HELP - severe amnesia following repeated grand mal seizures
 

In the last week of February 07 I sustained two grand mal seizures requiring paramedics and an ambulence to the ER. A third happened in my home and was attended by the police and paramedics but I did not go to the hospital.
I never remember the seizures i have had and they are extremely violent - convulsions...
A few days later i was going to town and my life disappeared. I had total amnesia without memory of a single waking moment for about ten dfays. When I came to I was being administered a strong sedative and to my shock I was in apsychiatric ward. My lawyer was reading something to me and asked for my signature. i had no understanding of what was beweing said or done.
I have had a history of TIA's recent to the events iI describe,and a major stroke - with full recovery some years before.
Apparently i had been admitted once before for the ususal 72 hours. A comlete blank. I only learned of this the second time.
I was on autopilot so to speak and have no idea of how I got there or how I was detained at all- for both admissions.
These people did not even cross reference the ER redcords of my seizures just the week before-now about March 7..just three floors below in the same hospital.
My reputation was ruined, my rights rescinded, I lost my job, and my life was endangered and subsequently ruined.
I have not found any reference to such a severe amnesia in all the links I have looked at.
A noted forensic psychiatrist has said that this whole matter was a travesty bordering on crimninally negligent treatment.
I am angered and though some years have passed I wil now seek legal recourse for these backwoods peole who ruined me.
As for any odd behavior i have no idea and if i was incoherent i wouldn't be surprised.
No such incident has happened in m y life ever before.
I am desperately seeking a reference to ANYONE who has sustained such severe amnesia.
These seizures nay have triggered a stroke but that is secondary.
I am on Depakote and have not had a seizure in more than four years.

Hi JoJo,

I'm no neurologist or Epileptologist but this sounds like you may have had
a status form of an epileptic seizure. This happens when a person has a seizure that last for more than 30 min. and the seizure can sometimes last for days unless a person is admitted into the hospital and the Dr.puts the person on extra drugs to stop the seizure. Years ago when I was taking the drug Neurontin I would have absence status seizures that lasted for hrs. this in turn caused more brain damage. I then found out that the drug co. making the drug had $240 million in lawsuits because Neurontin can cause seizures or make them worse for some people.
You need to report all of this to the medical conduct board in your area and also call the Epilepsy Foundation of America at 1-800-332-1000 and tell them what has happened they can tell you your legal rights and support you with everything the Dr. has done. I wish you the best of luck and May God Bless You!

Sue