I am one of the worst at describing my feelings. But if you check out the
thread "Absences" that I started, there are some very good descriptions
there from a few people. I found them helpful.
Good Luck,
Beck.

Howdy!

The description that you just gave sounds pretty good to me!

Don't depend on other peoples descriptions because everybody is different.
Your own words, however inadequate, are much better then basing your
description on someone else's seizures.

Seizures very often defy description due to the fact that they are not
common enough amongst society for an adequate vocabulary to have been built
about them.

I'm going to paste below a note I put up each ~3 weeks so we're about due. I
might have already posted this for you, or not.  It describes some websites
put up by people who post 'around here'  but who've assembled a bunch of
useful information for us.   I think this doesn't list Howdy Dave's, but he
has some recent posts on the group, and his website addr. is at end of his
posts.

  Check the 'symptoms or sensations'  entry under the First Aid for
seizures Chart (below).  Also if you're 'losing awareness or finding strange
writing' *you did,  those *could be from a Petit Mal or Absence seizure,
described there too.
   Others around you who witness any, may be able to tell you what you do
while 'away' in a seizure, and whether you stay conscious or collapse.

 I'm a Little concerned that *you have to describe your symptoms to your
Doctor, although *I did that too....   Are you seeing a Neurologist?
because if you are, *they should know most of these feelings or behaviours
as markers of a particular seizure type, and that's used to determine which
pills Will or Won't work for that type of seizure.
  The efa.org site has a Medications glossary where you can enter the name
of any medications you're prescribed and it'll give you a one page Printable
format you can compare with what you got from a Pharmacy with new
prescriptions.   Some pills have things to avoid while taking them.
  Under the main 'First Aid for seizures'  site,  some feelings/ auras we
might get as part of each seizure is listed, that will help tell if they're
among the common symptoms people often get.
  (The Deja Vu feeling, and sour or lemon taste / aroma I used to
experience, or that would trigger a dizzy feeling for me, were 'Classic'
auras for a Right Temporal Lobe seizure (now grouped under Complex
Partials), and my Dr. already knew which types I had from the EEGs and MRIs
they had already run when I was first in Hospital.  )
  This is the earlier post (parag.1 was written TO someone *else than
you) -->

Some weblinks you might not have seen a few days ago, that have useful
information about seizures.  You can likely find your seizure type there
(sounds like Complex Partial like mine?), and it shows that we're not aware
of what we say or do while 'away'.  If it would help any of them you could
print the page, so they'd see how 'easy' it is to make your return more
comfortable and quick, compared to getting into a panic about what to do.

   The main First Aid site I use (Julie put together for us, and Idaho)
is -->
http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/seizure.htm  .
(Check the description of 'what we do' for each type.  That's why I thought
your's would be either Complex Partial (Temporal Lobe) or Grand Mal from
description.)

    If in water (swimming etc.) at seizure onset, there's some differences
what to do, that are described at
http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/seizure2.htm  .

    Learning about Epilepsy for people newly diagnosed or helping others
understand. http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/learn.htm  , and the General
doorway that eventually links to all above but may have other stuff for
people near to Idaho is at http://www.epilepsyidaho.org   .

  Those have lots of useful stuff about taking the 'edge' off learning to
handle seizures for people newly diagnosed and people around us -- family
and co-workers, etc.
  If any Medications are prescribed, the U.S. Ep. Foundation has a large
database of info. but also a Medications Glossary within  http://efa.org
site.       G./

Hi Ole, I think your description is very good.  It is what YOU are sensing.  If
you write down ahead of time what you want to say, I think that helps to make
the doctor visit go smoothly.  If you neruo wants a further explanation, he may
ask something specific about your description.  That doesn't mean you are
giving a bad description, it just means he/she is trying to pin down everything
that is happening as relates to your seizure disorder.

Hope your visit goes well.

Julie, Volunteer Webmaster
Epilepsy Foundation of Idaho
http://www.epilepsyidaho.org