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What helped your seizures: Treatment Center? Neurologist? Home care?
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works really well as long as i get their attention with my eyes, i'm
not sure what my look is or maybe i change in the way i am acting out, but
they make eye contact and act almost immediately with not a moment
wasted. its pretty cool how they can just see it as it happens.
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@randallshields56
I do something similar, Randy. Since my seizures start with an aura, I have time to raise my hand and say "seizure." When my husband isn't next to me, I can usually walk to his home office and catch his eye. He's learned to recognize that look instantly – he knows what's coming. My seizures are mostly focal, starting with an aura and evolving to focal impaired awareness seizures (or complex partial seizures, as they were once called).
When that happens, my husband holds my hand and hugs me. He says I sometimes hug him back. Having that physical connection during a seizure really brings me comfort. Afterward, he takes me to bed and stays with me until I can speak again.
I'm curious – what do your family members do when a seizure is starting to help ease the experience for you?
Chris
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