NPCER: Vent--I Had a Seizure

[decemberwedding07]

This morning. My husband heard a loud thud and came upstairs and I was seizing on the floor. Paramedics came and took me to the ER, where they concluded I don't have any tumors, but that's it. I am supposed to follow up with a neurologist. I am kind of slightly freaking out. They said that in an X-ray of my neck (I hit it when I fell), they found small thyroid polyps, so I have to follow up on that, too. I'm slightly freaking out. Ok, totally freaking out. Anyone have any experience?

[redheadbaker]

How scary! No experience, just lots of good thoughts.

[summer]

Oh, no! I'm sorry! That sounds awful. I'm sending lots of positive thoughts your way.

[omgzombies]

No direct experience, but my brother randomly got a seizure once. The doctors guessed that his was brought in by a combination of dehydration, lack of sleep, and playing a video game (he had been at a sleepover, and they had stayed up most of the night, then were playing some game the next morning). The game didn't have strobing lights or anything, just a regular video game. Seemed to be just a completely random incident and never happened again. Hopefully yours was something similar, but I can definitely understand being a little freaked. Get plenty of rest and take good care of yourself. Sending you positive vibes!

[heyjude]

I am so sorry! How scary!!

[tacosforlife]

OMG. I'm glad you're ok now. No experience, but I hope you get answers. So sorry this happened to you!

[origami]

Omg that's very scary. I don't have any experience but you'll be in my T&Ps

[googly]

Aug 29, 2015 17:37:18 GMT -5 decemberwedding07 said:

This morning. My husband heard a loud thud and came upstairs and I was seizing on the floor. Paramedics came and took me to the ER, where they concluded I don't have any tumors, but that's it. I am supposed to follow up with a neurologist. I am kind of slightly freaking out. They said that in an X-ray of my neck (I hit it when I fell), they found small thyroid polyps, so I have to follow up on that, too. I'm slightly freaking out. Ok, totally freaking out. Anyone have any experience?

I had a seizure in my sleep almost 3 months ago that woke my DH up. First and only time. I was also referred to a neurologist. I had to have a EEG, cat scan and MRI. All of my results came back normal. I hope for the same for you. It is definitely scary. My neurologist said about 10% of the population will have a seizure basically for no reason that they can pinpoint and never have one again.

[decemberwedding07]

I just hope it was a one time thing!

[boiler717]

Oh wow I'm so sorry. Take care!!

[KateAggie]

You have been under so much stress, it seems totally plausible that this could just be your body reacting. Stress does weird shit. Prayers for you!!!

[orangeblossom]

I'm sorry. How scary. Hugs.

Re the thyroid, I wouldn't freak out just yet. It is very, very common to find benign thyroid nodules as incidental findings during other tests. Most times they turn or to be nothing.

[ttt]

That must have been so scary hope it was a one off thing!!

[UMaineTeach]

Very scary. I know someone who also had a onetime random seizure. She ended up fine, but her doctor made the state pull her license for six months while they waited to see if it would happen again.

[winecat]

I can't imagine how terrifying that was for you. Lots of healthy juju!

[Deleted]

I hope you find some answers, that is scary!

[decemberwedding07]

Aug 29, 2015 18:35:13 GMT -5 winecat said:

I can't imagine how terrifying that was for you. Lots of healthy juju!

I have no memory of the incident. My husband, on the other hand, can't talk about it without coming close to crying.

Thank you, everyone, for the T&P.

[decemberwedding07]

Aug 29, 2015 17:53:16 GMT -5 omgzombies said:

No direct experience, but my brother randomly got a seizure once. The doctors guessed that his was brought in by a combination of dehydration, lack of sleep, and playing a video game (he had been at a sleepover, and they had stayed up most of the night, then were playing some game the next morning). The game didn't have strobing lights or anything, just a regular video game. Seemed to be just a completely random incident and never happened again. Hopefully yours was something similar, but I can definitely understand being a little freaked. Get plenty of rest and take good care of yourself. Sending you positive vibes!

I drank a lot of wine last night and then woke up at 4:00 unable to sleep, so I was definitely suffering from both dehydration and lack of sleep when I woke up this morning. I hope that's all it was.

[josieposy]

Eeep! Well wishes for you.

[winecat]

Aug 29, 2015 18:38:33 GMT -5 decemberwedding07 said:

Aug 29, 2015 18:35:13 GMT -5 winecat said:

I can't imagine how terrifying that was for you. Lots of healthy juju!

I have no memory of the incident. My husband, on the other hand, can't talk about it without coming close to crying.

Thank you, everyone, for the T&P.

 Poor guy.  

[anastasia517]

That must have been so scary. I'm glad you're okay. Fingers crossed that all your tests come back normal.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

That's so scary! One of my students had a seizure while we were in China this summer. They said it was likely dehydration since her scans came back normal. I'm sorry that happened to you! Hopefully it was a one-off.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I'm so sorry!!

[hopecounts]

Did they check your thyroid levels (tsh/t3/t4)?
Thyroid issues can cause all types of problems and your seizure could be related.
Thyroid polyps are 99% benign and even worst case scenario it is easily treated and has a very high cure rate.
I'm sending good thoughts.

[NewOrleans]

Jeez. Scary stuff.

I hope you are well!

[jln]

I'm so sorry. I hope you can get some answers.

[tacocat]

I have had several friends/family have 1 seizure that hasn't happened again and was pretty benign. I hope that's the case for you!

I have thyroid nodules found incidentally after a concussion and while I've needed monitoring they are currently nothing. This happens a lot.

Sending you good thoughts!

[Michelle]

Scary. Sending good thoughts for you and your husband. I witnessed an epileptic seizure that lasted about 15 minutes, or at least it seemed like it... I was a teen. It was terrifying so I have a lot of sympathy for your husband.

[Elsa]

Have you called your RE? Check and see if any of the meds you were/are on have that as a side effect.

I'm sorry, I can't imagine how scary that was

[decemberwedding07]

Aug 29, 2015 20:11:07 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Did they check your thyroid levels (tsh/t3/t4)?
Thyroid issues can cause all types of problems and your seizure could be related.
Thyroid polyps are 99% benign and even worst case scenario it is easily treated and has a very high cure rate.
I'm sending good thoughts.

Thank you! I don't know if they checked any of that. I wish I didn't have to wait until Monday to make an apt with a neurologist.