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Posted by River1924 on April 26, 2006, at 10:54:23
Can AD"s cause "simple partial seizures" while on them or during withdrawal?
Posted by Phillipa on April 26, 2006, at 20:32:31
In reply to AD's simple partial seizures, posted by River1924 on April 26, 2006, at 10:54:23
I've heard of pseudoseizures, grand mal seizures, petit mal seizures. But never have I heard of what the article describes. But they are always coming up with new things. In a grand mal seizure people lose contenence of urine and clench down on their teeth no more putting something between their teeth, aometimes an aura is seen first flashing of lights can trigger one for instance,and then the jerking twitching etc. Somethimes if they happen too often even with meds they can become uncontrollable. A petit mal seizure may just be a twiching of a certain body part. A pseudoseuzure is difficult to distinguish between a real seizure but a trained physician can tell the differnce. Valium is one drug given IV to stop a full blown seizure. Now the type you're describing are they anything like this at all and are you having them? Love Phillipa
Posted by bimini on April 30, 2006, at 7:58:32
In reply to AD's simple partial seizures, posted by River1924 on April 26, 2006, at 10:54:23
In my case I was referred to a Neurologist because I had a seizure a couple of months after brain injury from getting hit by a 18-wheeler. I was given Effexor, seizures increased from 2-3 a week to 3-5 a day. While weaning off Effexor seizures increased to several an hour for nearly a month. There may be no correlation but I didn't see it any other way. At that time they were autonomic and sensory but did not generalize to grand mals. Docs thought with time this would deminish on its own and go away. I have been since stuck with them getting several a day, like I learned how to do it, now sensory, motor, complex partial seizures. No way to anticipate and stop it, looked for triggers for two years before I found one: movement in a direction similar to mine, but there are others when I nor anything else moves. I'm not aware of some of them, some sensory seizures are kind of pleasant, motor seizures are more annoying and embarrasing, complex partials are exhausting.
AD med didn't cause my seizures but taught my brain how to get them more.
bimini
Posted by River1924 on April 30, 2006, at 14:02:16
In reply to Re: AD's simple partial seizures, posted by bimini on April 30, 2006, at 7:58:32
Do you think there is any connection between your "pleasant" sensory seizures and the "electric shocks" some people have when they stop taking some AD's. (Some people report the shocks last for over a year.) I've never had your seizures nor withdrawal symptoms. I'm just curious about your opinion. I'm not saying AD's cause seizures... just facillitate a worsening... make electrical instability "kindle" into a more problematic (for lack of a better term) brain/spinal storm.
River,
PS: Terminolgy changes generation to generation, nation to nation, clincic to clinicic... what is your best definition of "sensory seizures?"
Posted by Karla on April 30, 2006, at 19:51:22
In reply to AD's simple partial seizures, posted by River1924 on April 26, 2006, at 10:54:23
I had epilepsy from birth to age 28. I used to have roughly 30 complex partial seizures a day. No meds on the market stopped them. Then one day I started to have grand mall seizures. This continued for aprox 6 months. I went to a new church where they prayed for me for it to go away. It did! I have been siezure free for 13 years now. However the only time I had a seizure since then and now is when I tried elavil(25mg) a very small dose but I started having seizures again. It says in almost all antidepressant literature that comes with the medicine if you have a history of epilepsy it can cause you to have them more frequently or cause you to have them again period.
Posted by bimini on May 1, 2006, at 12:20:28
In reply to Effexor seizures » bimini, posted by River1924 on April 30, 2006, at 14:02:16
Yes, as I said, I can't help but think there is a connection. I didn't have 'electric shocks' some describe, rather dissociatiative sensation with visual hallucination and have not stopped since I quit Effexor over 3 years ago.
My best definition for sensory seizure is a discharge in the primary sensory cortex.
bimini
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