Epilepsy is when you have 2 or more seizures with no known cause. On the other hand some people may not be aware of the beginning and therefore have no warning.
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Seizures can be terrifying both for the person who experiences them and for those who witness them.
Do people remember seizures. Knowing the common signs of having a seizure can help you to recognize seizure in yourself or friends and family. Extreme fatigue and the desire to sleep may also follow. Seizures by themselves do not stop people from speaking or understanding words.
Seizures occur in many different forms and can be difficult to identify. I think that part of the conscious brain shuts off. The main language problem caused by seizures is with finding words.
These seizures can last up to three minutes. Yes its possible to remember what happens during a seizure. You can tell a seizure is epileptic if brain electricity monitoring during the event shows neurons misfiring.
The seizure occurs in someone who has never had a seizure. Its important to remain calm. There are many types of seizures.
Some people are aware of the beginning of a seizure possibly as much as hours or days before it happens. These range from slight body movements to loss of consciousness and convulsions. Epilepsy disrupts the nerve activity in the brain causing seizures.
A seizure occurs when one or more parts of the brain has a burst of abnormal electrical signals that interrupt normal signals. Not getting enough sleep can also contribute to memory difficulties. I do almost all the time.
In a true seizure you do not have. From what I understand about seizures it isnt possible to remember anything about the seizure itself. During sleep our brains process information and experiences.
I do remember it in my body. While theres no way to stop a seizure once its begun you can provide help. Epileptic discharges in the brain without a seizure occurring also affect memory so storage of memory is affected even if seizures arent happening.
After its through you may be confused and not remember the event. Abstract published in Epilepsia Objective. Each can cause different kinds of symptoms.
Even if seizures happen every day for most of your life you are still able to read speak and understand words. Which is a good pointPeople can be driven crazy by the not knowing what happened while they were out or even if they ever have been out. Recollection of the events remembering your seizure is usually what allows health care professionals the ability to rule out the possibility of seizures.
While someone is having a seizure they are semi-conscious so they will not remember anything that happened during the seizure. As jacky also comments. Though neither of these seizures present with convulsions the lack of consciousness that occurs with focal impaired awareness seizures can put people into some dangerous situations.
I used to panic and get scared to the point of trembling and breathing hard during a. I rarely remember in my mind that Ive had a big seizure. For some people lack of sleep can make them more likely to have seizures for others it may be that seizures during the night cause tiredness.
Telling me Ive had a seizure is always interesting because it usually takes a couple times to click in. Seizures during sleep can disrupt sleep for the rest of the night and result in daytime sleepiness and poor memory and concentration. People with epilepsy PWE are frequently unable to recall the core manifestation of their disease epileptic seizuresThis means that seizure frequency is often underestimated by practitioners and that seizure classification based on reports of patients or their relatives is difficult because seizure symptoms remain unclear.
The reason he may feel scared during it is that it may be starting in the area of the brain where his fear mechanism is. They may remember feeling the seizure coming on as most people. Some people may experience feelings sensations or changes in behavior hours or days before a seizure.
Tiredness lack of sleep or feeling unwell can affect concentration and memory. As Jacky 99 points out it can be frustrating when seizures happen and you cannot remember a thing. I used to say that the effect of a big seizure on your body was like running a marathon in just a few minutes.
