how many different kinds of seizures are there and what are they called?
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http://www.webmd.com/hw/epilepsy/hw82024.asp
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Hi there.  I'm a registered sleep medicine technologist (RPSGT) and I can tell you absolutely for certain that a sleep study is your best option.  While these "fits" won't necessarily happen, there can be lots of other information that could come to light with a full night's sleep study.  Ask your physician to refer him to a sleep centre to perform a "routine PSG (sleep study) with seizure montage".  There are extra wires to pick up brain waves which can help to pick up seizure activity or the suggestion of it.  \nNighttime seizures do happen--we test for them all the time at the lab I work at.  Night terrors typically affect children, and based on your description, I would be very inclined to believe they are nocturnal seizures he is experiencing.\nGood luck.\nJ
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They are called easter eggs...heres a start for you\n\nhttp://www.eeggs.com/
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It's possible to be able to tell if you had a seizure depending on the type you suffer from. It's easier and safer to have someone stay with you and observe you for seizure activity. It doesn't sound like you suffer from grand mal seizures. Do you have petit mal seizures? Those type of seizures may go unnoticed by everyone. If you think you're having seizures episodes, I urge you not to delay seeing your healthcare provider...p
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That is something you should be discussing with your doctor.  You need to provide him/her with all the details, and have tests run to find the cause of the seizures and memory loss.
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It's seizures caused mostly by Epilepsy
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They are two different things.  HOWEVER... some seizures may look like tremors, so if you are having petit mal seizures and think they are tremors, a grand mal seizure may eventually happen.\n\nFind a neurologist to evaluate the tremor.  It may be early Parkinsons, which can be treated with medication.  Some severe essential tremors (they're just there, we don't know what is causing it) can be treated surgically.\n\nIf you are, in fact, having seizures, those need to be treated with medication.\n\nGood luck
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There are certain forms of petite mal seizures that are "adolescent" meaning they are outgrown. My daughter had "absent seizures" from age 4-8 then outgrew them.\nYou need to ask your Neurologist about your specific type of seizure.
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first of all it's spelled seizure, and it is not a muscle,it is a electric prolem in the circuits of the brain or can be caused by a clot of blood known as an aneurysm, and depending where it takes place in the brain yes it can cause problems it varies person to person go on the net and read up on brain injuries and seizures
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Postictal behavior that follows a seizure is NOT the same thing as encephalitic dementia. Postictal behavior is the result of the seizure activity and is a form of amnesia (memory loss for a circumscribed period) rather than dementia, which is a loss over time of basic cognitive functions (like Alzheimer's or that which follows a severe brain infection that is progressive). Encephalitic dementia is one possible result of a bout with encephalitis, which is an inflammation of the brain...it is permanent and far more severe than anything you'd expect from seizures.
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I think you may be referring to pseudo seizures, which is like the sensation of having seizures, but truly do not.  Many people suffer from this.  It is as if a person mimics symptoms of a seizure.   I am eplieptic and for a while my doc thought i was suffering from pseudo seizures, but if you want more info you should check out the epilepsyfoundation.org.  Hope this helps.  Take care.
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Do you mean a summary? Or a personal history?\n\nHere are some good sites:\n\nhttp://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/\nhttp://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/\nhttp://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/epilepsy.htm\nhttp://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/epilepsy-l.html\nhttp://boards.webmd.com/topic.asp?topic_id=79
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I have epilepsy and am on social security disability for it. I have photo sensitive epilepsy and the sun and light makes me have seizures so I have many throughout the day. There are only about 5% of epileptics that are like me and so very few do receive Social Security benefits.
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As a Christian with epilepsy, I'd like to have a say on this one.  There is definitely a difference between being filled with the Spirit and having a seizure.  \n\nFor one thing, being filled with the Spirit is a continuous thing that is always happening, and something that ALL believers exprience.  It is spiritual, and not physical.  \n\nFor another thing, with a Grand Mal seizure (the uncontrolled shaking), you actually don't experience anything since you are completely unconscious.  Religious charismatics who fall down shaking are not unconscious, and are aware of what they are experiencing.\n\nAs to people saying that having a seizure is a "religious" experience, well...it does feel pretty wierd.  These are the Petit Mal seizures we're talking about.  You're conscious when they happen, and might not even realize it is a seizure at all.  To those who don't really know God, it might seem like a spiritual experience.  But in truth, there is such a big difference between a seizure and an experience of a spiritual nature that they cannot be compared.\n\nHow a person (and their brain)responds to the the manifestations of the Spirit may look to scientists to be very similar as an epileptic seizure.  But that makes sense, since it is God who created the way the human brain works.  And whether having a seizure or experiencing a manifestation of the Spirit, we are still limited to our physical bodies.\n\nAs one with experience with both, I can tell you that even though a manifestation of the Spirit and an epileptic seizure may look the same, they are not.
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Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures -- episodes of abnormal electrical activity in almost any part of the brain. The symptoms of a seizure can mimic any form of human behavior, depending on which part(s) of the brain are affected. Generally, the term epilepsy (or seizure disorder) refers to relatively stereotyped attacks of involuntary behavior. The exact symptoms and severity may vary, and the seizures may occur infrequently or in rapid succession. \n\nWhile every case of epilepsy is distinct, a standardized classification scheme has been developed to describe seizures. The attacks are divided into two main types: generalized (involving the entire brain) and partial (originating in one area of the brain). Within these categories, seizures are further identified according to the pattern of the attack. The two most common forms of seizure are both of the generalized type: absence (petit mal) seizures and tonic/clonic (grand mal) seizures.
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Deja Vu. It is French for already seen. I don't believe in it myself. I have heard it explained as your mind mixing memories of real past events with elements of the new experience. I am not sure if I find that really believable either.\nhttp://people.howstuffworks.com/question657.htm\n\nIn this article they note the age point. This might be a normal event in a maturing brain. I would not let the mention of epilepsy scare you because people with no epilepsy get it too.
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try going through Highmark's Keystone Blue Adult Basic - they took me after I started having seizures!