How do I tell my film lecturer that I have epilepsy?

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I've recently been diagnosed with epilepsy after having a series of complex partial seizures (I blank out for about 10 seconds up to 30 times a day)

I am a film student so that means I do have to handle equipment such as lighting, boom microphones and cameras.

I have no idea how I am supposed to bring this up with my lecturer. He is a really nice guy but I still don't know how to tell him.
I'd go see him in his office and just tell him. He would like to know what to do in case you had a seizure and also I'm sure he could eliminate some of the more hazardous tasks for you. And I'm sure you'd like him to know as well as it would make you feel safer just in case something happened.

Be safe.  (+ info)

can Simple Partial Seizures (SPS) be a part of childhood absence epilepsy?

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I used to have very weird deja vu type of hallucinations when I was in 8th and 9th grade. I am trying to figure out what they were and why they happend. I think SPS is the best explaination but can SPS occure with childhood absence epilepsy? I believe I had them the most during 7th, 8th, and 9th grade but they stopped and I hope they stop b/c they were rather obtrusive, annoying, and scary.
Have you had absence epilepsy? This was once known as petit mal, but that's a confusing term, because most little seizures are not absence. Absence is a particular type of staring spell that children start having between about age 4 and age 12. They are very brief, and the person having one may not notice anything.

The electrical abnormality that causes these is all across the brain. Sometimes people who have absence also have generalized seizures, convulsions. If they have focal seizures as well then they have two kinds of epilepsy, not common, but possible if someone with absence has a head injury or some other localized problem.

When deja vu is from temporal lobe seizures, then it is a simple partial seizure if nothing else happens. It would be unusual to have temporal lobe seizures that never go on to interfere with consciousness, but it's possible.

Someone who only has deja vu, though, probably has something other than seizures. It may be a symptom of anxiety. It presumably still comes from the same place in the temporal lobes where epileptics experience deja vu, but not because cells are firing as chaotically as they do in epilepsy.

So to answer your specific question, deja vu is not related to absence epilepsy, nor are simple partial seizures related to absence epilepsy.

A neurologist can evaluate you now, even though your symptoms have stopped. If these were seizures and you're at risk for more, there could be abnormalities on an MRI and EEG you'd want to know about.  (+ info)

Does anyone know if cerebral palsy and epilepsy can be related?

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I have cerebral palsy and epilepsy, both of which have caused various other problems; like sciatica, arthritis, asthma, anxiety, hypersensitivity, occasional aphasia, sensory integration disorder, ADD, and dyscalculia. I have noticed that many adults with cerebral palsy whom I have talked to have epilepsy or some sort of seizure disorder, as well as one or more of the additional disorders mentioned. Are these two main disorders intertwined? Can anyone relate?
Cerebral palsy is the result of some sort of insult to the central nervous system in utero, during birth, or during early infancy.

Epilepsy is not much different. It occurs because the brain is miswired so that the electrical signals can start jumping out of control. The miswiring can occur because of a developmental mistake, or it can occur while recovering from an injury to the brain (a stroke, for example).

We may not be able to see anything different on imaging (CT or MRI), but we know that ultimately both are the result of a physical abnormality in how the neurons are wired together in the brain.  (+ info)

my child has Sensory disorder, MR, Epilepsy, developmental delays in all areas.?

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She is 14 years old but mentaly about 6 What are some books I can read to help us deal with all this?
It all depends on what you're looking for.
There are excellent books about each of those disorders, and therapies and treatments that may help.
There are also excellent books about preparing teens with disabilities for future independence; about sexual and relationship issues in women with disabilities; and about transitioning your child from an IEP to a life skills program.
There are also excellent books about the emotional toll disabilities have on families, caregivers and patients.
Give it some thought and determine what, exactly, you need help with now.
There will be several books that fit the bill -- search online or at your local library.
You can also ask your pediatrician about parent groups.
Good luck.  (+ info)

If you are pregnant and you have epilepsy, what happens to the baby when the mom has a siezure?

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I have temporal lobe epilepsy that cause complex partial siezures and these lead to nocturnal grand mal siezures. I want to have children but I am very concerned about birth defects. Has anyone been through this?
Seizures occur in the brain, and besides abnormal brainwaves causing uncontrolled movement or sensations, everything else in the body is generally unaffected. Seizures only affect a fetus if the mother injures the fetus through accidental trauma from falling or some other type of movement, if a seizure happens during delivery, or if the seizures are severe enough to cause the mother to have insufficient oxygen.

However, some medications prescribed for seizures can cause birth defects, so some meds may need to be suspended during pregnancy.  (+ info)

What are some hollistic alternatives for curing epilepsy than taking drugs?

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I am diagnosed with complex partial epilepsy, and I was on tegretol for a bit and was a complete zombie the whole time. I was missing work to sleep, and didnt eat. I need a hollistic alternative that wont have brutal side effects, but will help stop the seizures...
There is nothing. No matter what the uneducated quacks who will try to sell you homeopathy etc. say.

Sometimes you got to fight fire with fire.   (+ info)

Complex partial epilepsy - new feeling. Is it another/different seizure?

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I have complex partial epilepsy. Recently, I've had this feeling like I am hit in the head. It lasts for maybe a second and doesn't hurt, but the feeling kind of washes over me. My eyes feel like they roll around for a second or so and I get dizzy, nauseated.

I've had simple partial seizures before (presented as a sort of facial tick), but they would last for minutes. These sensations I am experiencing now feel like my head is being tapped and I am jolted, but it only lasts for 1-5 seconds.

Any idea what this could be? Anyone experience something similar?

Thanks, in advance, for the response.
It might be something new to you but it isn't a new type of seizure. I have had them for yrs. One of the many that I grew up having. I don't know if you realize it but according to the medical dictionary there are 24 different types of seizures.

I have 3-4of those 24. I have had 4 surgeries in the past 11 yrs to correct my seizures. I was taking 3 medications. They finally started cutting back on my medications. Before the cut back I was taking 4500mg per day.  (+ info)

symptoms of partial epilepsy?

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Hi there, My daughter is 6 years old and she has partial epilepsy. She also has a language disorder that includes difficulty with comprehention. We have taked about what happens to her when she has a grand mal seizure, we also told her that its just her brain recharging its batteries and she is ok with that. I would like her to reconize when she is having a complex partial seizure that way she can imform her teacher or myself. She is very behind at school and I think if she can reconze when she missed something due to a seizure that would be helpful. I am not sure what types of symptoms to teach her about. If anyone who experinces these kind of seizures could make a list of things that you experience that would tell you that you just had a siezure or that you are about to I would really apeciate that. thanks
I am sorry that you have to go through this. I work for The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida. The reason that I work for the foundation is that epilepsy had a devastating effect on me that was considerably mitigated by the efforts of the foundation.

I hope that you are working with your local Epilepsy Foundation in your efforts to find solutions for your daughter. The Foundation is a wellspring of information about the condition and should be able to help you, your daughter and her teachers in coming up with an appropriate action plan that will meet her educational needs.

The ability to alert others when a complex partial seizure is occurring is not one that all people who suffer from partial complex seizures posses. It will depend on what part of the brain is effected.

Good luck to you both.  (+ info)

EPILEPSY...does any1 hav mini convulsions wiv complex partial seizures... especially when there r sleeping...?

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...or when they are trying to fall asleep... and remember them too.. at first i thought they were just simple partial seizures but when i had about 6 on and off for about 40 minutes when i was in a "half asleep" state ... i actually thought that it lasted for 40 minutes.... which is unusal but its not.... for me as i suffer from partial... status... i hear high pitched noises plus voices and i'm half dreaming half haloucinating... i just put it down as a simple partial siezure as thats what i'm offically diagnosed with.... i told my doctor about this... i'm a newlly diagnosed person with epilepsy.. please help... as i'm at my whits end... at the moment i'm only on 125mg of lamictal (lamotragine)... thankyou
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Simple Partial Epilepsy and Driving?

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So I recently found out that I most likely have simple partial epilepsy and I am going to go to the doctors to find out. My only fear is that they might take my driver's license away. I have never had an "attack" when driving. I only get them when I start moving too quickly, and when driving you don't move your body at all. My thing is I get a motor freeze in my face, hands, and feet. What happens is my muscles freeze up and contort. I am fully aware and concious during it and they only last about 10-15 seconds. If I go to the doctors do you think my license will get revoked? Once again, it NEVER happens when I drive and I am still fully concious and aware. I can sort of talk (more like make sounds) and sort of move but just not my fingers, feet, or face.
A lot this answer resides more in the driving laws in your state than in your doctor's opinion.

Six states (California, Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Pennsylvania) require physicians to report patients with seizures. Then, it is out of the physicians hands.

Other states require the patient to report. In these states, you are liable if you have a seizure behind the wheel and you didn't report your epilepsy.

In some states it is left to the physicians decision as to whether or not he reports your epilepsy. I guess you should hope you live in one of these states.

Check out http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/rights_driving for more information and links to DMV's before going to see your physician. Know what the law is, and then plead your case to your doctor. Make sure he knows that you plan on complying with whatever treatment he prescribes, and then actually do it.

Hope this helps.

BTW: www.epilepsyfoundation.org and www.epilepsy.com are both great resources for all epileptics. (Including me)  (+ info)

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