Nope, isn't significant.  It's normal.  You've just used every muscle in
your body.

You're just having a seizure.  Nothing to worry about.  Is this the
beginning of the horizontal mambo or is the only thing that happens?  If it
then leads into a grand mal you're having an aura.

Being scared is normal.  Once you get used to what's happening & know what's
happening with the different feelings things will calm down.

Here are some weblinks for you and a few people who posted earlier today or
yesterday.

  Julie's Idaho website has lots of general information on Experiences,
First Aid and other topics of interest to pwe (people with epilepsy) and
their Families.  I think there is also a link to efa.org site which is the
General U.S. Ep. Foundation of America --> that site has a Medications
glossary and more detail on some of the seizure types.  IF it's not there
try http://efa.org   (That's just a guess from Memory! )
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  Most of these should be added to your Favourites list or Bookmarks for
easy recall. When you first Click to the site, if you Mark it there at the
Entrance, it will be available without needing to remember all the 'geek
stuff' of the addresses here:

 The Main Idaho site is at http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/index.htm

  I have 2 other addresses, One that has a 'First Aid for Seizures Chart'.
If you specifically look at Absence Seizures or Simple Partial Seizures, I
think you'll see some of the reactions you've described, or that others have
observed.   You should probably mention the leg pains as well as what people
observed, since those will help the Doctor make a more accurate assessment
of what's happening.  (I used to get pains at night- expect I was having
Nocturnal Seizures and twisting muscles or bones in ways they weren't
designed to operate! :-<  Since during some of the seizures, we aren't aware
we're doing that, OR of any pain while we're 'away',  telling the Dr. about
those will get you a better assessment quicker.)

  The First Aid Chart is at http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/seizure2.htm  .
  There's another site I have listed the Might be the older site, or have
more detailed information on Seizure Recognition too -->
http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/seizure.htm   .

  Some Light (really!) reading to get you started on your Road of
Discovery!   G.R.

 On your fears (below after 3 ***s), don't let yourself become Afraid of
something that might not be THERE!   It's Rare that someone can inherit
seizures, and Medical Science and treatments have improved Greatly over the
last 20 or more years.  Things that Might have been done many years ago to
cure some types of seizures, might now be more easily fixed with newer
medications or therapies that weren't known about back then.
  Let the Doctors know whatever you noticed (or were told) like below and
let them do their jobs.  (I used to take a *notepad with a list of
questions, so I didn't forget to ask him something I had been told by
witnesses to my seizures, OR that had been 'bugging me' or that I was Afraid
of.  This is Just a 'Condition' now that can be Treated.

  Come on, I'll show you where we hide the Chocolate and Strawberries.  :-)
G.R.

Yeah, you need to tell the doctor EVERYTHING even if you don't think it is
related or you are embarrassed.

It's possible.

Naw, don't be scared.  You are probably at your worst right now, and with
medication things should improve.  Your uncle and your aunt are not you.
You really can't judge how severe your seizures are going to be, or
whatever, by looking at their history.

It is possible that the two are connected.  You've got to take this with a
grain of salt because I'm not a doctor and your statement is very general.
It could be that the two are separate issues.

Barb