Child physical abuse & epilepsy

Posted by royanthony @royanthony, Mar 16 3:22pm

It seems I read or heard that young children who experience routine physical abuse can lead to more eratic misfiring of electricity in the brain, potentially being a source of a seizure. I was physically abused (not sexual) by my father starting at the age of approximately 5 years old that continued for about 6 years. My seizures came out of nowhere. Has anyone heard of child abuse being related to seizures? If this were true, could this fall under the TBI category?

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Lisa Lucier, Moderator | @lisalucier | Mar 17 3:06pm

Hi, @royanthony - I'm immensely sorry to hear that you experienced physical abuse as a child.

If I started experiencing seizures out of nowhere, I'd wonder about the origin, too.

The Epilepsy Foundation talks about traumatic events connected to attacks that look like seizures:

- The Truth about Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures https://www.epilepsy.com/stories/truth-about-psychogenic-nonepileptic-seizures

Were you thinking of cases of child physical abuse connected to seizures such as psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES)? Have you been diagnosed with PNES?

royanthony | @royanthony | 6 days ago

Did you receive the last reply from me? It was a couple days ago.

Lisa Lucier, Moderator | @lisalucier | 3 days ago

In reply to @royanthony "Did you receive the last reply from me? It was a couple days ago." + (show)

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