hi all its me again as im sure some of you know by my last post i had a seizure on thursday october 9th now my question to all of you is,is it normal to take this long to get half way back to "normal" meaning i havent fully recoped from that last seizure my memory is terrible still i mean i cant carry on a conversation for more then a couple seconds i cant stay focused long enough to do much of anything im having trouble writing this right now .whats going on?ive called my dr and she says its normal to take a while to get back to my norm but almost a week i understand that i had a grand mal but it has never taken me this long before has anyone else had this trouble and is it really normal?

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I have a long recovery time when I have a gm sz. For me, it takes about 6 weeks to completely recover. After the first couple of weeks I think I'm back to normal but my family assures me I'm not. I hope your recovery time is much shorter than mine.

Jan

unfortantly i have the same problem. it takes me a long time to recover from a grandmal. and its sooo bad when i have mulitable grandmals/ it seems like I am always back tracking. i dont know if this really works, but i try to rest on the couch alot, to not really do anything strenous, not do alot of mental work either, lol it seems that my recovery time is quicker if i dont push and push my body

Hey sweetie,

You and I are in the same boat. I am having a heck of a time recovering from the last two and they weren't even gran mals (thank God) but my Partial Complex. My doc said that some take more to get over because of where in the brain and how big it was (inside not outside). Mine must have been whoppers then.

I hope yours feel better soon. It is miserable I know but we must push on right?? Sink or Swim?! Or as we used to say in NY, "Eat or be eaten?!" That was some survival peptalk...Did it help?? I doubt it...ha ha ha.

God Bless you sweetie and hope you feel better soon,
KittyMom

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Mother of 3 beautiful kids and wife to a Great husband! I love helping others...it helps me grow!

Hi everyone,

Jessi, Kitty - I hate that you are having such trouble getting past these.

As we've watched Jake develope this past year, I've often wondered the same thing myself. Some times he seems to take weeks to get back to where he was before they hit.

He had a really bad one at the end of July or first of Aug that just did him in. It just seemed to rob him of months of learning. I know it's a bit different for adults because we already have our "skills". We can walk, talk, dress our selves etc. He'll start to do something new for a couple of days then BAM... we have 15 szs and it's gone again. Since he's just learning these skills or trying to anyway... it's like taking 2 steps forward and 3 steps back some times. His development has been so fragmented and chopped up.

I hate to hear that any of you are having problems, but I'm so glad that you post them here. I would be just crazy with worry about him if you didn't. I'm still holding out hope that all will be well with him in the end and by the time he's able to start school this will all seem like a bad dream.

I've already decided that we'll most likely repeat either Kindergarten or 1st grade because his skills will be so far behind his peer group. I know it's a bit early to tell, but I've faced the fact that we've spent a year now just trying to get him up and really moving let alone learning how to talk and play with toys and such.

Thanks so much for sharing your lives it's so helped me cope. Angels be well... http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/angel.gif

Love and light

Lisa and kids

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Lisa,

I feel for you (and Jake of course). I don't know which is worse, having them yourself or watching your kids go thru it. Sometimes I think it would be worse watching. At least when it is you that is going tru it you know EXACTLY what is happening and you can (and do) have the skills to cope with it. Heck, you have TWO kids with it. Bless you!!!

How have the kids been with it lately?? I have been out of the loop. As always, you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

God Bless,
KittyMom

Hi all I have been here many times in the past I may even know some of you. I have had Epilepsy for 25 years now it's part of my life and everyday I find out everyday is different.. for those recovering, your first few Grandmals really take a toll on your body. It's a real turn around for you.. some of you may have had seizures for many years and the seizures are coming more frequent.. and it's changing your body.. (basically) what I am saying is your body learns to try and recover at different degrees..For example if I have a seizure at that time of month (menstration) it's usually a seizure that puts me in the hospital.
(mine of course are not controlled too well) I think it's just experienced at different levels in our lifes.

For the moms: it's probably harder to watch your child have a seizure then experience it.. I cannot imagine how you feel having to see your 1 year old have a seizure.

hugs
Lady

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--Hi--
That has happened to me before. I had a grand mal about a year ago that was so intense that both my memory and state of conciousness were impared for almost a month afterwards. I had to drop my classes and quit school.
The last Grand mal was in May and I was saying terribly insensitive things for almost two weeks afterwards. And then forgetting that I had said them!!
I'm sorry, I know how it feels, though,
You'll recover soon!!