When the seizures aren't the worst that can happen . .

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Ole Kvaal - 26 Jul 2003 16:48 GMT

. . . . I mean, the seizure is usually gone in a few minutes, leaving me
perhaps a bit bruised, scratched, sore and confused. If that had been all, I
really wouldn't mind. But what I really hate (and fear) is this state I'm
left in for the next days or perhaps even the next couple of weeks. I'm
scared, depressed, everything seems strange and a bit remote, thinking takes
all my energy, and I want to sleep most of the time . . Anybody else having
these experiences after having (what used to be called) grand mal seizures?
Or is it just because I have a complete seizure so rarely (perhaps every
third year or so) that I put all those things into the following days? Or
perhaps because it happened while I was on my own in a cabin far off in the
Norwegian mountains?

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Best of wishes,
Ole K
(back in town, but with my head still spinning after four days)

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CyberCafe - 27 Jul 2003 08:05 GMT

> . . . . I mean, the seizure is usually gone in a few minutes, leaving me
> perhaps a bit bruised, scratched, sore and confused. If that had been all, I
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> all my energy, and I want to sleep most of the time . . Anybody else having
> these experiences after having (what used to be called) grand mal seizures?

I've got complex partial seizures and, yeah, there is the fear/anxiety,
depressed feeling and dread that another seizure will occur, and just strange
feelings like nothing is quite right yet. And I really need to take a nap after
a seizure and often wake up bombed out if I've had seizures in my sleep. It's
funny, but if those emotional things aren't completely gone, then I know my
seizures aren't over yet either.

> Or is it just because I have a complete seizure so rarely (perhaps every
> third year or so) that I put all those things into the following days? Or
> perhaps because it happened while I was on my own in a cabin far off in the
> Norwegian mountains?

My seizures usually come on gradually, kind of like getting a cold. First you
have some mild symptoms, maybe get a little scratchy throat (that you might not
even pay attention to), then you sneeze your fool head off (that would be the
actual seizures) and then you are stuffed up and hoarse for the next couple of
days. I know grand mals have to be worse because you have to deal with the
physical trauma to your body (sore muscles for example). I mean, it's got to
take some time for your body to recover from that.

Barb

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> Best of wishes,
> Ole K
> (back in town, but with my head still spinning after four days)

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