@dolphfan
Welcome to our community at Connect.
It's great that you're starting to learn more about epilepsy and seizures. Learning about epilepsy and my seizures has been extremely helpful in my journey, which started in 2019 when I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy at age 48.
The symptom of non-immediate recovery that you mentioned after your seizures seem more similar to that one of complex partial seizures, also known as focal impaired awareness seizures. Complex partial seizures are often confused with absence seizures.
Absence seizures are generally generalized seizures, meaning they begin in both sides of the brain simultaneously. These seizures cause brief "blanking out" or staring into space episodes. They are very brief and have an immediate recovery.
Complex partial seizures are focal seizures, meaning they start in one specific area of the brain. The symptoms are varied depending on where the seizures start in the brain (temporal, frontal, occipital lobes), and may include staring, chewing, making odd movements, mumbling, running, screaming, or seeing things. The seizure duration is also longer, up to 2 minutes. Awareness in these seizures is impaired, leaving the person very confused afterwards.
I'm sharing here some links with more details on both types of seizures:
Absence Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
https://www.epilepsy.com/what-is-epilepsy/seizure-types/absence-seizures
Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
https://www.epilepsy.com/what-is-epilepsy/seizure-types/focal-onset-impaired-awareness-seizures
If I were in your place, I would first try to understand with your neurologist what kind of seizures you're having and get a full diagnosis of your epilepsy. If possible, you could ask a family member to video you during a seizure. This could be extremely helpful for the diagnosis.
You mentioned you are on new meds. Are these meds anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs)?
Did your sister continue to have seizures after those two episodes you mentioned?
Chris