Hi @boomarang
Thank you for sharing this information with me and being so open. Wow, I am astonished by your age and the clear mind you have. Congratulations and wishing you to continue this way. I am 53 years old, turning 54 in some months.
Reading my previous post, I just saw I have made a confusion, writing temporal lobe epilepsy instead of frontal lobe epilepsy. Sorry for it. Rewriting this sentence with a correction:
"What I have read is that when having a seizure caused by FRONTAL Lobe Epilepsy, one does not lose consciousness."
This is different in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. My awareness is very much affected by my complex partial seizures and I have some memory issues, which are normal in this kind of epilepsy (I have sclerosis on my hippocampus - left side). But I have learned to live with it: writing down all important things on my computer is the solution I have found to cope with those memory gaps. From my own experience, accepting my epilepsy, adapting and finding alternative ways to cope with certain chances in life is key to smiling again and having joyful moments in life. As I shared in a post in February 2023, epilepsy has also brought positive things into my life. Here is the link to this post, in case you are interested:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/positive-experiences-through-epilepsy/.
I am sorry you felt the last time you had a seizure. As mentioned in my previous post, this is unusual in Frontal and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. It only happened once to me, when my seizure evolved from a partial seizure to a generalized seizure. And this was caused by a new medication. Partial/focal seizure (seizure in one part of the brain and hemisphere) can evolve into a second generalized seizure (seizure in the whole brain, left and right hemispheres of the brain), causing falls and convulsions. If I were in your place, I would ask my doctor why this has happened.
My best wishes to you and continue sharing those positive results and enjoying family and friends 🙂
Chris (@santosha)