After having seizures for over 30 years, you have explained more than countless neurologists in minutes! Thank you!
@axecx2465
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been having these since 16 I’m 21 now and still having them why 🥲🥲🥲
@olsonbryce777
2 жыл бұрын
@@axecx2465 you need to speak with a neurologist. Could be diet, allergies, brain injury, meds, etc
@axecx2465
2 жыл бұрын
@@olsonbryce777 I have pal I went for a ecg scan a while ago and an eeg a few week ago there gonna give me my results
@billc3114
2 жыл бұрын
That's a shame they can't take the time to talk. I have had so far, two seizures and came too in the ambulance. I don't want anymore. My Dr saw me once and I've seen an assistant since. Two that I was unconscious that is. I have caught myself in the lip smacking thing and stared off. But never actually lost consciousness.
@kejo_plays
2 жыл бұрын
@@axecx2465 how are you bud
@robertreyes1126
3 жыл бұрын
That makes so much sense. I was diagnosed with Focal Seizures back in April 2019. Later on it ultimately led to Anxiety and Depression later on that year. Thank God I have everything stabilized now through Him and medication. If anybody is having Focal Seizures and is currently taking meds, I suggest you give up the booze. I haven't had any seizures since I found the right medication with the right dose and stopped drinking. It sucks but I'd rather live a normal life and be able to drive safely than to socially party and continue to experience seizures.
@caoimhinsaunders8494
3 жыл бұрын
I have that aswell mate.
@helmaroc_queen9853
2 жыл бұрын
Can I ask how you went on to get diagnosed? I’ve had what I believe temporal lobe seizures for a few years now, and they are horrible. Like deja vu. Did your go to your doctor? Or a specialist?
@Hassanhadi2607
2 жыл бұрын
I think I might have that I’m gonna have to give up weed because it usually happens after I run out
@Hassanhadi2607
2 жыл бұрын
@Edwin Sone for me I stupidly took spice vape which was disguised as thc vape. Had 4 seizures and almost died in the hospital and since then every time I finish my weed I get those focal seizures. But I nowadays smoke hash on a monthly basis. Bought an 8th last Monday and made it last until 2 days ago so I wasn’t smoking that much.
@ethangonzales3000
2 жыл бұрын
@@Hassanhadi2607 you had 4 focal seizures?
@jimpat8125
3 жыл бұрын
Are we all just going to pretend he doesn’t get better and better looking each video?
@joannegilbert809
4 жыл бұрын
As a mum with a daughter with focal temporal lobe epilepsy this video explains it perfectly, and also has helped grandparents to understand what’s happening too. Thank you!
@axecx2465
2 жыл бұрын
I hope your daughters okay I suffer with this too
@talmadgelazorko1354
3 жыл бұрын
I recently started having Grand Mal Seizures as an adult. Watching this Video has shown me that as a child I was having Seizures and didnt know it at the time. I remember things getting big and small a few times as a child. Thanks for Making this for us guys!!!!
@JazzyJae88
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been newly diagnosed, and this explained so much for me. I’m an ICU RN and I even specialize in Neuro Intensive Care. But rarely or never do I have to see patients with these types of seizures so my experience with them is none. So thankful to have found this video to break down exactly what I am experiencing.
@graceenderle
4 жыл бұрын
That moment you have to look up youtube videos about your own damn seizure types because you can't remember what your nuerologist told you, but the smart guy talks too fast, so you have to slow it down so you can keep up. And then you decide to slow it down all the way so he sounds and looks postictial just like you while you giggle like a little school girl. And then you suddenly forgot what you learned in the 5 min video. Am I the only one?
@marniesmalridge8152
4 жыл бұрын
Grace I agree, way way way too fast. Great info with a lot of knowledge but to hard to finish watching because its so overwhelming to figure out everything and then it all makes no sense by then.
@graceenderle
4 жыл бұрын
@@marniesmalridge8152 I guess this video is geared towards people in school and not people with actual epilepsy and awful memory issues, unfortunately.
@marniesmalridge8152
4 жыл бұрын
Grace That makes sense when you explain it like that. I just watched it over and over and caught somewhat of the concept of the colours and writing refering to that parts of the brain he was talking about etc.. but you know that in a way I’m in school as I continue to learn about the mind and seizures! 😉
@Lbehti
4 жыл бұрын
Grace I’m giggling just reading your comments. All I know is I had 3 focal seizures. This guy is nuts. 🤪 🧠
@69raisinswhy
3 жыл бұрын
But math teachers will always be talking too slow
@CF-wn2ce
2 жыл бұрын
This video explains so much and helps me understand my recently diagnosed seizures I've been dealing with and medically gaslit over for decades :( and how my dysautonomia fits in with everything
@jatnarivas8741
Жыл бұрын
How were you medically gaslit?
@Zebragal0911
3 жыл бұрын
Recently my mother told me I used to daydream all the time when I was younger. She said she used to catch me staring and would call my name over and over saying " Tamara come back". Little did she know I wasn't daydreaming but having an absence seizure. I still have them to this day along with whole body jerks. Sad part is I'm just now finding out what they actually were. I thought it was normal.
@chinweokpaireh664
3 жыл бұрын
Hello,my 4 year old was diagnosed with focal onset epilepsy...and she has delayed speech and writing...did you have the delayed activités too?
@sherryli9869
2 жыл бұрын
@@chinweokpaireh664 my daughter just diagnosed with motor focal seizure,30th sep, she is 4 and half years old, her speech was a little delayed but not by much, and her fine motor skills are not good, things like writing, using scissors,she can’t do very well, but she can put 60 pieces puzzle on her own and very good at maze.
@lovemykids993
2 жыл бұрын
Do you have body jerks that wake you? Thanks.
@Zebragal0911
2 жыл бұрын
@@lovemykids993 I definitely do!
@lovemykids993
2 жыл бұрын
@@Zebragal0911 Thank you hon. I feel like my body is falling apart 🤦♀️.
@woodenhead81
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. My son was diagnosed with Lennox Gastaut several years ago. We were one medication trail away from him under going a corpus callosotomy. Long story short, his seizures stopped. 4 years later, they have returned, with new activity. Thanks for breaking it down, thus making it easily understood.
@jeremystewert4303
3 жыл бұрын
LGS is hard to understand, hard to manage, and almost impossible to live with. I’m home from work today after having 2 seizures, that’s my agreed upon limit with my employer lol. I had a 2/3 CC. The recovery wasn’t easy but hopefully it will work! Best wishes!
@Cocofromcoconut
2 жыл бұрын
Thank God
@nyct0phile
4 жыл бұрын
i am absolutely shocked. i want to talk to my doctor about this, i always thought it was dissociation but maybe its something more because this makes way more sense.
@RavensHouseOfTarot1111
4 жыл бұрын
They kept diagnosing me with anxiety! Make sure to take some knowledge with you like papers explains this!
@mafestroja
4 жыл бұрын
Im diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy and i think i have complex focal seizures? i used to dissociate a lot in my early twenties like you. i knew my brain wasn’t normal but it wasn’t till i was 27 when my first seizure happened, i had two the same day, like minutes apart. i think it all starts with simple partial seizures so we don’t notice.
@addhoc256
3 жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with add/adhd, not paying attention, laziness, not taking responsibilities if I was late, dissociation, anxiety, chronic hyperventilation, allergies like glutenintolerance etc and all this 45 years I kept saying I really think it’s something physical not psychological, and I even thought it’s something to do with my sepsis when I was five, I literally asked: you don’t go unconscious from adhd it can’t be that. I hit a bus the other day I was zigzagging on the middle of the road surely it cannot be just daydreaming. But they kept telling me it was dissociation or what have you. I was told 5 times by different doctors that if I wasn’t completely unconscious like stil be on my bike or still seated though hanging half down it cannot be neurological because than I would have to be unconscious. Only on KZitem I learned that epilepsy can be half consious during a seizure. I’m from The Netherlands the doctors here literally told me 3 times: don’t believe KZitem and stop googling. It took me a year of begging before I could get my eeg. So in the process of asking for eeg scan I was also diagnosed as compulsive and not listening to authorities etc so now it showed some rhythmic spikes on the eeg scan (sleepdeprivation test) on the left side. Temporal lobe epilepsy the neurologist said. Now I have a meeting next week with the doctor that in 2012 I had a seizure in her room. She said It was a hyperventilation anxiety disorder even though I told her I really didn’t feel anxious at all just before. I was in the middle of an interesting magazine read while waiting for a routine check of something else I really really wasn’t anxious. And I sing andso I know different breathing techniques and I wasn’t breathing the wrong way. I told her exactly all the simptoms like change of hearing things (ventilator sound getting louder) to lights getting too bright and flickering and then losing the ability to sit up straight and not able to talk. And (afterwards) I kept on saying: I have a lazy eye And ear both at the right side so already that is neurological. I had absences all my life my school report is full of it, everyone I know always sais: it’s like your not really there sometimes and you make faces and don’t respond when we say your name. I really really think it’s neurological I told the doctor many times when I was five people say I had a serious seizure and a sepsis: it is written on the epilepsy website people with sepsis of penicillins overdoses are at risk of epilepsy later in life as well. . I didn’t know this type of epilepsy existed but I have spelled out all the symptoms for a decade to 5 doctors.They checked my blood and said it was psychological. I am going to file a complaint but I don’t know what to tell her next week. I am so furious because this could have been treated 45 years ago my life would have been so different, I was severely bullied in school and by my parents. I dropped things that were in my hands like keys if it happened so I got in trouble for loosing keys again. But this current doctor could have seen it 8 years ago if she didn’t have the wrong believe that seizures had to be 100 unconscious and that therefore I was mental. I have been told so many times I caused it myself by a wrong way of thinking or a wrong way of breathing. I am mad as hell. Any tips on how to speak with this doctor ?. How do we prevent this from happening again to others and also waist a decade of their life’s. She understands now it was epilepsy and that she made a mistake she already called me back but I don’t think she understands that she must upgrade the knowledge of her staff. She thinks I am such a difficult case with all my mental diagnosis that it was hard for her to see through that. She still doesn’t get I have no mental issues it was all epilepsy. Her coin won’t drop
@melearina
2 жыл бұрын
It is sad. My doctors cannot hear me out with this because they say what I feel IS weird. I cannot afford to directly say to them that "BUT THIS IS WHAT I FEEL!" haha
@weeziii8193
Жыл бұрын
@@addhoc256 @addhoc256 Hi do you still use your account? If yes. How did you end up talking to your last doctor. I assume you are diagnosed now? I just changed doctor after a tbi i got 2years ago( I've had 6-7 concussions in my life). I've started fainting and having these seizure like episodes. Really long list. but I don't lose consciousness completely. So I am aware of my surroundings. But I can't really speak or move. And have tingling in feet and legs and my sight sort of ger distorted. Like either stretches allot or blurry. I get hit by a Dizzy sensation like vertigo and often times dejavu. So I am a little worried that she might say its derealization or personalizqtion or PNES. Because she doesen't seem to believe me either. And made me make a time line over my life and background to the moment I got a tbi. Her excuse was so she can get to know me better. You seem like a person who has done their research. So maybe you have some links or something I can look up. How to differentiate between derealization and all that and epilepsy. Mine last by the way 30second to maks 2-3minutes. Then I am mostly very tired. Or just get back to normal. Depend on the seizure. But i have not shaken in any of my seizures. I mostly just starre intensely for a couple of seconds or blackout and fall lose eyesight and come back to normal.
@ireneolivera2428
4 жыл бұрын
The way you smile at the end after saying "and a focal seizure can become a generalizdd seizure" ☠️
@lilnymph7776
4 жыл бұрын
My little brother has a chromosomal abnormality and we’ve been trying to figure out what type of seizures he’s been having and been told that it could be focal seizures, this video helped a lot in understanding what they are and the different types so I can help him! Thanks!
@olsonbryce777
2 жыл бұрын
Good sister
@kennithbob
2 жыл бұрын
I have not experienced any seizures that I know of but learning about this is fascinating to me. Thank you for your direct and informative way of teaching!
@somethingkindawonderful3034
8 ай бұрын
Future nurse or doctor! ;)
@GemFlower-6
3 жыл бұрын
What in the earth is there such excellent explaination on seizures like Dr. Mike's!!! Anyway, after or during reading books, I always turn to you to connect everything together! Your brain is amazing! I love every video you made! Thank you so much, you are the best!
@laycilucas9069
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. 🥺 the amount of doctors I’ve seen, and tests I’ve gotten done, and you just explained more to me in just this video. ❤️
@ace-x6m
Жыл бұрын
Yeah… they know what’s wrong from the start. They just get you to keep coming back for tests because it makes them money. I finally got diagnosed at the age of 16 or 17 around 2011 or 12 yet I’ve had seizures since I was born. Looking back I don’t know how trained medical professionals couldn’t tell even by listening to my symptoms that I was having seizures
@mandacole8703
4 жыл бұрын
I dad didn't know for sure what was happening to him, but after witnessing it first hand and hearing your explanation, it's definitely focal seizures.
@dasagain3429
4 жыл бұрын
My daughter has focal motor seizures. She has Alpers disease :( lost her sister to it in 2010 at age 5 to it. My daughter is currently on an epi-743 trial that has worked for her for 10 years, she's 13 now...but her seizures recently returned. Came here because I'm trying to educate myself and never give up and looking for a cure. Thank you for your help on our journey.
@somethingkindawonderful3034
8 ай бұрын
Hope all is well . Hopefully the newly legalized CBD is working if that's an option if your in canada
@melearina
2 жыл бұрын
Have you guys experienced deja vus, smelled weird scents, and tasted flavors (which I do not know how to describe), and goosebumps without doing anything? Like it just happens. I consider these as auras because these are the unusual "sensations" I started experiencing by the time I noticed something uncomfortable is happening to my body. It took two and a half years before I got my first generalized seizure-- and anti-convulsants helped me "normalize" feeling "normal" again. BUT, these sensations happen up till now that sometimes cause me to pass out. I always try to tell about this with my previous doctors, but most of them say an aura is something I cannot recognize to experience because it only seems like "daydreaming". I found it sad that my current doctor cannot hear me out with this "aura" concern. Sometimes I don't know if it's still aura or what. Thank you very much for this video, Dr. Mike. This helped us understand our condition better.
@oreochocolate_lavacake9960
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that happened to me when I had my first seizure at first in the early morning everything smelled like blood and I was feeling lightheaded then throughout out the day I had deja reve and it got more intense until I started blacking out the next thing I know I'm awake inside a clinic then the ambulance transports me to a hospital, then I found a neurologist who diagnosed me with epilepsy it been 2 years and I still get auras with that weird deja reve feeling,headaches and nausea but it's not as intense as it used be,the medication really helped and I still visit my neurologist every four months.
@nelsontragura1441
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite is having distinct sensations for ea h place a visit or live for the first time. Places give me this type of sensations, not people. Or maybe it is a comvination of both. Anyways when I hypersensitize my brain with these sensations it just fires up a surge of electricity across my body, oh I forgot that baf emotions also give me this dreaded electri shocks...recently I can pinpoint when it would start from which lobe of the brain. *Is lobe a correct term? Compartment?* I feel like I am my own MRI scanner.
@tayhorsley404
Жыл бұрын
Yes shit was driving from lowes then was like were am I got out car and water up to my knees like damn it had a episode and drove into a ditch
@HuskerDanie
Жыл бұрын
Wow I cannot believe I found this video and your comments. I also was having “episodes” for 2 years before a grand mal sent me to the hospital. I had weird taste/smell sensations, deja vu to the point I was terrified, would suddenly come to and realize that I was driving but didn’t know where to. It gradually progressed over the 2 years. The first one I remember was driving in the country and I said to my family “does it look weird outside” and they were confused. Doctors and therapists were telling me that I had anxiety! I tried telling a neurologist that I wasn’t anxious and thought maybe I was having seizures. Long story short, the neurologist said “well in hindsight we should’ve tried you on an anticonvulsant”!! After starting the medication I started feeling normal again!
@natashas4213
Жыл бұрын
Yes I have those phantom senses, iv had absence seizures for 20 years but could never really identify when or if I was having a seizure except maybe when I'd see a flash of light, shadow or person that wasn't there but before this year I didn't know those could be epilepsy related but last year after lowering my mood stabilizer (it also helps with epilepsy but that isn't why im on it) I started having all kinds of phantom senses hearing, seeing, smelling and tasting things that arnt there and the deja vu of deja vu as I like to call it. My doctor doesn't care or even know the the different types of epileptic seizures. Since my doctor doesn't care I went they the epilepsy society and they agreed I seem to be having focal point seizures so it seems to hav developed at some point but was being somewhat controlled/hidden by the medication.
@ianhastie5785
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much brother, i had an AVM back in 2017, it opens my mind to understand more of what’s going on upstairs hahaha
@nikkid7963
4 жыл бұрын
Ian Hastie just been diagnosed with seizures and trying to understand what is going on with me. It just started happening out of the blue two months ago so frustrating and rather scary. Good luck with your heath and understanding your new normal. 😀
@0zimale
4 жыл бұрын
@@nikkid7963 was kind of seizures was you diagnosed with....
@happyandfreehealing
6 ай бұрын
This is absolutely amazing! You made it so simple but so detailed as the same time!
@thunderkush4832
Жыл бұрын
seizures explained in the shortest time possible. thank you ! ❤
@angelblue7779
4 жыл бұрын
How many years doctors poo poo’d my symptoms until a tumor was found on my right frontal lobe in my 40s. Smh! Just hospitalized for a seizure weeks ago . First suspected as a stroke . 🤔 Been having seizures since I was in middle school.
@angelicbaby92
3 жыл бұрын
Doctors always do this. I saw a bunch cause I was having extreme pain in my liver. They said it was allergies, asthma and coughing or even gallbladder issues. Turns out I have a liver tumor.
@astronomicalreason9807
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who has complex partial seizures I can attest to the accuracy of this video. Even down to the small details like hand movement but no arm movement. When I'm having one I typically stare at my hand because of the odd uncontrollable movement it makes and as I stare at it my hand looks like it's becoming bigger and smaller. One point you didn't bring up is the extreme deja vu feeling, sometimes so extreme that during the seizure I feel like I can predict the future.
@jackcherbourg2899
Жыл бұрын
I have complex partial, which typically manifest in TEA.
@jiggyv6139
2 жыл бұрын
Love to see a young smart brotha . I’m 24 in my senior yr undergrad & I have epilepsy & just started smoking recreational. Your videos have helped me understand somewhat what I go through. Had one the other day in which I blanked out & started slobbing then almost fell if it wasn’t for my girlfriend catching me after noticing me standing in front of my toilet blanked out. I remember feeling nauseas & kept having to spit beforehand. 😒
@nicholaschastain2060
2 жыл бұрын
If ur taking meds know it can counteract if u have cbd not sure about thc
@anniemunson3675
Жыл бұрын
Thank You! Thank You! So much clarification and understanding. My son has had every seizure you talked about. Including Generalized seizures you talked about in the other video. I’ve seen it all in 1 little guy. The most recent diagnosis was Lennox Gastaut.
@SoniaJbrt
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! After a lifetime with epilepsy, I finally understand! And I also understand why recently focal seizures have felt like panic attacks. Although I am one of the most calm people I know.
@BedeliaMikk
2 жыл бұрын
This video was so, so great. I loved the fun fact about Alice in Wonderland. Tomorrow I have a neurology exam and if he asks me about focal seizures, you bet I am gonna flex with this fun knowledge haha. Subscribed!
@whitsend11
3 жыл бұрын
Very informative video, I will have to watch it several times to really get the information. I just had my first EEG, 20 minutes, now the doctor wants me back for a longer EEG to verify the findings on the first one.
@ThAtWoLfBaBe
4 жыл бұрын
LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS VIDEO 4th year med student xxx
@carissadennery9854
Ай бұрын
I think I have autonomic seizures and temporal seizures. I am treying to get a neurologst since I just moved to a new area. Thank you for explaining these. Some of my previous Neurologists don't explain these to me.
@twinkle6622
4 жыл бұрын
Your video's very helpful for us
@Blindriverside
Жыл бұрын
I wish every video on focal seizures would mention deja vu. After being misdiagnosed for a decade all it took was FINALLY talking to a neurologist and mentioning chronic, persistent episodes of deja vu to get the right diagnosis.
@theozziesisters2338
2 жыл бұрын
I had one in school today my arm and hand and the side of my face went numb then I had a headache all day and yet I told myself I’m still conscious I’m not going to the nurse but if it happens again I am I have had seizures my whole life they stopped for a bit but when I was little I would loose consciousness but now I don’t at least not right now but u have explained a lot to me thanks
@soniczforever5470
Жыл бұрын
I was tested for seizures the eeg normal 6 months later I had tonic clonic breaking a tooth very badly. I warn you the test is horrible made me feel like puking. I twitched for several hours after. I thought it was normal it probably wasn't. I'd terrible migraines. I took the topamax. I did not go to the hospital after the bad attack as I felt it was my fault as I'd run out of time to eat. No other migraine meds works so I probably had a mild form of epilepsy. Do not take caffeine if you take topamax and check any anti epileptic drugs even a few glasses of coke make it stop working. I fxxg regret it.
@akirerika6650
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, your explanation is very comprehensive!
@kimfittall4409
2 жыл бұрын
My dad had GBM Stage 4..and has suffered with grand mal seizures... he was operated on and .he was stable for a number of years but one day he presented with a ?stroke picture...he was blue lighted and his scans showed his GBM had come back in L frontal temporal- he then started having these random fits of rage... motor changes too (fiddling with items ) seeing things that weren't quite right...seeing a dog being off a lead..instead on a lead. He never remembered these times..which is when we realised they were likely seizures. Scariest thing I've ever experienced as he wad a big strong (otherwise well) man so being in this crazy rage was frightening. And for no given reason..no trigger. When looking back I can almost pin point the week that the GBM started to effect him... 2/3 months before he had started to rant at the news... unusual for him. He was almost obsessed with watching and ranting at it. Oh hindsight is a wonderful thing!! Great video!
@lauranicole3068
2 жыл бұрын
Can you please try to speak a bit slower? I started having seizures in 2018 when I was 28 and you explained that better than all my neurologists thank you!
@aaronalienseeker801
Жыл бұрын
Just diagnosed with Epilepsy, I have tonic clonic seizures and every type of focal seizure e.g; arm leg face tingling, same places may have numbness, if not there is still the symptoms of tunnel vision, lack of sight, lightheadedness, lack of inhibition and cant think right etc.. My tonic clonic seizures are treated with cbz but I've not got my focal seizures treated and theyre very regular but can vary or be different, usually ending in tiredness and sometimes with a chest pain or headache. They can even cluster without breaks, the difference in conciousness and energy I have when it lifts is massive, but my moods can change as I've only just started to realise what these feelings are, it made me isolate and develop really bad anxiety to the point I can have nonmotor focal seizures outside and it makes my walk funny as I dont feel like talking when I get a seizure come on, and I get paranoid and start acting strange... My memory is also appaling now, lol... May help to know I used to black out since 16 and slowly the changes started to appear head bsmg after headbang fainting and getting older, now im 24 and started fitting on mornings I thought were dreams and general poorlyness until my partner observed me one morning and I continued to fit too the hospital and in where I woke up confused forgetful disorientated etc.. I'd bitten my toungue's side which has now scarred, frothed at the mouth and had my eyes roll back while shaking... Apparently I make dolphin noises if that makes you smile lol so good job that's been treated first I guess 😂 Great video its pretty much a perfect one to show the people around me thankyou!
@soniczforever5470
Жыл бұрын
I had feeling loss in my hands and have deteriorated recently id put in down to medication side effect sorry to hear of your situation
@aaronalienseeker801
Жыл бұрын
Me too it, it changes though the best way to describe it is like how people say strokes are but we can still move its just like having cloudy sensations and motor control issues whilst our nervous system plays up do you agree? Its only one of many symptoms of focal seizures though but it helps diagnose our problems at least as many say they feel the same but at different intensities, and triggers like too much excercise and lack of food with nicotine and caffiene in our blood, that seems to be my downfall because I can Bring on these myself and had them years til I was told what I were doing to myself
@soniczforever5470
Жыл бұрын
@@aaronalienseeker801 i agree your right with rhe caffeine and too much exercise obsessed with running wish you the best. Always stop exercise at 8pm or attacks can start and decaf has caffeine in it so drugs like topiramate which I take won't work
@QockNobblr
3 жыл бұрын
Idk if what I had was a focal seizure, but I had collapsed and my muscles started convulsing, and I had to exert a great amount of effort to flex my muscles to keep myself somewhat still, and even then I was still convulsing a bit, but when it happened my vision darkened and I couldn't see at all, it was just black-violet nothingness. I'm fairly certain it happened when my blood sugar was super low, which funnily enough I had collapsed in front of the fridge in the kitchen, to get something to eat. I was 15- ish, and my stepdad was sitting on his chair, in the living room, where he could easily see, but noone tried to help; noone knew it had happened. After it was done, I simply stood up, grabbed some food, and went back to my room
@hayleyrobertson7417
2 жыл бұрын
Okay, so, I don’t know what happened to me or if it was a seizure but I’ve been moving the past week a lot of physical exertion. I didn’t sleep at all last night then like an idiot didn’t eat a thing and just started lifting and loading stuff. When I was loading the last things in the shed my legs started to shake so bad front to back like at my knees so I kinda just took a sec and leaned over. I told my roommate I needed to sit down and get some water and eat. So I started walking back to the house maybe like 30ish ft? I was walking fine just lightheaded, which was reasonable. Right as I got to the steps of the little deck stoop all of a sudden I could not feel my legs and they were shaking so bad and I was on the first step (of three, wasn’t that serious), but as that was happening I’m trying to get up the steps holding onto the railing with all my might then kind of just noodle legged half fell half plopped myself down in the middle of the steps. That’s when I knew something was not right so I panicked and called out for my roommate and everything was… off? Like dull and whiteish grayish??? Kinda like a dream. When I hit the deck I had this overwhelming fear like yep here it is, this is it. Either full on seizure or I’m having a heart attack. So I just sat there accepting my fate (I’m on some prescription drugs that increase my chance for both, and I vape). I probably called out to my roommate like three times and the last one just saying “somethings not right somethings not right” and by the time he walked over to me all of those feelings were gone I just had some minor tremors and heavy breathing because I let my anxiety get the best of me and was so mad this was gonna be the way I go out lol. So I just sat there for a bit, chugged a Gatorade, then managed to get up on my own and walk to the couch to lay down and eat some food. This was probably 2 hours ago and I feel fine. But now here I am convincing myself it was a seizure. So weird. Never in my life felt anything like that. You know like cartoon noodle legs? Yeah like that but more jerky
@MoistNasa
Жыл бұрын
I have focal seizures nearly every day, exactly as you described in this video, but my MS neurologist has the audacity to suggest that they’re psychogenic and won’t put me on any medication. It’s so frustrating.
@kellymcbride5054
3 жыл бұрын
Which part of the brain is affected when the deja vu happens?
@Bakumatsu1
3 жыл бұрын
@Samara Hamilton thank you, been trying to figure out if I'm going crazy or have something wrong with me but it turns out to be temporal focal probably
@shadrach6299
3 жыл бұрын
Love his Stones tee.
@emilyann4549
Жыл бұрын
My vision gets brighter, darker and then back to normal sometimes. It's like my eyes are a photo editing app. Haha
@joshuadpathfinder
2 жыл бұрын
Until my first grand mal seizure, I had partial seizures misdiagnosed as panic attacks. After being diagnosed epileptic and describing more clearly to my doctor what my panic attacks are like, we've decided that it's more likely this. x.x Good luck to everyone else dealing with this nonsense.
@85hydz
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I think this is what my son gets
@jackiezuscar7391
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. You have explained to me the seizure I was born with and are coming back. Old age lol
@spunkflunk
3 жыл бұрын
I thought i had add but turns out I had focul seizures many times a day causing hard time to learn and focus
@BardiaSaeedi
3 жыл бұрын
Hows the treatment going?
@spunkflunk
3 жыл бұрын
@@BardiaSaeedi i was wrong they were absence seizures, and good so far. I dont know how I will do fully until I go back to work ina few weeks
@Theo-yp2fg
3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@pierro007
3 жыл бұрын
I've been having a hard time to learn and focus lately as well. I just started looking at neurological issues. Sometimes I feel myself spacing out or daydreaming randomly. I have a doctor's appointment in about 2 weeks. Did you ask for an EEG?
@FurryFriendsandFamily
3 жыл бұрын
@@spunkflunk I have those too and jeavons syndrome and I have the same problem. Wishing you Goodluck
@sandralapointe6782
4 жыл бұрын
You are awesome thank you
@chanabayla1823
3 жыл бұрын
As an epileptic myself and a volunteer for the epilepsy foundation these are actually auras for the most part that dont generalize
@glenn5517
2 жыл бұрын
I have auras a couple times a day. They come and go and only last like 30 seconds to a minute. Its a scary feeling when you feel an impeding sense of doom or deja vu. Luckily it has never turned into a grand mal seizure.
@Hassanhadi2607
2 жыл бұрын
@@glenn5517 I almost died from 4 seizures when I accidentally took spice vape that was disguised as thc vape. Now I smoke hash every month or so and when I finish I get auras all the time for the next day or two. Worst feeling
@aguzzie
2 жыл бұрын
@@glenn5517 my mom had similar symptoms till yesterday when she finally had a seizure in her sleep and I feel like it's related to this check yourself for sleep apnea that's what they say caused this
@nicolekammwettle
11 ай бұрын
Volunteering at the epilepsy center you should know that auras ARE seizures.. that’s exactly what focal auras are they are seizures.
@isabella9654
5 ай бұрын
I know this is late but one thing that may be well worth mentioning is psychic aura's (seizures), especially in temporal lobe aura's. I still occasionally get them, but what use to be my main aura was Deja Vu. I experience multiple types of focal Epilepsy with foci on both hemispheres so therefore, I wasn't a candidate for resective surgery but rather the NeuroPace RNS system, with 3 depth electrodes implanted although, only 2 are hooked up until the FDA clears the newer RNS system that handles more than 2 electrodes at a time. I now have multiple aura's, ranging from my original Deja Vu to Jamais Vu and Impending Doom aura's. It has now been about 6 years with NeuroPace RNS and I have much better control of my seizures as I'm down from ~180 seizures every quarter to ~40-50 seizures every quarter with polytherapy AEDs on board as well. I wish anyone struggling with this disease to get help and try to get your life back!❤
@kaymel9786
4 жыл бұрын
ive been suffering with panic attacks for years now they got worse in my 20s and im starting to wonder if they could be a type of seizure since no medication does anything for me. and due to these turns i struggle to get outside :/
@sandralapointe6782
4 жыл бұрын
I was dx at 47! What I thought was ADHD and anxiety my whole life was not
@Ouchimoo
3 жыл бұрын
you could look into this: psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES)?
@Bakumatsu1
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ouchimoo ty
@gabrielguzman6018
3 жыл бұрын
@@sandralapointe6782 what was it?
@Brookie_Cookie2
2 жыл бұрын
My daughter's EEG showed left posterior teporal slowing that could cause focal epileptic seizures. We have also noticed certain tics that she has developed and we think it is caused from anxiety and OCD. How do we tell if this is seizure related or is it possible that her anxiety is causing all of these issues? Neurologist did not think it was seizure related, but this video makes me think it is. This was so helpful. Thank you so much for posting!
@robertdeffenbaugh9004
2 жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with Photosensitive Epilepsy when I was 2 and had my Seizure Tumor surgically removed when I was 8.
@shellyapodaca960
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. My daughter has stomach pain and sometimes nausea. When she was young she would have fear and sometimes confusion. But that stopped ones we started the meds.
@twinkle6622
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@kyahkelley9146
4 жыл бұрын
HELP!!! PLEASE!!! Is it at all possible to test negative for all types of epilepsy, and still have these types of partial seizures, in all portions of the brain that you mentioned at once? I have bee searching for answers for over 2 decades about these convulsions I have. When I was younger, they presented as petit mal seizures, but they never registered in any tests. Then fast forward to adulthood, and I'm more conscious while having them, it less drawn back tunnel vision, and way more mental and physical, and I also have massive anxiety attacks, vertigo, tingling/numbness, tickling (like bugs crawling), and complete brain fog before, during and after these things happen. When I get them, they basically take my whole day away, sometimes even 2 days, just from ONE episode...
@GLGC688
4 жыл бұрын
They could be PNES. I have them in all areas as well and they do not show up on tests. I was told it could be non epileptic seizures. But now my cardiologist (he treats me for Dysautonomia) thinks they might be temporal lobe seizures, so idk.
@nancybradley7264
3 жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with partial seizures after several eeg's nothing showed up on them but they clearly could see on video. now on dilantin Klonopin now xcopri. this started 2 1/2 years ago. I had seizures mostly left side of face 12 to 14 a day. first they thought I had faciobrachio dystonic seizures treated me with plasma pherisis that didn't work. I think their left scratching their head. they also said it looks like I had a stroke. now what would cause me to get this at age 57 never had seizures before. Like you I'm searching for answers. also had ct scans MRI'S ICTEL SCANS AND PT SCAN nothing abnormal pops out. ugh
@nancybradley7264
3 жыл бұрын
the dr from this video doesn't even reply what's the point?
@hads404
2 жыл бұрын
bugs crawling could be formication.
@aguzzie
2 жыл бұрын
@@nancybradley7264 have you checked for sleep apnea could that be part the issue
@chuck1775
2 жыл бұрын
Best explanatory video I've seen yet well done......... hey can a person have alcohol related seizures? Or involuntary culinary of hand and arms?
@Fubar--
Жыл бұрын
Alchohol can increase you chances of having one for me if I have alot of drinks one night all be fine that hole night but the dehydration and hangover the next day greatly!! Increase the risk of my seizures happening
@ace-x6m
Жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with TLE years ago but when I was a kid I had partial seizures that started out as a strange smell, along with auditory and visual symptoms. I had one in second grade one time where I got the weird smell then my teacher’s voice turned into like a demonic robot sound and her head morphed into like an alien type shape. Needless to say I was scared to death but didn’t tell anyone. I’ve had this condition since I was born and always went to doctors to find what was wrong but they never could tell me (I don’t know why now) but when I turned 16 or 17 (2011 or 2012) I had my first set of grand mail seizures which sent me to the ER and had me in sort of a coma for 4 days. I finally got diagnosed with epilepsy
@mariocesarbenitez5552
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much from Colombia
@chloefoon5992
3 жыл бұрын
This was really good! Thank You!
@potatomilk1234
3 жыл бұрын
Still don’t know if I just had a focal seizure- I just woke up from a nightmare and stared to shake. The only part of my body was conscious of was my head. It was (I just woke up from sleeping, I sleep like a soldier) pushing against my pillow and like. Twitching. Idk how to explain it. I also heard my breathing and that’s the only thing I couldn’t hear. It was I was stuttering but with breathing. When I tried to inhale, my body exhaled. When I needed to exhale, my body kept exhaling through stutters. I’m now fully conscious with a migraine and the migraine is making me tired
@alittlebitofeverything1315
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds kinda what happens to me without the breathing part
@jackcherbourg2899
Жыл бұрын
I was just diagnosed 2 weeks ago. My neurologist told me I have complex partial seizures in my left temporal lobe. I guess in today's jargon, this would be called focal impaired. I can get TEA as a result of my seizures. I am so relieved to finally have a diagnosis. Would love to connect with others to share experiences, so anyone is welcome to hit me up.
@dr_chiropractor
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Dr Matt & Dr Mike, i noticed you don't have a video on headaches. Could you make a video on it. Amazing job you doing out there. Can't thank you enough. Cheers!!
@kalijasin
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dr. Mike
@HairGlitter
4 жыл бұрын
Wow thankyou so much.
@sleepysloth4205
3 жыл бұрын
I recently have been experiencing some weird stuff. And it’s the same every time. I’m just doing whatever, and I start to feel like I am falling and it’s extremely hard to explain the sensation of whatever it is besides just falling because there is more to it then that. I’m conscious, but I don’t move. What really started to make me bring my attention to it more is that I was sleeping and I got woken up by it 3 damn times. It’s 10 am and I’ve already had 5 of these episodes and I’m beginning to think they are focal seizures but I’m still not sure.
@harambelives7083
2 жыл бұрын
@@emstroop8859 omg I have this and I had to read comments. Should we be concerneced. First time I'm experiencing this and was not pleasant
@jackcherbourg2899
Жыл бұрын
@@harambelives7083 I had brain seizures on a kid and was on meds until I hit puberty. In my 20's, I started experiencing episodes of temporary amnesia. I never shared this with anybody because I did not think anyone would understand me. My wife first witnessed it 5 years into our marriage (2012), but we never thought it was a medical concern, just some weird thing that happened from time to time, and it wasn't until 12/22, when I described these events to somebody, that the word "seizure" was suggested. I started to talk to doctors and was finally diagnosed 2 weeks ago with complex partial seizures. I encourage you all, if you haven't yet, talk to your doctors. Go to your family doctor, check out a neurologist. Take care of yourselves. Finally having a name for my experiences and knowing I am not alone has been such a relief for me.
@sue27mae12
2 жыл бұрын
Focal seizure affects my motor, visual, & occipital lobe. When I'm out it can last for 30 min. I can remember if a had a vision during my seziure or not. But unable to remember what has taken place. I can tell if I'm about to have a seizure from a feeling I have sometimes, which is a tingling in my face. When I have a seizure from than lasting 3 days I have to deal a bad headache in the back of my head and just want to relax.
@natashairiawan9583
Жыл бұрын
AMAZING EXPLANATION ILY
@ER-yv5mu
8 ай бұрын
Very, very helpful, thank you
@astrofrk
3 жыл бұрын
I have Status Epilepticus and I have mood changes, which would lead me to believe it is temporal lobe. However, my seizures often go tonic clonic if not treated soon enough.
@lawra89
2 жыл бұрын
I have multi-complex seizures that last from a few seconds to 45 minutes. I would probably still be having tonic-clonic if I wasn't taking medication. I am able have a conversation while having one, but not completely be coherent. I sometimes do weird things like put things where they don't belong, example: a blanket in the fridge, random things in cabinets like milk or my phone (while having a conversation). They sometimes have logic though, like pouring a bag of pasta into the draw where bags of pasta are kept.
@Honeydew2667
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic explanation
@popmusiclover1000
3 жыл бұрын
My doctor is currently running a lot of test and looking to rule out MS, neuropathy as well as complex partial seizures. I have read that complex partial seizures can be caused by trauma and I have had so much trauma and have CPTSD. I have dealt with years of mental abuse from my mom as well as an instance of sexual abuse and years of physical abuse from my dad. my dad has told me that they were between five and 10 times where he had punched me in my head putting several blows to my head each time. I have also read that complex partial seizures can be mistaken for the disassociation. I definitely have CPTSD and I recently started with a new trauma therapist and she said my disassociation is very bad I’m wondering if sometimes it can be that I’m having a complex partial seizure and that disassociation is caused by it. It’s just really frustrating because I’m not sure if the symptoms I’m experiencing or mental or physical. It actually would be kind of better if they were a result of my PTSD because I’m already being treated for that.
@jatnarivas8741
Жыл бұрын
Or PNES
@HonestLettuce
2 жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed roughly a year or so ago with complex partial seizures, usually it would surface as just me completely zoning out for a short time. However after a few months my seizures got a lot more intense. I used to attend an apprenticeship place, and the enviroment was quite busy and hectic. i was fotrtunate enough that my boyfriend and one of my best friends was there. My seizure in that enviroment caused me to be weak, dizzy, tired, slurred speach, random but small violent jerks, and i also noticed that my veiw shifted to a slightly blue colour. After that, my epilepsy nurse suggested i get myself some ear defenders, and they work like a charm. Though i only use them for situations where there is a lot of visual and audiotory stimuli.
@weeziii8193
Жыл бұрын
Hi, can I ask you a question? You still use this account? Your comment is the newest, so I figured you are the only one who would probably see this.
@HonestLettuce
Жыл бұрын
@@weeziii8193 yup i still use this account, need to chat?
@weeziii8193
Жыл бұрын
@@HonestLettuce Yes. Thank you. That would really help me allot. I am in a situation where I don't know what to do and how to handle it. I don't know anyone with epilepsy. And most people think I am doing this either for attention or it's some sort of psychiatric as PNES or dissociative disorder. I had a TBI two years ago. This is my 6-7 concussion not right after each other but through the years. Anywho. After my last concussions I've started having these episodes a couple months after I hit my frontal lobes. And I wrote them down and talked with my doctor. But she is very sceptical and is asking me questions about my past said I should make a time line over my life, how school and if i changed school many times, family relationships etc. and events leading up to my latest TBI. I know where she is headed.. because people say if something like this traumatic happens then your body will react in different ways. But I really don't think that that is the case. But since everyone keeps hinting and suggesting. I sort of started to believe it a little bit. Especially because my symptoms sound crazy and not really something I've heard before. If you want and have time to read it I can try and explain them. But it is very long. And I don't want to waste your time. But thank you for responding right now. ☀️
@HonestLettuce
Жыл бұрын
@@weeziii8193 I am more than happy to hear you out. Epilepsy is a lot like Asperger's (which ironically enough i also have. xD) In that it has many different facets, it's not just the stereotypical epilepsy where your limbs jerk around while you have no special awareness. Like my first seizure it can be as simple as spacing out for a short time, or a full on tonic-clonic seizure. Your doctor needs to arrange for an MRI, that way they can physically see if you have any physical trauma, or a defect in your brain. if noting is shown then you might need an EEG (electroencephalogram) which is a little uncomfortable as it does involve progressively increasing flashing lights. But yes do explain your story.
@weeziii8193
Жыл бұрын
@@HonestLettuce thank you so much. I did have a brain MRI or something where I went in with my head where they would Scan and take pictures. A week after it happened. Two years ago. I also had a ECG. And Holter monitor on to check my heart. Everything seemed normal. But it is two years ago. Except the heart I got it checked summer last year. Anywho... Here is my experience.
@humilitybringsglory
3 жыл бұрын
thank you
@jaimesena8443
3 жыл бұрын
I have so many questions about these seizures. What are triggers for these seizures? I have complex seizures and know nothing about them.
@shadiyavari5145
Жыл бұрын
Liked it very much. Thanks
@vidurangasathsara4943
4 жыл бұрын
Good.
@caseyshay2004
2 жыл бұрын
I have a question I have episodes where I am fully aware of what is going on around me with no other symptoms but I can’t move or talk is this a type of seizure I also have Tourette’s if that has anything to do with that
@mohammadanwarul4225
4 жыл бұрын
It is really back dated Classification. But I want to know accordingly ILAE 2017.Even Thanks more to u.
@lesliemorganking3283
Жыл бұрын
I have tonic clonic seizures but I haven’t had one in 5 months yay! However I now have focal seizures. When my month twiches or when my eyes move.
@serenitykitten1726
Жыл бұрын
I have epilepsy myself I have problems processing speech or speaking when I have bad seizures but sometimes there isn't a reaction going on the assumption that the metalic taste I get occasionally is a warning of one.
@faithworks4633
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much for sharing this information. :')
@abbypatrick3759
4 жыл бұрын
I have frontal lobe focal epilepsy. One of the worst cases in the Midwest.
@realcelticguardian
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for helping me understand better what goes on with my brain. I want to ask, is dislexia a common "trait" (don't know the right term) in people that has partial epilepsy?
@deekircher21
4 жыл бұрын
May you please do a video on Ivf? And also on DNA? Thank you in advance
@TheMunkzilla1
Жыл бұрын
2:32. AIW syndrome. I've had this my entire life and thought it was normal. I thought everyone had this until I mentioned "people getting smaller" to my husband and he had no clue what I was talking about. My neurologist just mentioned focal seizures due my recent one sided facial spasms. Took 30 years to realize this might all due to seizures.
@nancybradley7264
3 жыл бұрын
I started having this wierd twithing where I couldn't speak lasted about 6 seconds 2017 now I have been diagnosed with focal seizures. I made my way to northwestern at first I was diagnosed with faciobracio dystonic seizures and was treated with plasma phersis. but that wasn't it now diagnosed with focal seizures now I never had anything like this in my life. I am 58 and still blows my mind. after many scans and MRI's this is my diagnosis also tried differnt meds this will be my 4th med called xcopri see my video it is nothing that I have seen after many searches I decided I would share this video.
@hekategoddess
3 жыл бұрын
Who else had a seizure watching this because the meds don’t work? Just me? Okay.
@aanchalverma7197
3 жыл бұрын
Can a person with generalized epilepsy have some symptoms of partial epilepsy too? Hope you'll answer my query🙂
@DoubleM-hf6ih
Жыл бұрын
I have those focal seizures. Those things suck. I hate the feeling of waking up every morning afraid I might have one at some point. The anxiety and depression after one passes is no joke. I’m pissed off that I have to go through this. I could talk about seizures all day. They’re interesting to talk about but nobody deserves to go through them.
@nicolekammwettle
11 ай бұрын
This is an old post but I have the focal ones also. Have yours ever progressed to larger seizures? I’m beyond terrified of having a grand mal
@DoubleM-hf6ih
11 ай бұрын
@@nicolekammwettle mine have never progressed. Ever since I started taking those CBD products my seizures have been lasting under 5 minutes.
@nicolekammwettle
11 ай бұрын
@@DoubleM-hf6ih I’m going to order the brand charlottes web and try the CBD. Are you on any meds?
@DoubleM-hf6ih
11 ай бұрын
@@nicolekammwettle I’m on a few different meds. One is Keppra. I also take some muscle relaxers and I also have a liquid medicine that I keep with me at all times. It’s called Midazolam.
@kf8575
5 ай бұрын
So in effect, a partial sensory seizure can progress into a generalised absence seizure?
@yv3652
4 жыл бұрын
So if your body goes rigid,you cant move or speak and you start shaking uncontrollably what type of seizure is that?
@enzone45
4 жыл бұрын
tonic-clonic or convulsive seizures (formerly known as grand mal). had it happen to me first time yesterday while doing some grocery shopping in AZ. I remember getting blurred vision, then immediately dizziness. I was midway crashing to the floor when I lost of consciousness. Although no one could tell me details as paramedics arrived towards the end of my seizure. It must of been past 5 mins to make a medical emergency call. Got transported to the ER to get checked out, tests came back negative. Being referred to a neurologist now. Wish me luck 👍
@yv3652
4 жыл бұрын
@@enzone45 I had my first 3 last week. I was concious the whole time and lasted half hr to 40 mins.All my tests are clear too and waiting for clinic whenever that will be.On meds and at the moment have been told not to drive for a year.Self employed so really messed up my life so far.Hope they give u answers.Let me know how it goes.
@RareInstrumentsProduction
4 жыл бұрын
Migraine in detail please
@bashairalhidri5955
3 жыл бұрын
That was great! Thanks!
@thecheapshot1065
2 жыл бұрын
When tired, which is all the time, i can be standing or walking and find that all of a sudden im dreaming. Instantly. Around this time i notice that i have uncontrolled shifting of my eyes and dreaming. It takes what seems like a minute or two but its probably more like 10 seconds. Afterwards on excessively tired and as I continue to go about my day will have several of these incidents in the time frame of an hour or two one typically after another with a few minutes or so in between. I know I'm tired and haven't gotten much sleep 5 hours or so but I don't know if that is the cause and the problem or just a symptom and a trigger. People say i look stoned afterwords
@Freemelon07
3 жыл бұрын
Wooo, The Stones!
@CC-hz1qm
3 ай бұрын
What type is it when you have a full conversation but you’re out of touch with reality and your entire body is tensed ?
@kathiejohns1418
2 жыл бұрын
Got a question! I have a cousin who is undiagnosed but we are sure she is having seizures! When a seizure happens she stiffens but is aware then starts heavy breathing!She doesn't answer us but it does appear she is aware we are there! What type of seizure is this?
@baroozles
Жыл бұрын
This is wild. I've had almost every type of seizure, apparently. I didn't realize until today that in addition to focal motor seizures, I've been having sensory and autonomic as well. I have the hand and limb twitching during most of my focal seizures. Ugh.
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