Last week (20 - 26 May), here in the UK it was national Epilepsy week and the brilliant charity Epilepsy Society produced video's to raise awareness :D Interestingly and unusually the video's are filmed from the sufferer's point of view. Brilliant for raising some awareness and an absolute must to share!
It is important to understand that there are over 40 different types of seizure and obviously everybody experiences them in different ways but these do give a good idea into what it is like to experience various types of seizure.
I suffer from three of the seizure types shown here and personally I feel the absence seizure video is closest to my experience as it is pretty much exactly what happens when I'm in conversation with someone or listening in a lecture and they happen. The girl asking for her friend to repeat herself... well ask anyone I know they will tell you that is EXACTLY what I do an unbelievable amount of times!
I suffer from three of the seizure types shown here and personally I feel the absence seizure video is closest to my experience as it is pretty much exactly what happens when I'm in conversation with someone or listening in a lecture and they happen. The girl asking for her friend to repeat herself... well ask anyone I know they will tell you that is EXACTLY what I do an unbelievable amount of times!
Tonic Clonic Seizure
Absence Seizure
Myoclonic Seizure
Atonic Seizure
Simple Focal Seizure
Complex Focal Seizure
Tonic Seizure
So there we are, a tiny insight into what it's like to suffer a seizure, for more detailed information into various seizure types here is a link to Epilepsy Society's seizure info page :)
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