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JoeNapo
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19 Jan 2008, 1:52 pm

lol im sorry, it was like an inside joke, The hit of hash was so intense and inhaling 4 feet of hash smoke and holding it in. I blacked out and fish flopped on the ground..... Thats completely normal seeing that the hash I had was extremely potent and I was willing to take the rip of death.


No but I do seizure everytime blood gets drawn from me.



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19 Jan 2008, 2:46 pm

Starting at about 15ish I think, having the ones where your on the ground jerking around about every seven months just often enough to keep me from driving. The first one was caused when my sadistic doctor put me on 3 mg of xanax for 6 months then cut me off cold turkey which quite easily could have killed me. I'm a guy



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19 Jan 2008, 9:30 pm

50, male, never had a siezeure, but my brother has had a couple. He's not AS, just doesn't eat all his required elements off the periodic table. Leg cramps I get on occasion, but that's not even in the same league..;)



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19 Jan 2008, 10:51 pm

Female

Age of onset: 5?

Kind: Petit Mal

Mine resolved by the time I was around 10 or so. However, strobe lights or driving in a wooded area on a sunny day can set me off. At times I will involuntarily move/jerk a limb when the strobe intensity is too much.


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16 Feb 2008, 5:39 am

My daughter had her first seizure in the Fall of 8th grade age 14, followed by her second about 4 months later. Has been medicated since that time. She is now 19. The majority of her seizures are Generalized Tonic-Clonic (Grand Mal) falling, convulsing, load moaning, eyes rolling back, foaming at the mouth, lasts for a few minutes, and then sleeps or very limp and "out of it" for 30 minutes to an hour. Some of her seizures are Focal seizures, arm and head movement to one side. All of her seizures have a loss of consciences. For many years her seizures were caused by missing a dose of medicine. I notice that she seems to be out of it in morning before she takes her morning dose. There have been some seizures that come on even when she had taken her medicine. Biggest triggers are lack of sleep, strobe lights, and trees on side of the road on a sunny day. Although, the EEG has ruled out light sensitivity as a reason for her seizures. Have been told that there is a possibility that her seizure activity will stop but also a possibility that she will have seizures for the rest of her life. Estimation for stopping time would be within the next 2 -5 years.

Just this week, my daughter and I went to get the results of her recent evaluation and the result was a diagnosis of Asperger's. I was researching to see if there were any correlations and found this site. She goes to the Neurologist next week for a regular visit so I am curious to his thoughts on this subject.

Time to post this and go as my battery is dying. I will return again to post and review other posts.

Thanks! :)



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16 Feb 2008, 11:23 am

ohcaptainmycaptain wrote:
My daughter had her first seizure in the Fall of 8th grade age 14, followed by her second about 4 months later. Has been medicated since that time. She is now 19. The majority of her seizures are Generalized Tonic-Clonic (Grand Mal) falling, convulsing, load moaning, eyes rolling back, foaming at the mouth, lasts for a few minutes, and then sleeps or very limp and "out of it" for 30 minutes to an hour. Some of her seizures are Focal seizures, arm and head movement to one side. All of her seizures have a loss of consciences. For many years her seizures were caused by missing a dose of medicine. I notice that she seems to be out of it in morning before she takes her morning dose. There have been some seizures that come on even when she had taken her medicine. Biggest triggers are lack of sleep, strobe lights, and trees on side of the road on a sunny day. Although, the EEG has ruled out light sensitivity as a reason for her seizures. Have been told that there is a possibility that her seizure activity will stop but also a possibility that she will have seizures for the rest of her life. Estimation for stopping time would be within the next 2 -5 years.

Just this week, my daughter and I went to get the results of her recent evaluation and the result was a diagnosis of Asperger's. I was researching to see if there were any correlations and found this site. She goes to the Neurologist next week for a regular visit so I am curious to his thoughts on this subject.

Time to post this and go as my battery is dying. I will return again to post and review other posts.

Thanks! :)


Yeah, epilepsy occurs in ASCs approximately 30% of the time, perhaps more since not all seizures are obvious and get diagnosed. And additional ASCs will have abnormal EEGs but no apparent seizure activity (although currently I can't recall the percentage).


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16 Feb 2008, 12:51 pm

Havent seen this thread before.

--Grand Mal/Tonic clonic,also suspected of having abscense type,but was told by an autism specialist it could be 'zoning out' as it's very common in autism.
--Around 2-3 years old,to present,currently not stablised,although TCs are usually restricted to 'bad' setoffs.
--Female.


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