Tag: EPILEPSY

 

ABSENCE SEIZURES

An absence seizure causes a short period of “blanking out” or staring into space. Like other kinds of seizures, they are caused by abnormal activity in a person’s brain. You may also hear people call absence seizures petit mal (“PUH-tee mahl”) seizures, although that name is not common anymore. ThereRead More

ROXANNE'S STORY

    I have left mesial temporal sclerosis due to a high fever when I was an infant.  Having surgery to remove that area, I went seizure free for three years.  The seizures returned.  For years I tried multiple medications.  Finally found a combination of medications that helped me beRead More

MEDICAL HISTORY

Toney was one of the first epilepsy patients to receive a Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS).  After having 300 seizures a day, Toney decided to have the procedure performed.  Here is his story.

PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY

Photosensitive epilepsy is another type of epilepsy that can be caused by flashing or flickering lights.  Different patterns, like stripes and polka dots, can also cause a seizure.  Repetitive patterns like strobe lights, fluorescent lights that flicker, fireworks, and sunlight flickering through trees or on water are only a fewRead More

TONEY'S EPILEPSY

I know I have Epilepsy and I know it cannot be cured but is controlled. Many think (and I am grateful) control through medications is a cure but there is a world of difference. When my seizures were at their worse I felt as small as a grain of sandRead More

MYOCLONIC SEIZURES

Myoclonic seizures are the opposite of atonic seizures.  In atonic seizures, the muscles go limp.  In myoclonic seizures, the muscles tighten up and jerk.  There is an increase in muscle tone,  “myo” means muscle and “clonic” means jerk.  These two seizures originate in the same area of the brain closeRead More