seizures and headaches
 

Unfortunately, I just had my first seizure and I've been having really bad headaches and i feel faint and dizzy a lot... anyone else??? I didn't hit my head or anything.

Nice to meet you!!
 

Hi 23erg,

Welcome to the forum! Before I started to have sz. I got wicked migraine headaches for about a yr. and then the sz. started up. I also get dizzy every now and then. I have found that cutting back on the caffeine, and foods high in carbs and starch have been a big help to me.
Darlene gave you great advice about seeing a neuro or Epileptologist I have found seeing an Epileptologist the best help for me because they understand epilepsy much better and I have had to take fewer meds to control my sz.
Keep track of any faint feelings, dizziness etc. and write it down on a calendar what time it happens by doing this the neuro or Epileptologist you see may see a pattern when this happens to you. My Dr. found a pattern in my sz. I always have them certain days of each month either early in the morning or in the later afternoon. I wish you only the best of luck and May God Bless You!

Sue

Hi 23erg --- I was in my 40s when I started having "spells" (I had NO idea those were seizures) and hideous headaches. I had never had headaches in my life and these were miserable monsters.
When the Triptans were developed they helped a bit ..... Now, more than 20 years later, after two surgeries, I don't have seizures but have migraines. Thank goodness they are much milder.
23erg - are you seeing a good neurologist? What does s/he have to say? Are you getting satisfactory help?

My husband just had a seizure
 

I don't know where to start. My husband is in his late forties and lately has been losing his temper, yelling at everyone and the other night he got irrationally angry and threw the remote to the tv. He stormed off and went to bed and slept in very late the next day. He got up at 1 pm and seemed disoriented, his hand was all balled up and it was against his chest in a odd fashion and he couldn't move it or feel hid limbs on the right side. I took him to his doctor and he was sent to the ER. A cat scan showed two spots on the left side of his brain and so MRI's were ordered next. They aren't sure if he had a stroke or a migraine that brought on a motor seizure. He is now on seizure medications and an EEG and a heart echo have been ordered. They kept asking has he been in a car accident, did he fall and hit his head, has he lost concessioness,etc. They think he has had seizures in the past when he has had a headache, he always goes to bed when he gets a bad headache. Do migraines and seizures have common markers or did he stroke? He has never had a seizure before and I am at a loss on what to do. How do we handle seizures?

Hi dvmurphy,

I am wondering if your husband is having migraine headaches which in turn can lead to epilepsy this is what happened to me yrs. ago. Often when a person has epilepsy they may get angry depending on meds they are taking or the area of the brain that is triggering sz. The frontal lobe where the forehead is controls a persons temper and if the Dr. found any problems in this area it will explain why your husband got so angry. Also there are times when a person had a complex partial sz. where both sides of the brain are firing up at the same time and a person may become angry. Have you ever noticed your husband with a daydream look on his face, smacking his lips, picking/pulling at his clothes or just wandering around these are all signs of a complex partial sz.
If your husband couldn't feel anything on the right side of his body it's because the left side controls everything a person feels on the left side. The left side of the brain also controls a persons speech and memory along with math and science. I would get your husband to an Epileptologist a.s.a.p. to find out more detail of what's going on and the meds they can give him to control his sz. I still feel a lot of this is contected to his heart problems and you should let the Dr. know about this. Here's wishing you and your husband only the best and May God Bless You Both!

Sue

Nice to meet you!!