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simple partial progression??

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Elsea - 04 Dec 2005 04:29 GMT
I read a brochure about epilepsy and it said that simple partial
seizures can progress to tonic seizures.  Does that mean
1. You get a partial then shortly following that it turns into a  tonic
or
2.  You have simple partials at first then later in life they can
become more serious?
Thanks for any input you can offer.
Elsea
G.Ross - 04 Dec 2005 05:19 GMT
>I read a brochure about epilepsy and it said that simple partial
> seizures can progress to tonic seizures.  Does that mean
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> Thanks for any input you can offer.
> Elsea

   Some of the seizure types, depending on the patient, *might progress to
other types during a seizure, depending on conditions during a particular
seizure or the particular patient's profile.
   Mine are called Complex Partial, Secondarily Generalized (older name was
Temporal Lobe seizures),  but only before I was controlled, several times my
CP seizures if they didn't pass or clear quickly, *might spread (2nd
generalize) to other parts of my brain and lead to loss of consciousness for
*my type.

  I suspect that your's means, if the Simple Partial didn't clear on its
own, or with use of medications, then in *some people it *can progress to
the other seizure type.  It's not (as you might fear) a case of your
seizures becoming Worse than they are, but more likely if you were prone to
the stronger type, or your seizure threshold being weakened, e.g. by being
over-tired if that affects you, or alcohol will conflict with some Anti Ep
Drugs (AEDs) to decrease their effectiveness, therefore their control of a
seizure tendency might be compromised.
  I would suggest it's one less thing to worry about, unless there were
other indications of there being a risk of stronger ones.  If the Dr. hasn't
suggested that as a possibility by now, it's unlikely.   G./.
Dave ©¿©¬ - 05 Dec 2005 05:24 GMT
> >I read a brochure about epilepsy and it said that simple partial
> > seizures can progress to tonic seizures.  Does that mean
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> other indications of there being a risk of stronger ones.  If the Dr. hasn't
> suggested that as a possibility by now, it's unlikely.   G./.

Howdy!

In my case I have "simple partial status seizures" which is mearly simple
partial (aura) seizures in succession.

aka clusters

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Sofia - 05 Dec 2005 17:18 GMT
> In my case I have "simple partial status seizures" which is
> mearly simple partial (aura) seizures in succession.

Yes, this is how I started at 9 years of age, simply dropping my
possessions at the other end of the street, or bumping into lamp
posts unexpectedly. It wasn't till I was 11 though, when this had
developed into having my first tonic-clonic seizure in the school
playground, when I was taken to the hospital and first diagnosed as having
having epilepsy.

It since has developed into many different types of epileptic
seizures, from simple absences, complex partials, tonic-clonics,  
and multiple seizures, but hey, as I'll be 40 in January, it seems
to have become part of life for me, I can hardly remember living
without it.

As we are all individuals though, and our experiences are all
different too, yours may never develop into anything more than a
simple partial, and therefore, unlike myself, you may even be given
the go-ahead to drive like many others on the newsgroup. I suppose
all I can give you as an answer is "only time will tell".

All the best

Sofie

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