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Can Drop Seizures suddenly appear?

Sat, 07/02/2005 - 21:37
Topic: Medication Issues

Am 35 , have been dealing with seizures since teen years.  Recently switched from Tegrotol to Trileptal a couple weeks ago.  Had an episode while stenuously working out...passed out suddenly and fractured my orbital.  Didn't bite my tongue or feel the urge to go to the bathroom prior to the episode...can it be possible I had a drop seizure for the first time?

Comments

RE: Can Drop Seizures suddenly appear?

Submitted by Belinda on Wed, 2005-07-06 - 13:53
your seizures can change to any type of seizure just out of the blue.I don't know how many times my seizures have changed. Belinda

RE: RE: Can Drop Seizures suddenly appear?

Submitted by maggie on Wed, 2005-07-06 - 19:10
Belinda,what do you mean that your seizures can change out of the blue?If you only have one kind and on meds doesn't it stay as that one kind of seizure?

RE: RE: RE: Can Drop Seizures suddenly appear?

Submitted by Belinda on Thu, 2005-07-07 - 05:40
Maggie,you can have more than type of seizure.And yes your seizure can change.Yes your seizures can change out of the blue it's been happened to me since I was a child.I started back having simple partial seizure hadn't had any in years.I have tonic-clonic (gran mal)complex partial,absence,Atonic dont care for the word drop attack.I have generalized very rarely.I mostly have partial seizures.I do know what Im talking about my mother saw my seizures change a lot of times when I was growing up.MY husband has to. Belinda

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