Comments on: Grand mal seizure

By: caroline gebers

caroline gebers — Thu, 05 May 2011 19:48:01 +0000

My mother had 3 grand mal seizures due to a blood clot that was brought on because of food poisoning (she threw up so much & so often, the blood rushed through her veins & caused a clot...at least this is what I have been told). It has been 14 years, and she still acts like she is a child- a result of the effects of brain damage. She still has short term & long term memory loss, & she is stuck in aa victim mode (feels like the world is out to get her, depression). It is very difficult to talk to her about any of this because she is in denial, has emotional outbursts , and is very defensive. It is hard to help someone who is not willing to help themself. If ANYBODY has any sort of advice for me, please reply or email me at cjgebers@yahoo.com. This situation has already paid a large toll on my life, and now that I am an adult, and I have a family of my own, I would really like to find a solution before it's too late. I want my mom to make it to my son's graduation, but she refuses to take care of herself and refuses to admit that she doesn't take care of herself or that anything is wrong. Please help me out! This whole thing has gotten very tiring over the years.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:48:51 +0000

Hi there my mother is currently in Antrim hospital suffer from these symptoms but they are very violent at times but the top professionals are suspecting that it is in 'her head' and many more like it in her word but my mother suffers from sore heads, weakness, numbness such as the effects in a Generalized seizure but does anyone know how these are caused and why they start even when there is no medical history of this in the family ?

If any1 has answers please get back to me on michaelquinn666@hotmail.com

i would be very grateful and happy to hear from any1 at all with any answers

By: Lisa Walker

Lisa Walker — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:35:06 +0000

I am very perplexed about grand mal seizures since I had one. I was taking a lot of ambien and xanax (which furthered me into rehab for 30 days for withdrawal) and had gone cold turkey off of the meds. The grand mal happened about the 3rd day of withdrawal and I was shaking all day and right before it happened I was confused as I was at my kids 25th bday party. Their was a band and kids jumping on trampolines and I just stared and felt like so much going on around me. The last thing I remember is talking to my sons girlfriend in the front yard with about 25 bystanders, and she said I dropped to my knees with my snowcone still in hand, and lowered by chin and my eyes rolled back in my head. She laid me flat on my back and the rhythmic rolling of a tonic clonic seizure started. I was foaming at the mouth and wet myself. She ran and got one of the band members who was a paramedic to open my mouth as I was turning blue. He pulled my tongue forward and I took a great gasp of breath. when the paramedics arrived they gave me oxygen and started an IV in me. They stood me up where upon I pushed up my sleeve and pulled the IV out of my arm, thus a lot of blood. I have not memory of any of this. They then laid me on a stretcher with a new IV and said that I was thrashing my arms about, I assume the brain does this as a last defense mechanism albeit I was unconscious.

I continued to thrash in the ambulance and they restrained my arms. When I finally started to come to, I estimate it to be around 25 minutes, I was in the ER room and I heard someone yelling into my face, it was the paramedic. I heard his voice but all was black. I slowly turned my eyes towards his face then at the bloody IV on my arm. I was very confused. He kept asking me questions but I had no idea or memory of what had happened.

I was told later that when I was told to squeeze someones hand if they heard me I would correctly squeeze their hand, Again no memory. I haven't been quite right since then, my memory (short term) seems to be gone. I have often wondered if this seizure, because it lasted so long, affected my brain. I'm not able to even organize my day in any way and am quite confused most of the time.

Is this normal??
Lisa Walker

By: Tamra Dragoo

Tamra Dragoo — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:06:18 +0000

Hey, how are you...I am a student at National College in Lexington ky, and I am doing a paper and presentation on Grand Mal Seizures, is there any way you would be able to give me a little info on your battle with the seizures ...

Thank you ,
Tamra Dragoo

By: Alice

Alice — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:17:13 +0000

I have been dealing with grand mal seizures and front lobal seizures since a brain injury in 2002.......these seizures i have control my life.......even taking seizure meds......it would be so nice if meds didnt make me so sleepy and dizzy.......so one could function accorcdinly as i should. ...