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Old 11-01-2006, 11:20 PM
Missyat Missyat is offline
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Hi, I copied this from epilepsy.com's glossary:

Kindling: A process (demonstrated by experiments using animals) in which electrical abnormalities become more intense over time; for example, small electrical shocks are delivered to the brain once a day to cause a progressive tendency toward seizures; eventually, seizures may occur without the electrical shocks.

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From what I understand as kindling, is that your brain learns to seize by seizing. The brain teaches itself to seize (I am not sure as to if it is a pseudo seizure then or not), but it is still a seizure.

http://my.epilepsy.com/?q=node/960772


I hope that helps.
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Missy, mom to Kevin 11 year old
MAE (Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy) or Doose Syndrome
First VNS July 2002
Second VNS Nov. 2005
14 meds later still playing the dosage game
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