Epilepsy & Seizures Support Group

Epilepsy (often referred to as a seizure disorder) is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. It is commonly controlled with medication, although surgical methods are used as well. Seizures (or convulsions) are temporary abnormal electrophysiologic phenomena of the brain, resulting in abnormal synchronization of electrical neuronal...

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absence seziures

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hey...
i have had epilepsy for 10yrs...has anyone heard off or know of anyone having a absence seziure lasting the whole day??
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I have heard of it but I guess it's not as common as others-it is definitely something to take care of because seizures do damage to the brain the longer they last-of course different ones affect in different ways but it's still not healthy in the end

Dante~
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I have a granmal which i dont no about and the sleep for about 6 hours when i wake up i wonder where has the day gone,and i knew nothing about it,having the granmal before or after its like your uncocious without you knowing,until my husband tells me and you see the time love shirlxx
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i never had one that lasts that long but i have had one lasting nearly 7 hours recorded on an eeg. generally mine last seconds or my atypical absences can last up to 6 mins and then its an ambulance job. if you think u or someone has had one for that length of time they need to see a dr asap as irreverisble damage could have occured
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I suppose ti is possible. It is also possible to have many of them strung together so closely that it seems like it lasts all day. Hav eone, it goes away, have another and so on and so on. Either way it needs medical attention.

I know you can status epileptus with grand mals and complex partials but I have never heard of it with absence seizures---though off the top of my head I don't know why it wouldn't be possible.
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i have been diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy with tonic clonic seziures i have absence seziures aswell! they last the whole day from the moment i wake up till the moment i go to sleep the next day im fine! apparantly there only sposed to last only 5-6min mine last the whole day! and i never remember anything of what happened the next day i was just posting this to c if anyone had anything similar! i think its rather weird!
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If you have sevral in a row you could lose your day. This would be when you need medical attention , just as you would for anyother siezure lasting or following one on top of another like that. Take caution and be careful, our brains are more fragile than we think.
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