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Imagine waking up on the floor, you can't hear properly, the room feels like it's spinning, you're surrounded by people, and you have no idea what has happened. That's what it feels like waking up from a seizure. Doesn't sound too fun, does it? My speech today about what a seizure is, the different types and what it feels like having one. |
You're probably thinking "well what is a seizure?" A seizure is caused by a temporary Change in the way nerve cells in the brain work. It's also known as an epileptic fit. Every now and then (depending on the person) in people with epilepsy, the nerve cells send out a group of electrical signals that are mixed up and move much faster than how they usually would. |
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It affects the normal brain activity that goes on and the way the person behaves- which leads to a seizure. It can result in an uncontrollable shaking or jerking movement, unconsciousness, not knowing what's going on and behaviour that isn't normal for that person. People who have seizures often, usually have epilepsy or other brain problem, or a seizure could be out of the blue and just a one time thing. |
There are also different types of seizures that range from tonic clonic, myoclonic, absence and atonic. They all include loss of consciousness and mostly happen without warning.
The tonic clonic seizure type involves two stages. The clonic phase has the person lose consciousness or pass out. |
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The body will suddenly become tense and may also include brief vocalisations like a scream or loud moan because air is being expelled from the persons lungs. The clonic phase involves the contracting and relaxing rapidly of the muscles causing convulsions. The person could also start violently shaking and the eyes roll back or close.
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Myoclonic seizures are short seizures which causes the body to suddenly jerk in the arms, shoulders or legs. Absence seizures are brief lapses of consciousness. It looks as though the person is zoned out for a few seconds, and the person often doesn't remember what happened in that time. |
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An atonic seizure (also known as a drop attack or drop seizure) is when the person all of a sudden loess muscle strength and drops or falls down. I, myself currently am suffering from tonic clonic and absence seizures. |
Having a seizure is so so scary. I think the worst part is not knowing when it could happen. With a tonic clonic seizure, because you are unconscious, you have no idea what's happening. You just wake up on the floor usually surrounded by people. You also feel extremely dizzy and nauseous, and of course worried and scared. |
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All the noises you hear and people talking is muffled, making it hard to understand. An absence seizure is just like zoning out, you look like your staring off into nothing and your thoughts are blank. You wake up from it not having any idea what just happened and most of the time are back to normal. |
In conclusion, seizures are a mixed up electrical signal that affects the normal brain activity causing abnormal behaviour. It is different for each person but their seizure can be categorised into four different types: tonic clonic, myoclonic, absence and atonic. Its a scary experience and something to not try at home. |
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“A big seizure just kind of grabs the inside of your skull and squeezes. It feels as if it's twisting and turning your brain all up and down and inside out. Have you ever heard a washing machine suddenly flip into that bang-bang-bang sound when it gets out of balance, or a chain saw when the chain breaks and gets caught up in the gears, or an animal like a cat, screeching in pain? |
Thats what it feels like.” - Terry Trueman from Stuck In neutral. |
