When you hear “epileptic seizure”, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind? For a lot of people, it’s an image of someone losing consciousness, falling to the floor and thrashing around violently. It’s understandable. But that’s only one kind of seizure. What many people don’t realize is that there are over 40 different types.
This morning, I brought the dogs outside for a quick walk before work. I usually let Sophie do her business, bring her back inside, then Berkley and I go back out for a longer walk. My head felt a little weird when we left the house the first time, but it wasn’t until Berkley and I headed down the block that stuff definitely started happening.
I think the most unusual part is that in the past, when I’ve had seizures and strange things popped into my head like this, they were there and then gone. “Now you see me, now you don’t!” Whatever it was that I was thinking… poof! Don’t need to worry about that thought process ever again.
But this one image during our walk stayed. I was able to cling to it, remember it, and I kept thinking about it until we got home. I had recently started keeping a seizure journal on my phone just to get an idea of how often they’ve been happening recently, but I was also including other details: what happened, how long it lasted, how it felt, etc. The fact that I was able to remember that image, that thought process from the walk… I wanted to jot down some notes about my seizure as soon as we got back.
So this happened:
