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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.

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Re: Hi shygirl. I was hearing

Submitted by SHYGIRL on Sun, 2006-10-15 - 10:38
hey seizuregirl how long did it take you to adjust to the side effects of topamax that the tingling and numbness went away cause i feel the tingling and numbness constantly and i have been on topamax for almost 2 months but im not sure if its side effects or seizures cause my blood pressure dropped too i dont know if that has something to do with it. jenn

Hi seizuregirl :) I've a

Submitted by solis on Sat, 2006-10-14 - 04:04
Hi seizuregirl :) I've a couple of pages for you.. (one will likely help others also) http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_simplepartial.html Read Sensory Seizures You mentioned a 'there but not there' feeling (your awareness still existed, yet your perception was affected = simple partial) As for an inability to remember missing minutes http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_complexpartial.html Simple and complex partials are common and there are many here who can relate, so don't dispair,ok? I've also been on Topomax before (as it's used for partials) and here is some info on the drug. http://www.epilepsy.com/medications/b_topamax_intro.html I'm in Canada..and it's 2:09AM here. hope that info helps ~sol

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Submitted by solis on Sat, 2006-10-14 - 04:04
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