am i having partial seizures

[confuseddotcom]

i'm a 37 year old female and i was very fit and well upto about january 2005.  i went to my gp in may for fatigue,painful joints and spine and sore achy muscles. i was told arthiritis.  in august 2006 i was in town and suddenlywent blind in one eye, my r. arm went numb, my legs went weak, i lost my speech and was confused.  this happened again in the following january 2007. i was admitted to hospital and told they were either complicated migraines or tia's n put on aspirin.  since the second episode, i have problems with my balance, i have become forgetful and have problems concentrating. i am very clumsy and always baning and bumping into things and dropping things. in october 2007 i started to experience something really strange. i could be stood just talking and the all of a sudden no warning my legs buckle and i fall over. it only last a few seconds. so far i have managed to stop myself from falling but if i didnt i would certainly hit the floor  i have fallen a couple of times. i'm alittle confused after and i feel dizzy and nausea. i also smell and hear things other people don't. i also have terrible mood swings. one minute i'm up the next i'm down. my poor husband cops the brunt of it. sometimes i have one after the other and seem to spend the day as if i've been drinking and things seem to be going in slow motion and other days they are spaced out. today as been a bad day. i feel drunk, my co-ordination is off, i've been reachng for door handles and having to make several attemps before i actually grab it, i'm relly tiredand been very clumsy today. i have also had quite a few episodes today. ihave also been experiencing gaps where i dont know what i've been doing. for e'g, i made myself a drink, went across the kitchen to get some biscuits, got the biscuits and turned round to go into the living room, the next i knew my cup was dangling in my hand and my drink and biscuits were all over the floor and i dont know what happened. i also told my husband that i had fell asleep pn my stairlift, i remember gettin on and starting to go pstairs but i don't remember the journey to the top. this is really affecting my life, i can't go out on my own, i have to have someone in the bathroom when i shower and due to my arthiritis and these episodes i have had to stop cooking. can someone please give me an indication of what may be happening?

[Barb1234]

Sounds like seizures for sure.  Your history sounds an awful lot like mine.  The confusion, being uncoordinated, dizziness, nausea etc. etc. etc.  Keep in touch and we'll exchange experiences.  You need to see a good neurologist.  Preferrably a Neurologist associated with a teaching hospital/University.  I had right temporal surgery at University Hospital in Cincinnati, OH.
Take care,
Barb1234

[angel4454]

I also had many of the same symptoms as you and also told MS and went to MANY doctors before being treated for Lyme Disease. Sherry I also know how hard it is to find a doctor that will "listen" to you with so many symptoms. When I was told to find a "good neurologist" I thought it was more of an oxymoron because they were just impossible to find... anyway search for a good LYME doctor. I have been on antibiotics for over a year and feel great now... otherwise I think I would be in a wheelchair now if I listened to my old doctors. hope you will let me know how you both are doing
angela

[Satori1952]

Well, so much of what is happening to you happened to me. For a long time MS was suspected. Finally, after years of dealing with these symptoms I went through a sleep study, and EEG, and it was found I have temporal lobe epilepsy. I never lose consiousness. After taking the medication  - 900 mg per day of Trileptal, I am doing much better, but not all the problems have gone away. They did discover I have some spinal problems as well, that will require surgery eventually. Find a good neurologist, this is much harder to do then it sounds, I know, it took me years to find one who listened and didn't just blow me off as a hysterical female. Stay in touch!! Try not to give up. I almost did, and glad I did not..
Sherry