My seizures started when I was in my 20s. Had a grand mal seizures while camping with my family. No warnings of any kind prior to that event. And I can’t think of any symptoms before that. At the time I was taken by ambulance to the local hospital and from there to the city. A brain tumour was suspected. After tests I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. My auras I call them start with an ominous over whelming feeling in my stomach that just moves up and feels like I am going to vomit. Suffocating. As I age the feelings Have come in clusters I call them and all I can say when they start is please please not again. It is the most overwhelming feeling. I’m now 72 and over the years I ve only had a few seizures that just stop everything , no warning. and I pass out. But most of the time there is that awful feeling. Until medication was finally adjusted I had a lot of petit mal and as well deja vu. Everything stops, even sound. And I remember thinking...I’ve been here I’ve done this before. I believe that over the years due to not checking my blood levels Often enough my meds would become untherapeutic. When the dosages were adjusted things straightenEd out. I believe too that stress at times has been involved. I am a stubborn independent person and will fight thru anything, perhaps at times I should have addressed that...stepped back from Some things. Just not my nature and I’m too old to change now.
Maggie