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So, what is epilepsy? read here (opens in new window).

What is a seizure? seizure happens when a brief, strong surge of electrical activity affects part or all of the brain. (a consequence of being epileptic )

What to do if you see someone who got a seizure?

1. Keep calm, once someone got a seziure, no one can stop that, let the seizure continue, do not try to revive the person (e.g slapping him). [prevent the person from getting hurt]
2. Do Not shout or panic, Even though i am mostly unconscious when undergoing a seizure, I still make nightmares seeing people looking panicked and shouting “selven selven”. (ohh well, I am groggy when this happens, I just only have like 1 figment of memory of that instant, actually, i don’t remember much after that).
3. Ease the person to the floor and loosen and tight clothing.
4. Try to remove any hard, sharp, or hot objects that might injure the person. It may be necessary to place a cushion or soft item under their head. (prevent the person form hurting himself).
5. Prevent the person from cutting his tongue by putting a non brittle material on his mouth. (btw, epileptics do not swallow their tongues)
6. As the person relaxes after a fit, turn him gently onto his stomach with the face to one side and the head extended so that the saliva can flow from the mouth. Its important to make sure that he can breathe freely.
7. After a seizure, i usually lose consciousness for quite a while (unlike some other patients), i.e, I may seem i am still present and talking to you, but trust me, whenever i have a seizure, the day that seizure occured and the next 30 hours or so, I don’t have any recollection of that. (I tried hard trying to remember the day after a seizure, yes I usually can act normal (e.g replying sms to friends), but it is just figments of ‘pictures’ in my head after that, i don’t recall much of the 30 hours or so after a seizure. My entire body muscles and head hurts a lot for days after that. But thank god, i am stressless after a seizure).
8. In the case of a child having a seizure, contact the parent or guardian.
9. If the person undergoes a series of convulsions, with each successive one occurring before he or she has fully recovered consciousness, or a single seizure lasting longer than 10 minutes, you should immediately seek medical assistance.
10. Try not to look at the person differently after that, because, that person is normal like anybody.

Some few things about that:

• Usually I have frequent memory holes, and it does happens that I forget my name.
• Just before a seizure, even though i wanna get away from whatever is causing my seizure, I just can’t, why? I see everywhere vibrating around, and I can’t control myself, and I somewhat feels that I need to be in phase with that vibration of the objects around. I lose control of my body (at this time i am still conscious that something is going to be wrong, but the hick is that, I forget how to use my mouth to talk, how to use my hand to move it or signal people around me, or how to stand up, actually, I usually feel like my brain has been disconnected from my body, I am sending the proper signals to do the things needed, yet nothing happens,.. then you know what happens )
• An Epileptic ought to sleep a lot (ahh if only sleep could come easily)

Why am i posting this?

Well this blog is mine and cindy’s so i post whatever i want on it :p

Lol, the actually reason was that many people doesn’t understand epilepsy, and for my own security, I prefer people to know more about it so as in case of emergency, i can be helped.

A big thanks to all researchers and doctors who are working on this to find a cure.

A finish note: My greatest thanks to anyone who happenned to have helped me when I got a seizure, I may have no recollection of the event or if you did help me, but definitely, I am very very grateful that you helped me out when I got a seizure. God bless you.

+selven

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