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Question to all seizure patients

Tue, 10/10/2006 - 05:56
Ok something happened to me today at work. The strangest thing. I've mentioned many times that I'm on the new med Topamax so am not sure if this is the cause for it or not. So, here goes...I was sitting at the table giving my student his exam when suddenly I felt this sort of feeling as if "I'm there, but not there" kind of feeling. Does anyone know what I mean by that? It's like everything is going in slow motion like a movie or something. I got this funny feeling in my stomache. Then, sometime later everything is back to normal again and I start to wonder what just happened. I felt so lost and confused. I couldn't remember what it was I was doing again. Had a hard time focusing. And I had this cold tingly numbness feeling shooting from my hands to my elbows. I was also feeling so "floaty". Is that even a word? Needless to say, my co-worker took over for me 'coz I told her that I'm not feeling well suddenly. Needed to rest for a bit. She knows what that means. I don't think my student even realized anything was wrong, but I, myself, knows that something happened. It bugs the heck out of me 'coz I can't remember the missing minutes I lost out on. I hate not remembering. Don't u? Has anyone experienced this before? I'd like to know.

Comments

Re: Question to all seizure patients

Submitted by Bedge on Tue, 2006-10-10 - 06:36
I get the derealisation / depersonalization, with out missing minutes or time. It's yucky!! Here's another forum I belong to, the Depersonalization Community: http://www.dpselfhelp.com .. you might find some of the info and discriptions interesting. Although most members dont have epilespy attached to their disorders. Bedge :o)

Re: Question to all seizure patients

Submitted by SHYGIRL on Wed, 2006-10-11 - 20:55
yes seizuregirl that happened to me when i went to the dr. the other day and couldnt remember a word i said to him and the feeling of tingling and numbness happens quite often to me and do you think thats a seizure or a side effect of topamax cause i have an appt with my neuro in 2 weeks but im not sure if the topamax is helping my seizures or not. please let me know what you think i should do? jennifer

Hi shygirl. I was hearing

Submitted by seizuregirl on Sat, 2006-10-14 - 02:42
Hi shygirl. I was hearing from others that Topamax have side effects which one happens to be numbness. I am now happy to say that my body is finally calming down and is getting used to this drug. Although, I do feel the numbness now and again. I can deal with the numbness 'coz let me just say that I would rather deal with that than with the auras or the full fledge seizures any day. Wouldn't you? By the way, it is Saturday afternoon here where I am so I don't know why it's giving me Friday close to midnight when I post this. Seizuregirl "Life is what you make of it"

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