Posted by badseed on February 13, 2005, at 18:58:48
In reply to what would it feel like to have a seizure?, posted by CareBear04 on February 9, 2005, at 19:17:21
> i think this is a pretty remote possibility, but i'm on a handful at least of meds that lower the seizure threshhold. since i've been so hyped up lately, i took an extra one of two to sleep.
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> i know nothing about seizures; have never even seen anyone have one. i only know that i sleep until 1 in the afternoon, which never happens, and i woke up so sore in my legs expecially that i could barely move or stretch them. when i was wokoen up by my brother at that time, i waas still in a painful daze. even now, my hip areas, my bum, and my thighs hurt. i didn't work out yesterday, so i can't imagine it's in response to exercise.
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> when one has a seizure can he or she remember it, or do they only know because there is a witness that can verify it? i'm not planning to visit a dr over this because it seems so silly, especiall if i'm fine. just wanted to know if anyone knows what a seizure would be like, especially a seizure that begins from a sleeping position. thanks!hi carebear.
first of all, i don't think your enquiring is silly or anything, i think it's good to have an enquiring mind and the more you know, the safer you can be.
I'm not a doctor but i think it would be quite rare for someone who has never had a seizure disorder of any sort to just have one in relation to the medicines, highly unlikely. but still, stranger things have happened!
I had a seizure in the night while prescribed Moclobemide for depression, which i should not have been prescribed but i wasn't aware of it lowering the threshold at the time. (i have a history of seizures and epilepsy) I woke up in the middle of the night gasping for breath and my heart was racing and a few parts of my body were completely numb, although i was awake throughout the whole episode (usually i had the unconsious fits) I wasn't able to think and i felt like something was pulling off my head. That's such an awful description and it doesn't do the sensation really any justice. But before you have a seizure you usually have a sort of anticipatory feeling, i get nauseated and smell a very weird smell and that's my warning that something is going to happen very soon. And you usually feel very fuzzy and weird the next day. and weak. I hope i gave you some kind of insight. it's very hard to describe.
L
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