(((((((((((((Cedar)))))))))))))).

Yeah, those are simples. Anytime your awareness leaves you but you appear to be conscious, i.e. "the lights are on, but nobody's home," those are CPs. SPs are also referred to as "auras," or warnings/intros to larger szs, such as grand mals (or a term I hate, "tonic-clonic"). They can occur alone or before larger szs.

Your family is probably unaware that these are szs themselves. Getting some lit from EFA might help. You can write them at www.efa.org.

Good luck...

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Hi, I have both partial and complex partial seizures. Most time with the complex-partials I get a warning in the way of an odd smell, strange feelings, seeing colored spots. Then I have a period of like being stuck on the wrong side of a mirror unable to interact with anyone around me, then amnesia, then as I come out of it I am very confused and tired.
With the partial's I just get funny feelings or numbness in my face, or a funny smell like a dead mouse, rotten eggs, or smoke, or burning rubber. Other times my sense of taste is altered and I taste metal where there is none. Or I see things that are not really there, unable to speak or hear. Seizures can bring on a wide range of symtoms. I have one about once a week. Just because you are still having a few seizures does not mean your meds are not working. Sometimes, yes, more meds can stop them, but also too much medication can cause worse problems. I would say talk it over with your doctor. Medication does not stop all seizures but it can make life more bearable.