> ...that there was a yucky, depressive "build-up" to a cluster? And that
> after you finally have a seizure (mine are mostly only simple partials, I
> know if it was a GM I'd feel differently) you actually feel better?
Oh, definitely yes. I do feel better immediately after getting the seizure over
with. I've actually forced seizures just to get it over with (I did that by
playing cards on my old computer. Don't know if it would work now because the
old monitor was a standard and this one is an LCD monitor). Apparently I have
photosensitivity so forcing worked for me. Forcing was only a temporary
solution for me because I knew more seizures were on the way. By the way, I
started with simple partials which progressed to complex partial (I wasn't on
meds because I wasn't diagnosed then).
> This is something I've only been noticing lately. There is a horribly yucky,
> depressive thing in my life now, and I'm wondering if my feelings and the
> tension about that could actually be changing my seizure patterns.
Could be, but it's also possible that the seizures (and/or surrounding symptoms)
are causing that. It's also possible that depression, which is pretty common in
certain types of epilepsy, could be contributing to this. The only major stuff
I've noticed in myself is I have to keep myself healthy to prevent seizure
breakthrough, and female hormones really played a huge role in the appearance
pattern of the seizures.
Barb
Raistlin - 24 Jun 2004 11:09 GMT
hi dona,
i brooded a long while over your post. today i had my latest seizure.
it helped me find out, what i think about the subject matter.
> > ...that there was a yucky, depressive "build-up" to a cluster? And that
> > after you finally have a seizure (mine are mostly only simple partials, I
> > know if it was a GM I'd feel differently) you actually feel better?
odd thing. it works the other way around with me (the change in meds
made me be behave and and feel back normal, for the most part. thus, i
*guess* the following to be a "normal" pattern for my case, though i'm
not sure). it starts with a *positive* build up. you know the feeling
when you're so full of energy, that you don't know where to put it?
when your head is so full of ideas, that you have problems to catch
them? well, that's me.
then, out from nowhere, a seizure comes and ends this "phase". for a
while the energy turns into, hmm ... aggression, i become quite moody.
i defnitly do not feel better. it's more, that i'm angry because "the
ride" is over.
after a day or two, the "build-up" slowly starts again - and i enjoy
it :-).
tension is the one thing both cases have in common. maybe this is some
sort of affective trigger? maybe epilepsy searches its way to ease the
tension?
dunno.
this whole thing is something i didn't realise before - that may be,
because i never thought about it. anyone think i should mention this
to my doc?
so long,
Raist