First time having a seizure

[sdleo]

Hi everyone,
Well I just wanted to ask a few questions. I had a seizure for my very first time ever and I'm 30 years old. Both my kids seen me do this my husband is deployed. I was on the computer and I guess just started seizing. Very weird and I don't remember a thing. I remember only after I woke up and was full of nausea and was vomiting. I went to the ER and one doctor wanted to keep me there and one said to come back Monday morning to nuerology after doing all the lab work, two head CT's and lumbar puncture that all were normal. My vital signs are the only thing that are still abnormal. I dn't know anything about seizures, how to tell if it's a one time thing, or could it happen again, or even what triggered it???? Please help with any knowledge or advise. I am over here in Germany with my husband that is deployed. SO I really have no family or friends here.

[becky808]

I had a seizure on Nov 7th. I'm 33. This is actually my 3rd, but I haven't had one in 9 years. Mine are brought on by stress, dehydration and sleep deprivation. All 3 times I had to have all that going on to have one.
I am not allowed to drive for 6 months. It's very very inconvenient. My EEGs have always come back normal. I have another EEG scheduled for Dec 8th. I only have seizures when I'm sleeping so they think if they do this one during my sleep they'll find something out.

My short term memory is gone too. I felt pretty bad for a few days afterwards (headache, tired, no memory). I cannot remember much about a week before and a couple days after the seizure though. I think that's fairly common.  

[sdleo]

Wow I am am so surprised to here about both things...the computer and the stress. I really didn't feel stresses at the time. I did previously but my stress was winding down. They did send my husband back ealry. Thank the lord! I'm so scared to have this happen my EEG was abnormal and I had a brain MRI but my short term memory is gone and I have had a pounding headache since this happened. Are you guys allowed to drive? I[m taking Topamax and Klonopin because my heartrate is steady at 130-160.

[kyitty]

Your computer more than likely set your seizes off. I have had them because of the computer. The flickering of the screen will set them off. I also found out that I often would have seizures during a movie in the theater. I asked my doctor and he said that it was from the picture. The naked eye doesn't see each frame of the picture because it is so fast. It works like a strobe light. There were times that I would not remember any of the movie or just parts of it.

[Satori1952]

I was dx’d with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. The strange thing is I started having the seizures while my husband was deployed to Iraq. I didn't lose consciousness so I really wasn't aware that what was happening to me was seizures (I just figured I was so stressed out that it explained my ‘weird’ feelings I was getting). My neurologist said that stress ( and I know your stress level is very high right now) can make seizures worse, but will not cause them. My MRI and other test were normal ( I did have a few bright spots), but a sleep deprived EEG showed the seizure activity in my brain. I also had a sleep study and I have severe complex sleep apnea, which can also make seizures worse, but will not cause them. If possible go through a sleep study and for sure have the sleep deprived EEG.  Now that I know what was happening to me, I can look back and see these things were happening to me even years ago.
My prayers are with you and your husband, may he return to you and the children safe.