partial seizures

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Q: partial seizures?
do you need to be on a special diet to prevent seizures?

A: You probably need to take medications.

Q: Does anyone know of a way to control complex partial seizures naturally?
I’ve had complex partial seizures for the past 3.5 years (since I was 21). I don’t have them too frequently but I would like to know if someone has done something that has cured them completely or at least controlled them quite well. I would like to resume a normal lifestyle like a normal 24 year old but I’m scared because of these seizures! If anyone knows of a way that has controlled or cured them, I would like to know your suggestions! Thanks in advance!

A: As a nurse, I have to say not really – unless you mean taking medications and easing your stress level to provoke them by eating well, not drinking, and getting enough sleep. Medication is meant to prevent your seizures from occurring, and going off these anti-epileptic medications can put you at risk of seizing again. I imagine it’s a real bummer to have to take medication for a problem which is totally out of your control, but it’s safer for you and possibly society. If you were to drive and have a seizure you could kill yourself and/or others, and that would not be a good plan.

Now, if it’s about side effects, and that’s why you don’t feel like you lead a *normal lifestyle*, please work with your doc to find another drug which doesn’t bother you as much. I know these medications can cause problems for people with feeling dizzy, sleepy, lose hair, have gum problems, nausea, and feeling spacey. There are many, many newer meds out and one may be a better choice than another for you.

Good luck to you, and I hope you stay seizure-free!

And for the other person who commented about *partial* seizures, that just means they start in one part of the brain, rather than the whole brain at one time. And NOT all people have seizures which make them shake all over with their arms and legs going. Partial seizures can spread to make that happen, but not all the time. Also, someone may or may not have seizures which make them unconscious – some people have *Simple* partial seizures where their mind isn’t affected and the person knows it’s happening. When the consciousness is affected with Partial Epilepsy, it’s called a Complex Partial Seizure.

Q: Anyone use zonegran for partial seizures, how does it affect your cognition?
I was just put on zonegran (from lamictal) for partial seizures, but I’ve heard it messes with your brain and memory, makes you slow… if it does, I will not be taking it. I am in college and I loved lamictal because I could focus BETTER. I cannot afford to be brain dead!

Very concerned.

Any recommendations for other bi-polar and seizure medicine?

A: Hello, I’m a doctor. Use topiramate. I think that you want to get more info about it. Please go to —-> http://webmd5.notlong.com/AAtAnWF

Q: If someone was seizure free for a couple of years and then gets partial seizures years after, what will happen?
If someone gets partial seizures, but has been seizure free for a couple of years, will it go away? If not, what would be a solution for it?

A: My dad had this happen after not having any for about 5 years. What he did was go to the dr. and they found out the medication he took was causing him to have some sparatic seizures. May check and see if that may be the case. Good luck and god bless

Q: Does anybodys kids have complex partial seizures?
My son was diagnosed with complex partial seizures a couple of months ago.He started taking Depakote 3 weeks ago and finally after taking 3 pills a night for last 2 nights is just about seizure free.Does anybody know anyone taking this med and any postives or negative effects its had for them?

A: I had complex partial seizures.

As with any medication, everyone will react differently. Here are the major side effects: http://www.drugs.com/depakote.html

Depakote had no effect on my seizures, but again, everyone is different. I wish your son great success on this medication.

All the best.

Q: Crohns disease being mistaken for simple partial seizures?
I feel that many people who are diagnosed with crohn disease are actually having simple partial seizures. Anyone who is educated in epilepsy need only reply. They are the ones who would understand what i am saying. What other input can you add to reinforce my theory. I think my theory is very valid and could change the way we look at these both diseases. I am sure many docs would disagree but what do you think about this theory. Sometimes EEG’s do not indicate any seizure and that is why it is so hard to diagnose. Could the reaction of medications be the future of diagnosing medical problems rather than all these crazy tests. What do you think about this theory and what input could you submit to prove otherwise or reinforce this.
OH Oh see it depends on the oart of the brain that is seizing see these seizures can creat stomach aches or cramping. Even abnormal feelings in the pit of your stomach. I expected to get some misunderstanding from people and that wy this is contraversal. You do have Serotonin receptors in your stomach. Not that , thats the cause but yes, certain partial or simple seizures can reat abdominal discomfort and when all the intestinal tests are done and nothing shows up they just assume its crohns. Again I understand the disagrrements and my theory is out of the norm but I feel more research needs to be done to prove this theory. If you have had a seizure where your stomach hurts then you would probably agree.
By the way my spelling sucks but who cares. I got my point across right lololol. I just type way to fast with disregard to spelling. Hey I am not a scholar nor am I wiritng a award winning novel. ahahahaha its the tooomer
One more thing, LOLOL all my EEG’s came up normal. but they are not 100% accurate at all. Plus I hate the 24 hr eegs where they put electrodes through your temple and behind your eyes. talk about pain and that probabaly epxlains my TMJ I have now. I walked out after they tried3 times and were not able to get it in. Needles behind my eyes, just take my workd for it. Beside I did later have a craniotomy for eplispy where they did in fact find epilepform activity but whre unable to remove it all becuase the risk of screwing up the occipatal lobe.
DO NOT ASSUME that doctors have figured out the body 100% they say they have facts but its not. I have had terrible stomach cramps, just terrible that wnet away after taking some valium. I would say anything is possible and lets all keep a open mind because nothing with the humane body is fact.
Come on people (man I am sorry for this long thing i got going ) but who is to say that the epileptiform activity is not the area of the brain that controls your digestive system. That is fact. You could have a seizure in the area of the brain that causes you to sneeze and you would say what does epilepsy have to do with a sinus infection or allergies. Or maybe it affects the part of the brain that controls muscle contractions in you back. what does epilepsy have to do with back pain? right..or even maybe you have carpel tunnel syndrome, who is to say the part of your brain that controls your hand or pain is having epliptiform activity in that particular part of the brain. What does epilepsy have to do with carpel tunnel. Again my spelling sucks but I dont care ig you want to attak me on my spelling then thats fine. Its the point I am trying to convey

A: Granted I don’t epilepsy or know much about it, but I do know a lot about Crohn’s Disease. A lot of my friends and family suffer from it.

Crohn’s is detected with a variety of tests including blood work, stool samples, endoscopes, radiology tests, and many more. When those come back, they are placed together to find out if it is Crohn’s. It is next to impossible to get all of those test results to say a digestive disease, but in reality it is epilepsy.

I listed some websites that will give you more information about Crohn’s. Hope they help you.

Edit: To respond to what you said about seizures causing you to sneeze being confused for allergies. Again, it’s about the testing. I got tested for allergies to confirm that I have allergies. So if you’re having the symptoms, they will test you. If it comes out negative they will test for other things. It appears that you have it set in your mind that seizures are causing your digestive problems. Be open to what doctors have to say. They didn’t spend all that money and time learning how to misdiagnose people.

Q: How do you get simple partial seizures?
I’m 16 and I’ve been feeling symptoms of this. I get weird twitches. My head feels weird. My head turns by itself. I have been having anxiety and I don’t know if my anxiety is causing it. My family has never had epilepsy and I haven’t had a blow to the head or anything. It just started happening. Also my fingers jerk. I get dizzy and lightheaded and sometimes nausea and muscle tension.

A: everybody cause is different so you need to see a neurologist. the cause of mine was damage to my left cerebral. i was born with forceps and they squeezed my head too tight and scared my brain. .

Q: Can partial seizures occur once a month regularly and last for the whole day recurring about every hour?
My friend has been having them since her menopause started. Her EEG and MRI were normal and her doctor says it is depression.

A: This is from the Ontario Epilepsy website
http://www.epilepsyontario.org/client/EO/EOWeb.nsf/web/
which describes as many seizure types as there are(a lot!). I looked up both partial seizures simple and complex. Then I looked at this types. The key here is that these are rooted in emotional issues, there is no EEG abnormality and that medication for epilepsy is ineffective. Since she only gets the seizures once a month, it could well be tied into some kind of menstrual issue surrounding menopause. I hope this helps you out.

Psychogenic Seizures

(Pseudo-seizures)

Psychogenic seizures are not classified as a form of epilepsy. They affect between 5 and 20 percent of people thought to have epilepsy. Psychogenic seizures can occur at any age, but are more common in people under the age of 55. They occur 3 times more frequently in women than men. They may arise from various psychological factors, may be prompted by stress, and may occur in response to suggestion. It has also been found that such disorders may be self-induced. They may be used to get attention, to be excused from work, to collect financial compensation, or merely to escape an intolerable social situation. They seldom occur in the absence of others. Trauma related to physical illness has been found to trigger these seizures in elderly individuals. People with early-onset psychogenic seizures often have a history of sexual abuse.

Psychogenic seizures can be characterized by features common with epilepsy like writhing and thrashing movements, quivering, screaming or talking sounds, and falling to the floor. Psychogenic attacks differ from epileptic seizures in that out-of-phase movements of the upper and lower extremities, pelvic thrusting, and side-to-side head movements are evident. However, psychogenic seizures vary from one occurrence to another and are not readily stereotyped. Indicators like pupillary dilation, depressed corneal reflexes, the presence of Babinski responses, autonomic cardiorespiratory changes, tongue biting and urinary/fecal incontinence are more probable with epilepsy and are not usually manifested in psychogenic seizures.

Psychogenic seizures may last a couple of minutes or hours, ending as abruptly as they began. Anxiety may be experienced prior to an attack, followed by relief and relaxation afterwards, leading some to postulate that psychogenic seizures may occur as a direct response to stress in order to relieve tension. Afterwards, patients usually have a vague recollection of the seizure, without the usual postictal symptoms of drowsiness and depression.

It is difficult to differentiate between psychogenic and epileptic seizures. However, one highly reliable indicator of a psychogenic seizure is eye closure during the seizure; when people with epilepsy have seizures the eyes tend to remain open. Still, statistics indicate that, in 20-30% of cases, epileptologists are incorrect in attempting to distinguish one from the other. Although psychogenic seizures are not caused by electrical discharges in the brain and thus do not register any EEG abnormalities, they are often mistaken for epileptic disorders. It is also possible to have both psychogenic seizures and epilepsy. Most patients with psychogenic seizures are misdiagnosed and consequently treated with epilepsy drugs or other epilepsy therapies, sometimes with severe and fatal side effects.

Medications are ineffective in the treatment of psychogenic disorders. Patients who are diagnosed with psychogenic seizures are usually referred to a therapist, to learn to control stress and become familiar with coping techniques. Since the vast majority of psychogenic seizures operate on a psychological level, behavioral manipulation methods may be used.

Q: What do simple partial seizures feel like?
If you are conscious, are you aware of what’s happening? What does it feel like? Also, for any other kind of seizure, can you tell when it is going to happen?
No…you can be aware during a simple partial seizure.
Suz- how were you diagnosed?

A: I have adult onset seizure disorder so I’m telling you from personal experience.

I usually have simple partial seizures within hours of having a grand-mal seizure. I am on medication so it happens rarely now, but the partial seizures tell me it’s going to happen. I don’t usually get an immediate sign (like some smell something) but i know that if i’m having any partial seizures that i will most likely have a grand-mal.

The ones that i have experienced are:

“Feeling of impending doom”. It just feels all of the sudden like you are about to be hit by a car. My stomache cramps and i get that nervous butterfly feeling and chills all up and down. It usually only lasts about 5 seconds (pretty sudden and short) but it feels like i’m forgetting something really important or something that is going to really hurt me. This one is the scariest and it’s the one i usually try to make sure i’m lying down and safe after i experience. (biggest sign i guess).

I also get deja vu. It’s kind of strange for me. I either feel like i dreamed something that just happened, or i will see something that isn’t there. Once at work i signed in and then i was halfway up the stairs without knowing it and saw the sign in book on the wall. i knew it wasnt there but i think i blanked out for a few seconds but continued to walk and my brain remembered the last conscious thing i saw. Other times i just see a cat in the air around me or something silly like that. Jamais vu is also a big one. I suddenly have no idea where i am or what i was just talking about for a few seconds.

I get confused, like i can’t concentrate or figure out how to do things i do all the time (like print a document). I think this is because i’m having multiple simple seizures and lose my place in what i was doing.

I’m completely conscious for all of these (except those few blackout seconds that come with some of them). I know that it’s partial seizures (now since i’ve been diagnosed and explained to) but before I felt a bit crazy.

Sorry for the book, just figured I could try to help give you a clearer picture of how it feels.

Q: Is involuntary arm movement a sign of partial seizures?
I have been having muscle jerks in my left arm approx. 5-10 times a day. This occurs mostly when I am relaxed. These jerks cause my arm to fly upward (when sitting) towards my face. I can feel these jerks coming on but am not able to control them. Any ideas of what they are?

A: It could be part of a myoclonic movement disorder. A partial seizure has very different symptoms. That, if it’s a seizure (I’m not a doctor and I don’t have an EEG machine, lol) then it’d be called myoclonic seizures or myoclonus. Myoclonic epilepsies usually start either very young, during puberty, or when one starts degenerating with age.

Q: My doctor perscribed me Topamax for my partial seizures but i have a concern?
I have just returned to being a normal weight after being underweight due to illness. i am 5′5 113lbs. I am concerned reading everywhere that it decreases appetite that i will go to an unhealthy weight. i am upset and a little annoyed my doctor didn’t mention this or take it into consideration. what should i do?

A: I’d say go ahead and give the Topamax a try. If you do lose your appetite and have a difficult time keeping weight on, try supplementing your diet with protein shakes, Boost, or Ensure. If you still have a difficult time then let your doctor know that you’d prefer to try a different medication that won’t decrease your appetite. I think you’re going to find that most seizure medications will decrease your appetite, it’s just finding the one that works best for you with the fewest side effects. Communication with your doctor is the key to a successful medication regimine. Good luck and take care!

Q: what could cause an adult to start having simple partial seizures?
its strange, i started having SPS in 2007 and now my boyfriend has just had one as well, 3 years later.
i don’t assume he “caught” epilepsy, but is there a root cause of the epilepsy that could be affecting us both?

A: I’m not a professional by any means….but something similar happened to my daughter when she was 12.
She always had ear infections as a child, and we ALWAYS took her to the doctor and got it treated right away.
One day before her dance class, she was brushing my wife’s hair, and my wife had her eyes closed. She was talking to my daughter when she realized my daughter wasn’t brushing her hair.
She turned and my daughter was on the floor, not convulsing, but had passed out.

Long story short, after every possible test known, they found the frontal lobes of her brain had minor damage to them, which was onset by the infections. These now trigger mild seizures, and panic attacks in her, but they are very unpredictable.

Now, 5yrs later, she is under control with meds, and only has an episode about once every few months, and they are minor at that.

Something to look into……

Good Luck to you both!

Q: im having Simple Partial Seizures and wonder if ne1 can help description below?
the other day i woke up at about 2am in the morning and jumpted out off bed. then since that iv been having simple partial clusters and feeling depressed and crying at times mainly at night cause the seizures are getting me down im on oxcarbpine & lamictal but these dont seam to be shifting them also took frisum but that soon wears off any one help

thanksyou in advance

A: You most likely need a change i medication. Allot of times we grow out of what we’re taking for whatever type seizures people have. I also have a combination of myoclonic, simple partial and grand mal seizures and wasn’t under control until a few years ago when I was put on Keppra. since you didn’t include your age that’s another factor too. There seems to be different stages where our bodies change, and with that our response to how our seizures will be. The teen years will be 1 until about 18 when we need to be tested again and our meds checked to see if they’re still effective. How long since you seen your neurologist and/or gone through any scans like mri or ct scans. The eeg is another one too. Just one day of out patient tests will give the doctor an update on your specific condition as to where it is now. Please make an appointment asap so you can get this updated, make a change in meds if needed and then get on with living again with maybe a better protection from your meds. Good luck and God Bless

Q: i think i have partial seizures-the experiences are weird in my life?
Psychic seizures:

>These seizures change how people think, feel, or experience things. They may have problems with memory, garbled speech, an inability to find the right word, or trouble understanding spoken or written language. They may suddenly feel emotions like fear, depression, or happiness with no outside reason. Some may feel as though they are outside their body or may have feelings of déja vu (“I’ve been through this before”) or jamais vu (“This is new to me”— even though the setting is really familiar).
Can it be treated by brain specialists or doctors?

A: When I was about 17 I had this crazy, deep deja vu experience where I actually thought I had dreamt the exact same thing that was happening or exact thing had happened before and it kind made me panic and pretty much gave me an anxiety attack. Well I continued to have them for a couple of more years until New Years day of 1999. I was really hungover from the night before and I remember that I got up to get something to eat or drink and the next thing I know my borther and my dad were carrying to the couch and I couldn’t walk or really talk and everyone was looking at me in a really concerned way and I didn’t know why. Then there were police and paramedics putting me on a stretcher and into an ambulance. To make a long story short we found out that I had had a seizure and I told the doctor of all these deep deja vu experiences I had for the last couple of years and he said that those are actually acute seizures that I had been having. Anyway they had put me through all these tests and CAT scans and finally they put me on a prescription called Tegretol. I ended up being allergic to Tegretol so they tried another called Carbetrol and that’s what I’ve been on since. I don’t have epilepsy and I lead normal life and I drive and all that because of this medication which I’m grateful for. Sometimes I’ll miss a dose and I’ll have those deja vu experiences but very rarely. Anyway that’s my deja vu/seizure story and I’m glad to share it because there is know one else in this world that I’ve ever met that can relate to what I’m talking about because they’ve never had the experience and it’s so hard to describe to someone and when I try they just look at me like I’m crazy so I’ve pretty much gave up. Until I read your question that is. Thanks.

Q: if you suffer from mesial temporal sclerosis and complex partial seizures,can you haev a normal life?
what will you be able to do if it affect the left side of your brain?will you be able to earn a living?

A: i think metador has answered in detail about your disease. having said that but generally patients do well on treatment by any competent neurologist and remember surgery is reserved only for those patients where drug treatment is not working.
secondly i fail to understand why the patient cannot live a normal life. you have all the rights to enjoy a comfortable life.
so just relax and enjoy a normal life

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