Last night, I went grocery shopping during the Super Bowl. It was completely empty in there! Anyway, after going through the produce aisle, I was looking at buns in the bakery section of the store. I was trying to decide between whole wheat dinner rolls and finally picked a bag. As I went to put the bag in my cart in front of me, my cart wasn't there! My purse was on my shoulder...but no cart anywhere in sight. Confusion is an understatement!

Thankfully, a store employee was nearby. I recall walking by him and saying hello, he was very pleasant with a big smile. I went and asked him if I just walked past him earlier. He nodded happily. I asked if I was pushing my cart. His answer was no. I was incredulous ~ stumped. "No? Are you sure?" He then pointed to my cart over by the celery and said that I'd left it there. I was speechless. It took about 5 minutes or so for me to lose the confusion and get back to shopping.

I remember looking at the celery, but it was too expensive for a stalk. Then, I recall walking past the employee talking with another in the same spot. I then turned and walked down the aisle with croutons and Buitoni pastas, turned and stopped at the dinner rolls. That's my memory of events ~ sorry about the long story! I'm just trying to be as specific as I can with my memory of events before and after.

Thank you very much for reading my long post ~ I appreciate it!!

Hi Shez,

I'm sorry to hear that you had a sz. I've had similar things happen to me when I have a complex partial sz. I will be at work and be in a classroom with students and a teacher and then the next thing I know I will find myself in a different area of the school like the library but I don't remember walking to the library or walking out of the class. My Epileptologist told me that often people with complex partial sz. will get up and wander around not realizing what they have done until after the sz. is all over. Maybe this is what happened with you. After I have the sz. I am very confused for a few seconds and I try to remember what was going on before the sz. but I still don't remember walking out of the classroom or anything.
If anyone is around you at home or work have them take note if during a sz. you wander around, smack your lips or pull at your clothing, these are all signs of a complex partial sz. I wish you only the best and May God Bless You!

Sue

Thank you for responding, Sue.

I appreciate you sharing your personal experience as well!

I was leaning towards this experience being a complex partial seizure as well. However, I didn't have an aura. I was fine one moment, and the next, I was completely lost and confused. Complex partial's are always preceded by an aura, aren't they??

I suppose that I should contact my epileptologist's office and speak with one of the nurses. Thanks for listening...

Hi Shez,

There have been many times when I don't have an aura sz. that leads into a complex partial sz. it all depends on the person and the area of the brain triggering sz. Start taking note of what the weather is like and if there's a low pressure in the weather, also take note if a lot of people are using cell phones and then you have a sz. They have proven that some people will have sz. when low pressure is coming in because the air is heavier, and it affects a persons hormones triggering a sz. Cell phone can sometimes trigger sz. if a person is cell phone sensitive like myself meaning if I'm around a lot of people using a cell phone at the same time it will cause a sz. do to the frequency of the cell phone. My Epileptologist told me all about this last yr. and I was very surprised. Here's wishing you well and May God Bless You!

Sue

Hello,

I've gotten my directions from my epi's nurse today ~ stop driving for at least 3 months and report to the state. It wasn't easy for me to be honest with them, as I was afraid of losing my license. I fought my guilty conscience vs. fear of my ex-hub imposing anger and disappointment in me. I knew that it was right to speak up to my epi and risk losing my license, but I'm still afraid of the consequences. We have split custody of our 2 daughters, but he is the "primary" custodian. And they live 20 miles away from me...There is no mass transit outside of my town. How I will get there to see my girls is a mystery.

It's a big mess! But, at least the decision has been made by a professional, they're upping my meds, and we will see how things go from here. I'll have to push myself to get back into keeping a journal to record my sz's. Thank you for talking to me ~ it's been a while since I've been active in any E communities. E has always been an important aspect of my life, since I was finally diagnosed anyway.

I've experienced the same to some extent. For example--maybe not the best example, but nonetheless--I've went to the bathroom knowing I've locked the door, but soon realized it hasn't been locked. Stumped as I get, the only reasonable explanation to me would be false memories.

When you continuously do a task over and over (lock the door, for example), you will of course expect that you've done it this time, too. When you don't do it, and you come to realize the absence of this task having been done, you get a false memory... That's my non-medical idea of what's bringing this about.

I think in your case it may have been something a bit more serious than my example, though.