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anyone have any papers on generalized epileptic seizures triggering a PTSD relapse
I tend to like to collect scholarly papers on various subjects, this being one since it happens to be a more personal subject.
December has been a rough month personally and when it came to seizures, beginning with a lot of relational problems and devastating realizations and so far I have thirteen major seizure events on my calendar, not even including individual seizures during those events (because they can cluster). I ended up having a bad PTSD relapse during this month, pretty sure this is the worst one yet, complete with multiple kinds of hallucinations, flashbacks, nightmares, the works. I even ended up hallucinating in a postictal state and having a panic attack over it after a recent generalized seizure. I have a suspicion that the flashbacks and PTSD symptoms are worse after the more violent seizures as well, which leads me to believe it is the seizures activating these areas.
I'm on zonisamide and keppra and have been watching a little more TV than usual (important because it tends to give me anxiety, especially if what I'm watching has action scenes or is unfamiliar), so the relapse could also be from one of these things, or even the events that occurred at the beginning of the month, or perhaps even everything combined.
My current theory is that the seizures will generalize and activate the areas of the brain with the trauma, and considering my state was already fragile to begin with, it kind of facilitated a collapse. I currently only have one paper (Koubeissi, M. Z. (2012). Vivid recollection of a past traumatic event: A rare manifestation of temporal lobe seizures. Epileptic Disorders, 14(3), 325–328. https://doi.org/10.1684/epd.2012.0530) on the subject from a prior experience this summer that prompted this finding, so it isn't necessarily new to me, but at the same time, just as unsettling and infuriating. Anyway, does anyone else have any more papers on this particular subject?
#chronic illness#seizures#epilepsy#seizure disorder#absence seizures#grand mal seizures#actually epileptic#epileptic problems#partial seizure#focal seizure#tonic seizures#tonic clonic seizure#clonic seizures#myoclonic seizure#generalized seizure
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My second entry for the @whumperless-whump-event! This one is two prompts combined.
Day 2: Alt Prompt: Seizure + Day 3: Like a record, baby: Vertigo
Characters: Generic (whumpee + caretaker + medic)
Warnings: None, appart from a breif mention of nausea.
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“Whumpee? Whumpee, can you hear me, love?”
Everything was sore and Whumpee groaned. Their head was pillowed on something soft, yet the rest of their body was lying on the hard floor. Caretaker’s capable hands were carding through their hair, and despite all the pain and the unknowns, they relaxed into the sensation.
“They're coming back,” Medic said somewhere above them, and Whumpee recognised their hand clutched around their wrist. “You ok, Whumpee?”
Whumpee groaned again and cracked their eyes open.
They was lying on the floor, curled on their side. All they could see from their vantage point was the bottom of the bookshelves, Medic's knees as they crouched in front of their prone body, and their own hand curled in front of them. Their other hand was resting in Medic's lap, Medic's fingers over Whumpee's pulse point.
They attempted to move their head to locate Caretaker, but shut their eyes against the barrel of vertigo that hit them. They moaned and curled further in on themself.
“Dizzy?” Medic asked. Whumpee grunted an affirmative; nodding was not an attractive idea.
At least Caretaker’s hand in their hair was a welcome distraction.
“First aid kits still under the sink, right?” Medic asked Caretaker, and Whumpee heard Caretaker's affirmative before Medic stood to retrieve it.
“Let’s get you sitting up, love,” Caretaker said softly. “Come on, you can lean against me. Up you come.”
With Caretaker's hands under their armpits, they helped Whumpee up into a reclined sitting position. Even with their eyes closed, the vertigo made itself known, it was as if they were on board a ship on rough waves.
They were pulled between Caretaker’s legs, their head against Caretaker's chest, cradled in their arms. They relaxed against them and let them take the entirety of their weight.
“What happened?” Whumpee grumbled. They kept their eyelids pressed firmly together; opening their eyes would do no good for their stomach.
“You had another seizure,” Caretaker provided. They rubbed up and down the side of Whumpee’s arm in a comforting gesture and pressed a kiss into their hair. “You might have hit your head on the floor as you went down.”
Whumpee groaned again. “Hurts.”
“Your head?” Caretaker began to run gentle fingertips through Whumpee's hair, stopping only when Whumpee winced. “Ah. You’ve got a little bump.”
“And perhaps a concussion,” Medic added as they re-entered the room, presumably with the first aid kit, but Whumpee didn’t want to risk opening their eyes to find out.
The air stirred as Medic crouched down in front of Whumpee. They heard a zipper being pulled and rummaging in the kit, then a click and a burst of light that made the insides of Whumpee’s eyelids glow red. “You’re gonna have to open your eyes, Whumpee. I’m sorry, but I need to check your pupils.”
Whumpee cautiously opened their eyes as if preparing to squint into the sun.
The light burned, and it took all of Whumpee’s willpower to not cringe away from it. They forced themselves to look into Medic's face as they brought the light into their eyes and away again in brisk movements. Whumpee must have made a noise of discomfort, for Caretaker had begun to shush them softly.
“A mild concussion,” Medic reported finally, clicking the torch off again. “You should be alright, but I’d recommend bedrest for the rest of the day. No falling asleep, though. Caretaker, you’ll have to stay with them.”
“Of course,” Caretaker said readily, and Whumpee couldn’t help the affectionate smile that leaked out behind the pain.
With help from both Medic and Caretaker, Whumpee stood on two feet, though it felt like they were falling. They gasped, despite the two strong presences at his sides holding them up.
“Can you walk?” Caretaker asked.
Whumpee shook their head, an action that had them pressing their lips together against the sudden wave of nausea it elicited.
“All right,” Caretaker said soothingly. Slowly, ever so slowly to avoid upsetting Whumpee's head any further, they lifted them into their arms and cradled them to their chest.
It wasn’t long before they were placed gently on the bed, and Whumpee let out a sigh of relief as they were enveloped by soft pillows and plush blankets.
Distantly, they registered Medic's farewell pat on the arm, and then Whumpee and Caretaker were alone.
They felt the mattress dip beside them, and they reached their hand out blindly. Caretaker tangled their fingers together.
“Here,” they felt the nudge of two pills against their lips, which they parted to let Caretaker place on their tongue. They swallowed them both dry; they had gotten quite good at that recently. “No going to sleep, remember?”
“I know,” Whumpee grumbled. They wished they could sleep off the remaining symptoms, but it was not to be. “You’ll stay with me though?”
They heard the smile in Caretaker’s voice. “Of course. For as long as you need.”
#mine#my writing#whumperless whump event day 2#whumperless whump event day 3#whumperless whump event#whumperless whump event alt prompt: seizure#whumperless whump event day 3: Like a record baby#whumperless whump event day 3: vertigo#seizures#vertigo#helped to stand#bridal carry#generic characters#pet names#hair touching#hair stroking
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One thing I love about psych and neurology is having that “oh holy shit” moment about what I learn and being able to apply it to myself. Like damn, education AND getting to understand myself, a damn 2 for 1 deal
#this has applied many many times#but recently I’ve always kinda wondered why stimulants make other people high but they literally make me feel more normal or nothing at all#and now that I’ve learned all about neurotransmitters and neurons and drugs and all that#I get to know why having adhd makes them have a different effect on me than a normal person#and I think that’s the coolest thing#and obvi just in general with other stuff that doesn’t even relate to me#like I’m doing a project on ketamine rn and surprisingly the coolest part? not treating depression but how it treats seizures#and I think HOW it treats them is super super interesting but that’s just me hehe#and to think I was absolutely terrified to have a neurology class and now I’m here like 🤩🤩🤩 yess tell me more 🤩🤩
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#pokemon#pikachu#weavile#pokemon: lucario and the mystery of mew#pokegraphic#pocket monsters advanced generation the movie#nintendo#pokeani#anipoke#fyanimegifs#dailyanime#anisource#animationsource#mygifs#flashing#eye strain#seizure warning
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trying to work out how much pain is normal after having teeth removed because like, we're in less pain than before the surgery, but we are in pain and weirdly the pain was mildest the day after the surgery and then started bothering us more the day after that.
our gums have felt noticeably better each day, but the pain is mostly in our jaw and that pain has been relatively consistent since day 3, and it's kind of like a dull ache in the bone. kind of a combination between migraine pain (but just in our jaw) and feeling like I've been punched in the face. it's mostly on the left side where they pulled out the molar that the dentist tried to remove in May but couldn't because it was too sensitive.
idk if it's just because the roots on that one were really deep and had like, an awkward curved shape and were apparently very close to the nerve, but it does keep making me paranoid that something's wrong even though I know logically your jaw is in fact going to be painful after having a tooth pulled out and we were expecting more pain than this and seem to have gotten relatively lucky with it
#personal#thoughts#🍬 post#vent post#<- kind of?#also we've been getting more migraines which might be from our jaw clenching a lot and our ability to eat properly being kinda fucked#and we've just been very worn out which I guess is to be expected when recovering from surgery#but we also keep getting nerve pain in our face and generally feeling unwell in a way where I can't quite tell what's wrong#we're still hallucinating a lot too and have had a lot of dissociative seizures which isn't super surprising#but I'm not used to having that many in such a short amount of time. we had a bunch of them in one day and it wasn't great#oh also our stomach is fucked. it almost feels like we've got food poisoning or something and it's been like that since the surgery#idk what's happening there but it fucking sucks
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General Hospital (8/28/18 + 9/4/18)
#whump#male whump#seizure#shaking#cared for#comfort#hospital#pale#General Hospital#gh#Oscar Nero#Garren Stitt
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going more into detail on that ‘gravity what now’ au because the summary was a bit vague. ‘everything is terrible and ford thinks it’s targeting him’ and ‘the fact that it takes place in researcher ford era is dubious’ and ‘stan and fiddleford are getting along while ford is suffering’
so here’s a collection of events/general things that started happening to our trio sometime after they got to gravity falls:
-ford has traumatizing nightmares about bill, despite never having met him or even been into the cave yet. without going too into detail, these nightmares give him: a fear of sleeping, a fear of darkness, and severe touch aversion. it is also one of two things that starts to erode his relationship with stan, as a result of the latter not taking the nightmares seriously
-ford tries to curb his newfound fear of the dark via exploring the cave behind the waterfall. it doesn’t work, but he does meet the geodites and become fond of them. he visits the waterfall cave often, as nothing in the woods ever seems to follow there
-it takes eight separate tries for stan to believe ford when he says there’s something dangerous in the woods. it only takes the last time because ford came back with undeniable evidence. this is the second thing that damages their relationship
-ford continually witnesses things in the surrounding woods that the other two never do. this is intensely frustrating for him
-on two separate occasions in the woods, ford comes across fiddleford and stan in rather gruesome states. they are both perfectly fine and have no idea what he’s talking about when he gets back to the shack (not actually the shack but y’know). these two events were very real, they just weren’t actually fiddleford or stan
-stan and fiddleford bond over engineering (stan taught himself how to repair cars, we already know about fiddleford’s robot thing). they also cook meals together. they’re having a wonderful time guys
-ford has seen so many some-type-of-creatures that he’s started talking to them and they’ve started talking back
-one of the creatures has started trying to give him words of advice. it doesn’t take because said creature is unsightly and does it while perched on the trio’s roof like a spider
-ford has no healthy coping mechanisms. he doesn’t have time for them and he barely even knows what that word means anymore
-fiddleford gets really good at making various kinds of treats for when ford has especially bad days. he has no idea what’s going on with him, but that doesn’t mean he can’t try to help
-fiddleford was invited to gravity falls first (so quickly he didn’t even get a chance to meet emma-may). stan was invited second
-both the stan twins are going through it in different ways and fiddleford’s just trying to keep the peace
-ford takes in a stray cat. stan doesn’t approve, fiddleford questions it, neither of them are stopping him. feline lifeline
#extra note that i didn’t think fit the others because it’s not a new development for the trio#in this au ford has seizures. fiddleford knows about them but stan doesn’t learn about them until much later#they’re not relevant to the events i keep mentioning but it is important so i thought i’d bring it up in the tags#and now we have a proper general overview
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God I wish I didnt get ostrasised by all but like 4 of my peers because holyfucking shit am I overworked and need a hug
#why cant everyone just be nice like for fucking real!!!!#so sick and tired of looking like Mother Theresa compared to my coworkers bc i do the bare minimum of making the residents feel cared for#like girl we are working with the same cast and crew#will never forget the time a cna came in and after telling them 'hey that guy will get seizures if you give em that' and they replied with#'well they get seizures regardless' AND LEFT#EVIL!!!!!!#andlike#i understand that not everyone has the same memory capacity/ability but oh my motherfucking god#if everyone around me is at baseline then i must be either God or the absolute perfect person#which is saying something bc ive genuinely killed quite a few braincells with my former [redacted] addiction but here i am#knowing the smallest things about everyone that makes em happy#and the thing is is that I WORK IN THE KITCHEN!!!#IM NOT A CNA/RN WHO AT ALL HOURS OF THEIR SHIFT WILL BE INTERACTING WITH THE RESIDENTS!!!#idk man if i were generally mentally n physically well in my 30+s AND gettin outshined by a 21 year old for the past 2 yrs id be embarrasse#cannot fucking wait for my mom to get a job so i can leave mine and take a break#tony speaks#and before anyone says 'the CNAs are overworked and some of the residents can be overwhelming!'#the residents know im nice so they come to me for fucking EVERYTHING!!!!#ESPECIALLY the overbearing ones!!!#AND ON TOP OF THAT I HAVE LITERALLY EVERYONE. STAFF AND RESIDENTS.#ASKING ME WHATS GOING ON WHEN IM BALLS DEEP IN THE AM AIDES BULLSHIT ON TOP OF THE MORNING COOKS#not only do i ghostrun the kitchen but im the guy everyone goes to for everything. regardless of department#im literally a kitchen aide with no further qualifications leave me the fuck alone and ask your superiors/managament FUCK!!!!!!!!
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the elephant in the room no one wants to address when it comes to people like Mitch McConnell and Diane Feinstein is that their age isn't the true issue - it's term limits. Them being so very elderly that they shouldn't hold office is a problem specifically because there is nothing stopping them from seeking reelection over and over and over again. But neither party wants to address it because it would mean addressing their own hold on power.
Mitch McConnell specifically has been in politics since the 1970s. This man has held power in this country much, much longer than I've been alive, and I'm in my 30s. This man has been receiving a tax payer funded salary and tax payer funded health care for decades while voting to prevent the same rights to the very people he is supposed to represent.
He is a modern day America Lord or Earl. No one should be able to hold that kind of power until they are literally on their deathbed. It is, foundationally, Un-American that people can cling to actual, substantial, political power for 50+ years.
Every political office should come with firm term limits or this shit will only continue
#and I do mean EVERY office idc if it's school boards or the post master general like ALL of them#I'm so tired bro#motherfucker out here having what is CLEARLY like grand mal seizures or small strokes I mean I have extensive personal experience w/both#and it's like oh well he's fine he's dehydrated 🤷♂️#like bro. it's on CAMERA. this is not a generally young person either who can overcome that!#I want to make that clear like disabled people should not be barred from holding office!#but when you're the fucking CRYPT KEEPER OLD AND that shit is going on like....#we wouldn't BE HERE if there were term limits tho. we just wouldn't. he would have faded into dog shit long ago.#erin explains it all
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Wow, my body really hates me today
That bleach be looking mighty tasty rn
#ughhh seizures are being little fuckers today#no just absolute fuckers in general actually#they want me dead I swear#making my consciousness unstable all morning and shit#(I’m being kinda open rn cuz I’m annoyed and tired)#like what do you mean you’re making me drop a whole ass knife?#THATS A DEATH THREAT GIRLIE WTF#I’m so tired now#but I can’t go home yet#at least they’re wearing off now#or I might commit a murder#or die#it’s a 50/50 chance#wish me luck on making it/lh#just me and my brain juices
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I need Heinz Doofenshmirtz to build me a seizureinator so that I can inflict these on the wannabe cult leader cause that fucker just fucking scoffed at me when I was trying to get off the floor after having a bad seizure
I want him to have seizures so that I can point and laugh that he now must deal with them too
#he’s the one that told me to ‘stop playing around and wake up’ last night while I was having a seizure#I fucking hate this man#he’s like a majority of the reason why I have religious trauma#he also used to beat on my dad so it’s a generational hatred
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Suddenly realizing I've had seizures before :0 but this was just the first one where someone who knew what it was was there to witness it (my girlfriend)
That's so cool and definitely not terrifying /s
#for context i dont spasm uncontrollably like people imagine seizures#i think from the outside it probably just looks like im having a bunch of tics and staring intently and being unresponsive#but then afterwards i end up being really confused and disoriented and forgetful#so its been very easy to forget about the seizures i had in the past because i didnt remember them#until just recently when i was like 'huh that felt familiar-'#from my perspective though its like uh idk its really weird#its a bit different every time but just in general#i tend to be unresponsive even if i can tell whats happening around me#i cant talk or control what my body is doing but i know what part is moving (usually jerkinv my head or arms)#my muscles feel either really rigid or really lax#and then my vision gets so weird#everything is sparkly like colorful static and the edges of my vision gets really dark#and there's intermittent flashes of lights or floating shadows#it feels like im extremely focused and very spaced out at the same time#i keep describing it like my brain is smashing all the buttons at once cause thats what it feels like#its also kinda similar to the feeling of being electrocuted? but i dont think many of you will know what that feels like#hopefully you wont at least#i just happen to#its like a weird buzzing just under your skin that doesnt exactly hurt but doesnt exactly not hurt either#it would be like the pain of a constantly tightened muscle- not painful at first but like strenuous to endure ?#and thdn painful if it stays like that or gets worse#i feel like im not allowed to say i had a seizure because i cant go to doctors about it so i cant get diagnosed >_<#but the thing is not bei g diagnosed isnt gonna stop me from having them#yay denial /j#im hoping theyre just dissociative seizures because god i cannot deal with epilepsy on top of everything else rn#and also because i cant see doctors right now sooo#god im exhausted and scared but i feel like those words dont even measure up to how im doing right now#i dont know. im just enduring#thats all i can really do i think#but i hope i dont have to much longer...
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Oh also @sewercentipede I have had minor panic attacks on psilo and it was very strange, they felt happy and intense but still very much panicky. Before I would feel a terrible sense of dread!! So I still get riled up but when I do, my heart rate goes up and I just feel intense. It happens less too. I have not had a seizure since I started and I'm going to be recording that intently
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Heads up idk if it's a bug or tumblr has fucked up accepting advertisements but there's an insanely huge ad that flashes shades of red, white and black. I'm unsure if it's enough to cause a crisis on anyone but I'm putting it here under a read more just in case because it's literally so fucking massive you will have to scroll down SEVERAL times to get rid of it. The screenshot is not flashing but you won't be able to tell much apart bc it's so big the quality is absolutely obliterated. I don't understand how this has even gotten here.
#photosensitive epilepsy#epilepsy#seizures#sorry im unsure if theres a general beware tag!!! please inform me if so 🙇
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i hate going the dentist because all they seem to do is lecture everyone i haven't been since the first covid lockdown so i got treated to another you need a check up every 6 months lecture and all i wanna say back is maybe if you didn't charge an insane amount of money I'd be here more I'm only here now because i get it free of my disability
#and i tried looking for cheaper and better options#maybe places with a dentist who is understanding and nice to their patients maybe#maybe epilepsy has it's uses sometimes#but does it need to include an asshole doctor#then i have to sit there and explain all my new medication to go on the file#and apparently they cause your teeth to not do so good#so i love that for me!!!#love that anti seizure meds are designed to fuck up my bones just to lower the chances of having a seizure#they need to teach dentists to be nicer#not to whine about something which is generally not important in the large scale of things#but I'd like to at least not be guilted about things out of my control
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