DAMAGES SEIZURES DOES

HELLO I'M A NEWBIE HERE. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF SEIZURES DO YOU HAVE AND HOW DOES IT EFFECT YOUR DAILY LIFE. FAMILY, FRIEND ETC. I HAVE PARTIAL COMPLEX SEIZURES AND I NOTICE THAT MY SEIZURES AND MY HEADACHE ARE CHANGING. I USE TO HAVE A AURA AND THEN I WOULD GET A DIZZY SPELL NOW I GET THE AURA A DIZZY SPELL AND MY CHEST WILL FEEL FUNNY. I NOW ALSO GET A AURA BEFORE I GET A MIGRAINE. A MIGRAINE WITHOUT PAIN SOMETIMES.

I have gran mal seizures they start in my memory center it ahs damaged my short term to long term memory storage.  I have to constantly write things down and repeat to memorize new numbers and such and am constatnly forgeting new peoples names. It also caused physical damage, from biting holes in my tounge, to a broken jaw, not to mention broken furniture and wrecked cars.  When i was first diagnosed I lost alot of friends that were afraid to be around me anymore. So it has done some social damage as well.

Hello, I am new here. I am now 44. I have grand mal seizures to aura seizures everyday. I weighed 10 pds. when I was born. Therefore they had to pull me out with forceps. They crushed my skull so much that I had 2 black eyes scratches up and down the sides of my face and one side of my skull was higher than the other. I didn't have any bad seizures till about my 30"s. That is when I was actually diagnosed.

Now I am scheduled to have surgery next month. I am scared to death. They stated that my prognosis could go anywhere from being cured to losing some of my senses. (sight,smell,taste,hearing,touch,etc.), as well as reducing or increasing seizures. They can't give me any more specific answers till they do this surgical test. I will be in the hospital for at least 1 to 8 weeks. I have a 6 yr old daughter as well as a husband that doesn't like to be away from me very much. We are a very close family but, I still haven't told her yet. My drs. tell me that kids are extremely resilliant and that they usually hold up better than thier adult family members. Which I can see could be true because I actually am extremely concerned about my husband too. I had to ask some friends to make sure they check up on him while I am gone. So as far as someone saying that epilepsy is a social disease as well is very true. I have to pick certain people to ask to watch my family as well as even letting people know about the whole situation. 

Up to this point I and my family have been very strong. I hope to say later that surgery was the best decision we could have made. But I have to say ultimately if you lost some people in your life because of their ignorance than you are better without them. It will just open room for your real friends. Good luck to you!

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