions of our organs, like the heart, stomach, bladder, intestines. Therefore autonomic symptoms are things like racing heart beat, stomach upset, diarrhea, loss of bladder control. The only common autonomic symptom is a peculiar sensation in the stomach that is experienced by some patients with a type of epilepsy called temporal lobe epilepsy. Simple partial seizures with psychological symptoms are characterized by various experiences involving memory (the sensation of deja-vu), emotions (such as fear or pleasure), or other complex psychological phenomena.

Complex partial seizures, by definition, include impairment of awareness. Patients seem to be "out of touch," "out of it," or "staring into space" during these seizures. There may also be some "complex" symptoms called automatisms. Automatisms consist of involuntary but coordinated movements that tend to be purposeless and repetitive. Common automatisms include lip smacking, chewing, fidgeting, and walking.

The third kind of partial seizure is one that begins as a focal seizure and evolves into a generalized convulsive ("grand-mal") seizure. Most patients with partial seizures have simple partial, complex partial, and secondarily generalized seizures. In about two-thirds of patients with partial epilepsy, seizures can be controlled with medications. Partial seizures that cannot be treated with drugs can often be treated surgically.


this I found very useful
 
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