I have been conscious during my last two seizures and since then I’ve wanted to explain what I feel during the seizures, I just didn’t know how to explain this or if my descriptions would make sense to anybody.  But today I found an article, which describes what happens and what people may feel during a seizure.  I do not have all of these, but I did find what happens to me during a seizure included.

What happens during a seizure

While experiencing the Aura, or the warning that a seizure is coming, I have weird feelings that this has happened before and memories that just won’t get out of my head.  When I notice that these are weird thoughts, I can’t get these out of my head.  Then I start feeling a little lightheaded.

The first two years after I was diagnosed, I blacked out.  I didn’t know when I was going to have a seizure, or remember anything during the seizure.  Now I kind of hear things but I can’t answer, and my vision is kind of blurry.  I remember me thinking, when will the seizure end?  But I can’t speak, or answer the people who are with me.  I remember tremors in my legs and I think my arms too.  I remember my legs because I could see my right leg moving, but my arms were tired after.

When the tremors end, I just lay there.  I am just tired, when I can get up and talk, I’m just tired and I can’t speak very well at first, it takes a few minutes.  My thoughts also take a few minutes to make sense again.

I know what happens to me during a seizure, but I don’t want it to happen again.  I’ve had it under control for almost five months now.  Since I was diagnosed, the longest I have had it under control was 4 months, but I am very positive that my neurologist has found a way to control it with my current medications.  Quitting Diet Coke may have also helped.

I have a good feeling that we have put an end to this.

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I’m an aspiring writer still looking for exactly what I want to write about, with a lot of creativity, imagination and desire to write. I studied Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University where I explored many different sides of writing through my classes and extracurricular activities in order to narrow my search for an identity as a writer. I have written for Citrus TV Noticias and La Voz magazine, both of which gave me the chance to explore different mediums in which to write in. Through Citrus TV Noticias I also gained experience in translating from English to Spanish and vice versa, which is also something that I would be interested in working on since I am fluent in both of these languages. I was also an intern at Syracuse University Press where I got hands on experience in what goes into actually editing and publishing a book. Through out the last four years I have faced a lot of challenges, which helped chape the person I am today. After being in a tragic car accident, being in comma, having a Traumatic Brain Injury, and being in therapy for over a year, I am a new me, willing to face challenges and knowing how to deal with them. I want to write about my accident and life after it to help others, show them it can be done and help in any way I can.

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