In addition to my post about my 12-year-old son's meds, I was wondering about other people's experiences with absence seizures.
My son said that, when he has them, he can see and hear, but it's almost like through a fog. It's like he's sort of focused on something in the distance, but not really. I'd thought that with absence seizures, it was like people totally lose time for those brief moments.
It also seems like his absence seizures occur when he's NOT active. Usually when he's talking or listening to someone else talking. Is this typical?
It's interesting that he showed classes absence seizure patterns on the eeg during the hyperventilation portion. He does some super heavy exercise. He lifts weights (not crazy heavy, just to learn safe/proper technique with a qualified coach), and sometimes for that they have to take a deep breath, lift, then release. It seems very much like how one induces absence seizure activity during a hyperventilation test. But he never had an episode doing that. Of course, we have to consider how much lifting he can do now. Maybe nothing overhead.
Also, his athletics sometimes have hard-core, all-out cardio that leaves him and everyone else completely winded. Again, wouldn't that typically induce an absence seizure given the hyperventilation aspect?
I'm just trying to understand all this.
Thanks!
My son said that, when he has them, he can see and hear, but it's almost like through a fog. It's like he's sort of focused on something in the distance, but not really. I'd thought that with absence seizures, it was like people totally lose time for those brief moments.
It also seems like his absence seizures occur when he's NOT active. Usually when he's talking or listening to someone else talking. Is this typical?
It's interesting that he showed classes absence seizure patterns on the eeg during the hyperventilation portion. He does some super heavy exercise. He lifts weights (not crazy heavy, just to learn safe/proper technique with a qualified coach), and sometimes for that they have to take a deep breath, lift, then release. It seems very much like how one induces absence seizure activity during a hyperventilation test. But he never had an episode doing that. Of course, we have to consider how much lifting he can do now. Maybe nothing overhead.
Also, his athletics sometimes have hard-core, all-out cardio that leaves him and everyone else completely winded. Again, wouldn't that typically induce an absence seizure given the hyperventilation aspect?
I'm just trying to understand all this.
Thanks!