Am I having seizures?

Posted by mayalluision @mayalluision, Jul 9, 2019

Hay, im Maya. i am at a lost and i need some type lf help. Im afraid to talk to my mom about letting me ask a doctor but im afriad she’ll think im faking it, but you cant fake this.
So a little about me. Im 16 going on 17 and im and im active meaning that ive hurt my self numerous of times mostly my head. This msy be funny but the first time that ive hurt my head was when i got tackled but this big guy(he was twice my size) in gym class, this was when i was 13-14(weighed less than 100), and i smacked my head on the hard floor, i thought i was fine but apparently i wasnt. by the time turn 15 over the year i would notice i would stared off a lot, and i had an accident where i was running in the dark outside in a field and got choked by rope and knocked out, automatic concussion and again,i thought i was okay, but then when i got to high school it got worst.i was 16 by this time and I would have pounding headaches that would cause me to pass out on numerous occasions and i was honestly scared. but then something happened one day i’m class. i woke up that day feeling draggy and thought nothing of it, throughout the day i was becoming dizzy and barely understanding things. 4th period last class of the day around 2:30, I had this unbearable headache and I was so dizzy, I don’t remember much by my friends told me that I fell out the chair onto the floor and started shaking, and I was like so weird and it freaked me out. Went to the er and they didn’t do anything, fast forward to 3-4weeks ago, I went to my boyfriends friends house for a pool party and they’re dog didn’t like me and so it lunged at me but I ran away back downstairs and I was panicky and then my boyfriend came down an tried to calm me down, it worked but after I had the pounding headace and I fell down on the bed cupping my head I was so bad and then I sat up and I was so confused everything was like foggy like not double vision but close and my leg which was hanging off the bed began to shake violently and I got this taste i my mouth and I knew i did cuz you know when you eat something that’s nasty and I make that face and taste your tongue idk how to explain and it went on for a couple of minutes and my boyfriend kept me in sitting position, I was like I was aware it was happening but I couldn’t respond to the questions he would ask and afterwards he layed me down cuz remember feeling so wore and so I fell asleep just like that.
Then after that I’ve just been staring off out of nowhere then I get these headaches all the time now and I’ve never stuttered in my life but everytime I stare off and come back it like I barely can talk cuz my stuttering is so bad now. And now I’m starting to have dreams about having seizures..
Does anyone know something about this cuz I don’t know what else to do

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Hi @larry68
I've also been experiencing migraines and vertigo — diagnosed as BPPV and right peripheral vestibular dysfunction by an ENT specialist, and unrelated to my epilepsy.
How did your neurologist appointment go yesterday?
Chris

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@santosha They just took down info about my issues and started scheduling EEG Thursday and just got my appointment for Monday for MRI. I don't really have migraines.It feels like my skull is sore like someone smacked me with something in back of my head and then sometimes it feels like my blood in my head is burning.

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@santosha They just took down info about my issues and started scheduling EEG Thursday and just got my appointment for Monday for MRI. I don't really have migraines.It feels like my skull is sore like someone smacked me with something in back of my head and then sometimes it feels like my blood in my head is burning.

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Hi @larry68
It's great that those tests have been prescribed and are already scheduled! I hope they give your doctor a clearer picture of what you've been experiencing and help guide the next steps in your treatment. Please keep us posted!
Chris

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Hi @larry68
It's great that those tests have been prescribed and are already scheduled! I hope they give your doctor a clearer picture of what you've been experiencing and help guide the next steps in your treatment. Please keep us posted!
Chris

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@santosha You bet if my results can help anyone like i have got help from folks.Because i have gotten a lot of great help from others on here

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@santosha They just took down info about my issues and started scheduling EEG Thursday and just got my appointment for Monday for MRI. I don't really have migraines.It feels like my skull is sore like someone smacked me with something in back of my head and then sometimes it feels like my blood in my head is burning.

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@larry68
Hello Larry,
When you have these sensory issues, (possibly a focal aware seizure or aura) do you ever experience any other type seizure activity after the sensory heat sensation that your aware of or someone tells you about? Have you been seen by a neurologist? I hope you will keep us informed of your test results.
Take care,
Jake

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@larry68
Hello Larry,
When you have these sensory issues, (possibly a focal aware seizure or aura) do you ever experience any other type seizure activity after the sensory heat sensation that your aware of or someone tells you about? Have you been seen by a neurologist? I hope you will keep us informed of your test results.
Take care,
Jake

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@jakedduck1 Jake,i am doing EEG tomorrow and MRI on next Monday.The thing is i am slowly getting better every day.I will be alright by the time i do the test.

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@jakedduck1 Jake,i am doing EEG tomorrow and MRI on next Monday.The thing is i am slowly getting better every day.I will be alright by the time i do the test.

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@larry68
Keep in mind if your MRI & EEG are normal it doesn't preclude you from having a seizure disorder.
Did your physician recommend you stay awake most if not all night prior to your EEG?
Jake

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@larry68
Keep in mind if your MRI & EEG are normal it doesn't preclude you from having a seizure disorder.
Did your physician recommend you stay awake most if not all night prior to your EEG?
Jake

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@jakedduck1 they just told me no caffine,nothing about staying awake.Seizure disorder is probably what i have.I had a fall backwards off a ladder and my back of my head took the fall about 2 years ago and i have been having issues ever since

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