Kicked in the head, now I have a new type of seizure?

Posted by terbrown @terbrown, 23 hours ago

I was diagnosed with right temporal lobe deja vu seizures at 21, still get the deja vus but medicated to not have grand mals. Not DMV suspended. I am now 41 and the beginning of this year was kicked in the head by a pt when changing him 1ft away directly in forehead. And now I have my deja vus and now i get absent seizures. Between 90 to 120 sec ea. I become amnesic for 2-3min and then come back. I am done driving for now. Mri, ct, were neg for fluid. My in home eeg did finally capture 2 absent showed origination to right temporal lobe then to right hemisphere with left side hemisphere activity. But my question is..CAN YOU GET ANOTHER TYPE OF SEIZURE BY GETTING KICKED IN THE HEAD? Because now I have 2. I am so upset 🙁 My neurologist says its from my age and me getting older. But I have never had them until I got kicked in the head. I have had 12 since Jan. Please any help is appreciated.

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@terbrown
Good Morning!
First, welcome to our community at Connect!
My understanding is that a head trauma can potentially trigger another type of epilepsy and seizures. Last year, I had a fall in my bathroom, and my neurologist immediately ordered brain imaging to check for any internal bleeding or injury in my brain.
Has your doctor ordered any imaging tests following the kick to your head?
Chris

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They just did a ct w/o contrast and showed nothing but my usual.

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