A run in with the floor.

Basically I had a full blown Tonic-Clonic during the night, last night. All I know is that I woke up on the floor at some point in the night while it was pitch black outside, having fallen out of bed, with a thumping headache, a bump on the side of my head and a sore tongue where I'd bitten it. That and my muscles ache A LOT today. Boooo! I've never bit my tongue during a seizure before so that's a new experience..fun fun! I do tend to chew the insides of my cheeks during absence seizures though I have scars to prove it... NICE! 

But something very painful and rather bizarre happened earlier in the evening. I had quite a lot of energy compared to usual so thought it would be a good idea to go for a quick run. Nothing to strenuous just to the next village and back. But on the way back I suddenly had really sharp pains in my abdomen. It literally felt like I had been stabbed straight through my lower back into the front. HORRIBLE. I had to walk back to the house which turned out to be the most painful walk ever. Eventually I got back grabbed a glass of water and practically crawled into my housemates room. By this time I could barely stand and the pain felt so awful I couldn't sit, stand, lie or anything without these (what I assume were) cramps constantly shooting through me. To be honest it was really hard not to just cry! It was all just so strange I was red hot, sweating and shaking like a leaf! But after maybe 25 mins with the time it took me to walk home the pain started to ease off. Until I was just left with a minor stomach ache. If the pain had lasted much longer I think a trip to the hospital would have been in order! Never felt pain like that before. I had the shakes for a good couple of hours afterwards and my stomach still aches a little today if I twist my body but other than that I feel perfectly fine... question is WHAT HAPPENED?? I also decided to have a mini asthma attack. I've not had one of those for a long long time. Although when I told a friend later who also happens to be a medical student, they suggested it might have been from panic. Who knows. Inhaler did it's job though so no complaints there.

I think maybe my seizure may have been a reaction to what ever happened during the evening. Maybe. 

Anyway seizure wise today I didn't feel as rubbish as I normally do after a seizure apart from a little headache, achy muscles and a bit sleepy so as I had things to do went about my day. Went to arrange to see someone about this mountain of student loan forms I have on my desk, popped to the pharmacy to hand back medicine that I had left over from increasing doses, and even braved buying a novel and took a nice long lie down of course!

I will definitely be getting a good long nights sleep tonight! :)