A couple other possibile reasons for my brain issues
I have had focal aware seizures all my life, and in December, I got COVID again. I have had 3 different types of COVID since this all began. It turns out that COVID can cause new-onset seizure activity or worsen existing seizure activity...No, I am not vaccinated. I have autoimmune disorders that make vaccinations more dangerous for me.
I won't be able to know for sure until I am 65 years old and get insurance, but it is a little hopeful to think this could be caused by something else besides dementia. 🤷♀
I guess I may have jumped to a conclusion, thinking it was dementia (I may not have too), because I am older. Still, I am only going to be 60 years old this month, and my grandfatehr that got dementia was in his 70's when he got it.🤷♀
In any event, many of the things I am doing to possibly slow down dementia will also help with seizure activity, and since I would probably develop dementia anyway, starting now with the steps I am taking to help with that is a good idea, I think.🤔
Just some random thoughts I had on this..
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I saw a friend of mine experience an absence seizure and I was officially creeped out.
It happened about a decade ago during the Summer.
My friend and I were hanging out at his place and having a conversation about some trivial stuff we were reading from a magazine when all of a sudden, he was staring intensely at a picture on one of the pages and I mean staring so intensely at it that he could practically burn a hole through the page.
Shortly thereafter, he started to sit down on the floor like he was sulking.
In a panic, I kept saying his name, hoping he'd say something to me in reply, but he was just unresponsive, even though outwardly, he appeared lucid.
It was one of the creepiest things I've ever witnessed in my entire life.
@SidewinderThat does sound very scary to have to see for sure. Luckily, until recently, my seizures have been mild. All of my family, going back to my great-grandparents, have had seizures, but for us, it mostly looks like spacing out to the people around us. I have even trained all my children and grandchildren to hold up a hand and say, " I'm on vacation. I will send a postcard," as the seizure begins. It helps people around us not be as freaked out. My oldest son has seizures like the one you mentioned, but only once in a while. It has caused him to have 3 vehicle wrecks. It took a while to figure out what was going on because right after the wrecks, he seemed totally coherent. That is, until the last one. He had a seizure on the highway driving, and left the highway at 70 miles per hour. He was 600 yards off the road in the dirt when he stopped. When the ambulance got there, they could get to him, so he drove his truck to them. He was still having the seizure. I'm sorry what happened with your friend was scary, but I think he was really lucky you were there.🙂
