Have a question for the room...when a child, I had incidents where my mind would go completely blank for a split second (I assume). Usually it it was when a bright light would flash or perhaps catch me in the corner of my eye. On a couple occasions I'd be riding in a car and passing through trees so light-shadow-light in quick succession. It didn't effect me - my parents never noticed and I kind of thought is was normal. Oddly one of my children had the same thing....when he described them "its like the blue screen on a computer" that I remembered my own incidents. He says he thinks they are absence seizures...
I had my first seizure when I was 11 years old I had it on the very first day I started my period and continued to commonly have them I even had one in school during the middle of class and woke up in a puddle of blood because I had busted a nerve in my nose and cut my lip on my desk I even had one in a pharmacy parking lot while picking up my medicine for my seizures but my medications made my seizures worse once my mother died I went through a lot of trauma and was placed in foster care I haven't had a seizure in almost 2 years but commonly my eyes will roll back and I'll lose my train of thought for a few seconds I'm having a hard time explaining to my foster care parent what exactly this is that I'm doing because I have no control of it and don't even know what it's called a friend recommended that it may be called a absence sezurie and I personally am trying to research as much as I can I'm no longer taking my medications. Such as my antidepressant anxiety meds or my epilepsy meds because my foster care parent said she doesn't want me to be a drug rat as she states but I feel besides my common eye-rolling I'm doing just fine but she does get. Very mad when I do it and tells me I can control it I'm really just trying to understand this so if anyone knows what this could possibly be any advice would be a big help
I'm really sorry you're not getting the help you need. I really hope you get to a safe space and safe home where your parent understands and supports and help you. You're doing great tho. And it doesn't have to affect your life moving forward
@@d.m.7374 The fact you’re asking their age tells me you didn’t read what they wrote, and your comment about wanting to be this girl’s foster parent comes off as incredibly creepy. She shouldn’t be trusting doctors as if they are right 100% of the time, she should be taught to do her own research and think critically with the support of doctor’s advice.
Actually nevermind I’m the dumb one, disregard. 😂 Regardless though the last part of my statement stands. Plus you still come off as creepy since you subscribed to her 😬😬
@@PrevailingFreedom if you or no one in close to you deal with this condition then you don't know what are you talking about. If you knew how is to live with it you would be more compassionate. And there are good people too, not only bad ones.
My daughter has the same but doctors can't find medication to help her, it's been a over 8 months and on third different medication but still no luck,can't control seizures so far and they are getting worst
Realize the post is a year old at this point, but how are your daughter's seizures? It's definitely a long, uphill battle. We're 4 years in with my daughter and finally seeing real improvement. Every case is different, but in talking to many different families and people with epilepsy we've since learned it's not uncommon for it to take years and several different meds/treatments to find what works. Good luck and wish your family the best
My niece is 10 years old. She sometimes gets lost for a few seconds. While getting lost her both eyeballs go up. And if she is doing some work or playing then she automatically stops working. It seems dangerous because suppose she is walking on a road and she suddenly stops then an accident may happen or anything. What is this disease?
It's epilepsy. Absence seizures are still Epilepsy. Please urge her parents to get it sorted ASAP. She needs medication. We didn't know this was what our daughter had. We started noticing, and thought she was just getting to the age where it's cool to roll your eyes at your parents. Three weeks later she had her first tonic clonic seizure, followed by another one 6 days later. Now she has had more seizures than I can count and onto her fourth medication. Please please please tell them to get her checked.
My 7 year old nephew has these seizures about 100 times a day. His mother is a far left sided anti vaxxer. She refuses medication prescribed from a neurologist for him. Makes me sick to my stomach. Is there long term consequences for not getting treated??
I hope your nephew has found some help. My daughter at 9 years old had them probably for years but we didn't notice until they turned into grand mals. She has been properly diagnosed now with Absence Seizures and takes Valproic Acid to treat them. So far so good.
As a former child with epilepsy, staring seizures suck. I’d get made fun of all the time for staring and it really really hurt.
I have seizures epilepsy 😊
How are your children doing since this video. My 10 yr old was recently diagnosed with absent seizures and i dont know how to feel.
Have a question for the room...when a child, I had incidents where my mind would go completely blank for a split second (I assume). Usually it it was when a bright light would flash or perhaps catch me in the corner of my eye. On a couple occasions I'd be riding in a car and passing through trees so light-shadow-light in quick succession. It didn't effect me - my parents never noticed and I kind of thought is was normal. Oddly one of my children had the same thing....when he described them "its like the blue screen on a computer" that I remembered my own incidents. He says he thinks they are absence seizures...
I had my first seizure when I was 11 years old I had it on the very first day I started my period and continued to commonly have them I even had one in school during the middle of class and woke up in a puddle of blood because I had busted a nerve in my nose and cut my lip on my desk I even had one in a pharmacy parking lot while picking up my medicine for my seizures but my medications made my seizures worse once my mother died I went through a lot of trauma and was placed in foster care I haven't had a seizure in almost 2 years but commonly my eyes will roll back and I'll lose my train of thought for a few seconds I'm having a hard time explaining to my foster care parent what exactly this is that I'm doing because I have no control of it and don't even know what it's called a friend recommended that it may be called a absence sezurie and I personally am trying to research as much as I can I'm no longer taking my medications. Such as my antidepressant anxiety meds or my epilepsy meds because my foster care parent said she doesn't want me to be a drug rat as she states but I feel besides my common eye-rolling I'm doing just fine but she does get. Very mad when I do it and tells me I can control it I'm really just trying to understand this so if anyone knows what this could possibly be any advice would be a big help
I'm really sorry you're not getting the help you need. I really hope you get to a safe space and safe home where your parent understands and supports and help you. You're doing great tho. And it doesn't have to affect your life moving forward
While I don’t know about treatment, I do know that vaccinations can have an impact and may be the reason you have epilepsy in the first place.
@@d.m.7374 The fact you’re asking their age tells me you didn’t read what they wrote, and your comment about wanting to be this girl’s foster parent comes off as incredibly creepy. She shouldn’t be trusting doctors as if they are right 100% of the time, she should be taught to do her own research and think critically with the support of doctor’s advice.
Actually nevermind I’m the dumb one, disregard. 😂 Regardless though the last part of my statement stands. Plus you still come off as creepy since you subscribed to her 😬😬
@@PrevailingFreedom if you or no one in close to you deal with this condition then you don't know what are you talking about. If you knew how is to live with it you would be more compassionate. And there are good people too, not only bad ones.
My daughter has the same but doctors can't find medication to help her, it's been a over 8 months and on third different medication but still no luck,can't control seizures so far and they are getting worst
I have had great success with the keyp diet. Not perfect control of the seizures, but it's worth looking into. Good luck.
@@bogusmcbogus2637 you mean keto diet? I would like to try it but she is really picky eater, it would be constant fighting and forcing.
Madam is there any home made medicines or foods for this dosease
@@mohamedaffan3683 If I knew I would try it. Do you know of any???
Realize the post is a year old at this point, but how are your daughter's seizures? It's definitely a long, uphill battle. We're 4 years in with my daughter and finally seeing real improvement. Every case is different, but in talking to many different families and people with epilepsy we've since learned it's not uncommon for it to take years and several different meds/treatments to find what works. Good luck and wish your family the best
My niece is 10 years old. She sometimes gets lost for a few seconds. While getting lost her both eyeballs go up. And if she is doing some work or playing then she automatically stops working. It seems dangerous because suppose she is walking on a road and she suddenly stops then an accident may happen or anything. What is this disease?
It's epilepsy. Absence seizures are still Epilepsy. Please urge her parents to get it sorted ASAP. She needs medication. We didn't know this was what our daughter had. We started noticing, and thought she was just getting to the age where it's cool to roll your eyes at your parents. Three weeks later she had her first tonic clonic seizure, followed by another one 6 days later. Now she has had more seizures than I can count and onto her fourth medication. Please please please tell them to get her checked.
My 7 year old nephew has these seizures about 100 times a day. His mother is a far left sided anti vaxxer. She refuses medication prescribed from a neurologist for him. Makes me sick to my stomach.
Is there long term consequences for not getting treated??
I hope your nephew has found some help. My daughter at 9 years old had them probably for years but we didn't notice until they turned into grand mals. She has been properly diagnosed now with Absence Seizures and takes Valproic Acid to treat them. So far so good.
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