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Oh yea i do all kinds of things and dont remember them, pass out wake up naked or in a puddle of blood, but it's been a long time since i have, some years. If i drink like 5-7 beers it happens and when i was younger i always remembered what i did drunk or not. On this medication you have to watch what you drink cuz i have no tolerance like i used to. Maybe it's cuz the beers i drink are 9-11% but still 3 of em and im happy as all get out. But i still never remember anything when im sleeping and people tell me they woke me up to do something and i did it. Epiplepsy brought out all kinds of weird memory loss situations over the years.
 
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This isn't so much a you know you have epilepsy as to tell y'all how awesome I am. I can keep on julienning carrots for a salad with my green Pampered Chef knife while having a partial. Oh yeah!:rock:
 
You know you have epilepsy when you are finding crisps all over the house because apparently you have opened EVERY single packet of crisps from a multipack of 24, and placed each individual crisp in a different place in the house and the kids are finding it too funny to stop you...they're in all the beds, the sofa, down the toilet (did you know that crisps don't flush? I do now!) in the cooker, on top of the tv, and i even put one in the drawer of the dvd player... that was yesterday, so today has been spent asking the kids to play hunt the crisps!!!
 
when you wake up with rug burn on your eyelid and you KNOW you didn't have a "fun" time last night, lol.


not that I know from experience or anything... :lol:
 
Epilepsy is when you feel like you have a hangover in the morning without the party the previous night.
 
You know you have epilepsy when... you don't go to the Epilepsy Foundation breakfast because you can't get a ride (oh, and why are they having it there, don't they know the food is nasty?). Actually, I wouldn't go anyway, but even if I wanted to...
 
You know you have epilepsy when you spend two weeks after a grand mal thinking you might be the return of Quetzalcoatl...(no, really...)
 
You know...

You know you have Epilepsy when you spell your name backwards when in post-ictal state. Then you fear you're dyslexic which causes you to hyperventilate. Then you take care to get to a safe place because you feel a seizure coming on. And round it goes.

Yours, rabanniC :dontknow:
 
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:roflmao::agree: when I have a bad seizure and can't spell my name, it annoys me...it's only 4 letters long! or frequently the paramedics will ask me where I live, and the only answer I can drag out of my mis firing brain is 'home'!!!
 
How did it go? "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste"...Maybe written by one of our ilk?!
 
When you go to a passport interview and realise the guy has asked you your age and date of birth at least twice.

And you can't remember either. "I'm twenty....something?" is apparently not a valid reply:roflmao:
 
EVOL said:
*When you wake up in a pool of blood and can't figure where it came from but you have a funny taste in your mouth you're either epileptic or a forgetful vampire*:paperbag:
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LOL! though the prospect of being a really forgetful vampire sounds quite entertaining...
It would be a good way to explain WHY you woke up feeling like that...
'well, im a vampire, but i have a bad memory so i dont remember who i bit last night...'
People may not be too keen to spend long periods of time with you again though, just incase you were telling the truth!
 
You know you have epilepsy if you:

1. Have ever found yourself walking around with a cat on your head

2. Have ever needed stitches and don't know how or when you injured yourself (could have been the cat). :bigsmile:

3. Have ever tried to flush a pair of your favorite shoes down the toilet.
 
You'll know if you have epilepsy if:

1) you fall down at foreign sounds;

2) if you try to stay up all night and then you fall like an accordian and don't hurt yourself;

3) when you continue to have these weird "deja vu" sensations and wonder why they never stop;

4) you involuntarily become the centre of atttention; :roflmao:
 
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3) when you continue to have these weird "deja vu" sensations and wonder why they never stop;

4) you involuntarily become the centre of atttention; :roflmao:
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3) My life is like a permanent deja vu feeling. It's super weird.
4) If only it were the kind of attention I wanted . . . :ponder:
 
When you know you've read a book which you really enjoyed but can't remember the ending. I'm actually working my way through Terry Pratchett''s "Maskerade" for probably the third time and wondering whodunnit!
 
Loopy Lou said:
When you know you've read a book which you really enjoyed but can't remember the ending. I'm actually working my way through Terry Pratchett''s "Maskerade" for probably the third time and wondering whodunnit!
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I know the feeling! :agree: ;)
 
Speaking of food...

While tidying up the kitchen after dinner, you know you have Epilepsy if you find yourself ready to place a stack of plates in the refrigerator.

Nothing like a good meal :hungry: and a good laugh.
 
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