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[dtownsley]

my girlfriend has been feeling worse than usual the past week. She has had a headache/migraine since last Sunday. On Thursday @ 3pm she took 2 muscle relaxers hoping to get some sleep & get rid of it. She woke up occasionally to pee. @ 12pm she woke us & went to bathroom. I heard a couple loud bangs & ran in there to find her on the toilet, her left arm was out straight with her fist clenched. Her head was tilted back/ up & her eyes were rolling back into her head while they were wide open. She would not respond to me. I ran & got the aspirin cuz she said earlier her heart felt like it was raceing & her ears were ringing. I had to pry her mouth open, which I was only able to get it open enough to push the aspirin in between her teeth. @ this point she started to relax her head & I helped lay it on the sink & called 911. While talking to them it seemed like she was coming around more & she started to have diareha. She then turned white & her lips began to turn blue. Her breathing was labored & she still would not respond to me. The EMS got there & put O2 on her. She started to come around. Due to know insurance she had to go to a county hospital. They immediately wrote it off that she just fainted & was dehydrated. She drank tons of water that day, they just would not listen to what happened & even seemed to treat the EMS guy like an idiot for brining her in & he told them "you didn't see the way she looked when I first saw her". They ran no test or blood work a just gave her the IV & shot for her migraine. Her BP when he EMS got here was 88/50. I don't know what her heart rate was or her pusle ox. They had her stand up as they checked her BP & said that it showed she was dehydrated. So for the long post. Does anyone have any answers please. I am terrified to leave her alone incase this happens again. I really feel if I woulld not have heard her she would have died.

[teddybears4ever2]

I need to tell you that those types of seizures can turn into ones that happen during the day. It happened to my brother-in-law.  He has now had 2 during the day.

[recgrl]

This sounds a lot like my friend. She has nocturnal seizures. She went for a while without telling her family or friends. She finally got help after 3 years of suffering alone. She is now somewhat controlled on anti-seizure meds and studying abroad in France. Your friend really should look into seeing a neurologist. While nocturnal seizures do only happen at night they can exhaust you and the side effects stink, so I am told. I wouldn't know, I have petit mal seizures. Hope you and your friend are doing well!

[shortcake91]

She also may qualify for disability if she is diagnosed. Zaylil has good info too. Be strong

[Zaylil]

I agree with shortcake. It is vitaly important to get her to the Doc's prefferably a Neurologist. My daughter has epilepsy and it is scary especially because you feel so helpless and there isnt anything you can do for the one you love. But keep this in mind, what you can do is keep track of them one, research all you can about the symptoms you are seeing so you can further help her and help the doc diagnose her, there are programs out there deending on what state you live in that will help out finacially. If you do not have insurance and cant afford it try applying for your state low income insurance depending on how much you make its free and will pay for everything. Also if she does have epilepsy and you dont qualify for Medicade or anything like that call your local or state epilepsy foundation. They will give you resources to pay for meds and things like that. But good luck keep your chin up and be supportive and patient with her. Remember she is going through this too and it is just as scary if not more for her. Again good luck.

[shortcake91]

It is very scary and I wish you guys look. Try to find a nuerologlist or specialist it could be a scar on the brain in my dads case or something else I'm not trying to scare either of you because it could not be a seizure at all. She just needs to be checked out a pro from my experience and yours also county docs don't know their *** from a whole in the ground.

[dtownsley]

Thank you for commenting. At the time, even now I am not sure if she actually had a seizure or not. My 1st thought was she was haveing a stroke or heart attack.  We plan to try & get into another doc, but if nothing shows on a scan what else can we do? I have an overwelmin fear of leaving her side or sleeping incase it happens again & I don't hear her.

[teddybears4ever2]

I think you need to just buck up and pay for help.  I know it's expensive, but if she had a seizure you need to know for sure. Many times when people have seizure they will sit straight up in bed.  Many people also have them in their sleep, and never while they are awake.  The scary thing is, is that may times the seizures can move to when you are awake. Many times people who have seizures are not allowed to drive, because they could have one at the wheel.  You really need to make sure that she is being taken care of.  

[shortcake91]

First off you should never put anything in a seizing persons mouth it it dangerous all you can do is get her in floor with head on your knees on her side in case she vomits because she could choke. Sometimes seizure wont show on scans and they can come on outta no where my dad has them and didn't have one til thirty. You meed to track her signs and symptom like the ones you listed her stress level and blood pressure often and take immediately to hospital if it happens again after it has stopped nothing ever showed on brain scans of my father we had the same experience you did with docs
until we went to Vanderbilt. I hope this helped I know a lot about epilespy if you have questions but don't take my advice as a diagnosis do your research and possibly find a doc who will listen. It is a scary thing when it happens so feel free to ask questions