Hello
Thank you for reading this. My husband had a atonic/grand mal seizure yesterday, and had never had a seizure of this type before. He was standing in shallow water and started rocking back and forth violently, then fell in the water and started twitching/jerking rapidly. I got his face out of the water immediately, neighbors helped me get him out of the water and ambulance took us to the local hospital where all blood and ECG tests were normal. I've been up all night reading about epilepsy and am wondering if he may have been having absence seizures in the past - every once in a while, always after dinner, I would be talking to him and he would look like he was falling asleep - staring and eyes starting to roll back. This would last less than 3 seconds and if I said his name he would always snap out of it and say he was just tired. Am I reading into this too much or does this sound like absence seizures?Also, very occasionally one of his hands or feet will twitch when he is sleeping and he has intermittent issues with restless legs. I would appreciate any insight, it was terrifying and we have a 20 month old baby and 4 year old as well who saw the seizure, plus I am concerned he will not be able to do his job anymore that involves lots of travel and driving. Thank you so much.