What Is a Complex-Partial Seizure? | Epilepsy
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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Speaker 1: Complex partial seizures are different than generalized seizures.
With generalized seizures the electricity in the whole brain all lights up at once. In complex partial seizures, it starts in one area of the brain and it can move to another area of the brain.
Speaker 2: The EEG is what helps us make this diagnosis. We can see the seizure start in one area and then sort of move its way to other areas of the brain.
Speaker 1: In partial seizures, the big thing to remember is they're focal. They start in one area and move, but there's two different kinds of partial seizures. There's simple or there's complex. With complex partial seizures there's some impairment of consciousness. The person is not alert and talking to you during the seizure.
Speaker 2: I find simple partial seizures very interesting. It can just be a feeling or a sensation in the arm. It can be just a weakness or just a little subtle jerking in the arm. Yet they can be talking to you while it's happening and know something is funny, but they are clear and conscious. So simple means consciousness not impaired. Complex means they have some impairment. They can look drunk, zoned out, or spacey.
Speaker 1: They can be completely out of it so these can be people that are walking around mumbling, with lip smacking, weird movements of their hands. It almost looks like they're trying to do something purposeful but you realize, after watching for awhile, that they're really not accomplishing anything. They may be trying to open a container and they just keep trying and trying to open it. You realize after a few minutes that there's something wrong.
Speaker 2: What did you see at Grand Central Station?
Speaker 1: At Grand Central there was this man sort of walking around confused for a long period of time with a whole bunch of police officers following him. They must have thought that he was drunk or high or something. It became very quickly obvious that he was fumbling and confused and he was having a prolonged complex partial seizure while he walked. You can still walk, you can still look as though you're having purposeful movements, but you're really out of it.
Speaker 2: It's important to realize that because you're having complex partial seizure, you might not be on the ground jerking and twitching, like we see with generalized tonic clonic. It can go into that but it doesn't always.
Speaker 1: They can be prolonged. They can go on for a few minutes at a time.
Complex partial seizures are ones that start in one area of the brain. They may or may not spread. There is impairment of consciousness. It can look like people who are confused or trying to do something purposeful that really is not purposeful. They are just as disabling as big generalized tonic clonic seizures.
Police Officers need to be trained to be able to recognize or at least help someone when they are having a seizure. I have had seizures in public and have been brutally handled by the police. I am a tiny woman. Only 5' and about 90 lbs. The police have no idea what seizures do to people and they treat people like they are criminals when they need medical help.
AZ Yogi82 That happened to me before. I had a seizure at school and I woke up in a small room with 2 police officers. They kept asking me what drugs I was on and I kept telling them it was a seizure and they didn’t believe me. I even had my medication with me to show them and they held me for like half an hour trying to interrogate me. After that I got a medical bracelet so if I have a seizure in public again they can see it and know that it’s a medical problem and I’m not a drug attic.
That sounds horrific :( On the whole, police here in the UK would never do that to someone who was having a seizure. Surely your cops are trained in first aid 😬
NalaMama I was wearing a medical bracelet when that would happen. Because I can’t speak immediately after a seizure, I would hold my wrist out to show them my bracelet. They’ve literally slapped my wrist down without looking at it.
I’m applying for a seizure alert dog. I hope that will help prevent injury and make it easier to be out in public.
Tom Powell I wish the police were like that every where. I recently moved to a smaller city and went to the police department to introduce myself. I told them about my seizures and wanted to make sure that they knew how to recognize a seizure and how to help. They were much nicer. They told me that they would be able to recognize a seizure and will help me if I have a seizure in public. Smaller cities might be the way to go.
It’s a horrific tragedy that everyone has experienced something similar. The police need more training.
Had complex partial seizure, lasted 1 week. Seeing event that keeps repeating itself. Felt like I was trapped in a time loop. Very weird, events or conversations keep repeating.
Before I was diagnosed, I would drive with my seizures. I would end up in towns over. It freaked me out!
Happened to me in 2012 ,they never linked it to these back then.they went straight to mental health.😂 obviously misdiagnosed.
This was very clear and concise. Thanks! I watched the one about generalized seizures as well. Very interesting. =)
Longest CPS was 3 days. Probably multiple that blended together. Coolest was writing a 16 page college paper and got and A on it during CPS.
I keep having daily deja vu feelings and dizziness, feeling sick and I get very sweaty. I was diagnosed with full epilepsy at 18 I'm 30 now and not had a full seizure for years but get this weird deja vu daily. Could this be partial seizures
It’s temporal lobe epilepsy
Random question but does your deja vu always end with a feeling of impending doom? Because that’s a sign of epilepsy
@@candycejunaid9578 I basically get a build up with temporal lobe epilepsy then black out
I was diagnosed with Complex Partial Seizures/Epilepsy this week.. and told my Nuero to study up, he gave me a website, etc. New med, no driving, ugh. :( This was a great informational video and seems to describe what my children stated I did during my seizure.
islandbum1111 I’m sorry. I was diagnosed 10 years ago and it all started after I fell down and hit my head very hard. Do you know why it started for you?
While having a complex partial seizure, I am aware of my surroundings, but am unable to respond or interact.
Let's change our word choice. Instead of weird, perhaps "unusual." Besides that, great video!
Interesting these symptoms are similar to dissociative disorder. 🤷🏻♀️
OMG, that's me, w/the meds!!!! Some times, I LOSE "time" as I call it. Other times, I can feel EVERY TREMOR!!! All I want is some type of NORMAL life!!! However, I can tell you, I am SO grateful that I am NOT what I "used" to be. I have beat up my share of fire fighters!!
In 2021 I had to stop driving and work due to losing time..I didn't get told it was seizures until I linked current things in 2021
you should talk about Autism next. Many people don't understand what it means. Nobody knows where it comes from. People should understand the behaviors and patterns of autism. More and more cases are being discovered all the time and these children need support, love and understanding. I post this not only because my 5 year old is Autistic but as a parent I understand the special love and attention these children require. We all need love and understanding.
My girlfriend has complex partial seizures. Any tips on helping during/ after care?
Do I still have to time it like a regular seizure?
Maybe all simple partials aren’t the same, IDK but my simple partial seizures are nothing like they described. I can see, hear, remember a certain amount but I can’t talk back to other people. I’m very tired and confused, and feel high as a kite! I don’t have a headache, usually but I feel hungover and could sleep for days. It’s almost like I’m in an Aquarium and I can see someone talking and I can’t talk back.
Then that’s a complex partial because being unable to speak is considered an impairment of consciousness. But yes simple partials can be different,
Why doesn't anyone mention weird thoughts in simple, and also violence in complex??
Hello fellow epileptics. I was recently diagnosed with complex seizures. I started with 1500mg of keppra a day. The neurologist recently upped my meds and since then I've been experiencing seizures that cause me to take my clothes off, or do random things while trying to have a conversation.Can a change in dosage cause abnormal seizures. (types not present since they started )
yea it can
Jojo Houston what was your symptoms
I take these these daily along with Gran mals....26yrs ago I was diagnosed stay strong folk 💪💜
ive been epileptic all my life, EEG show up spikes even with meds, ive been on 11 meds, now eatting 3 a day.. i got "that talk".. status risk, seizure clusters. wasnt too happy when told i have intractable epilepsy, partial complex w/sec. grandmals been there done that yea
I have complex partial seizures
Do you know the cause?
I do as well
me too
@@edinakrivokapa481 There truly isn't a cause, it's just something some people's brains do. But people that have seizures usually have certain things that can trigger them. For me, lack of sleep and stress can bring on a seizure. I have been on medication for about a year and I've only had 3 since then. 2 of those 3 was because of me skipping a dose. whoops! lol
I’ve had 2 so far since last one was July 2019 both happened as I was playing video games and now I’m on meds
I’ve had epilepsy for a long time, and I only knew the jerks I had were partial seizures. But no one had told about these which always happen before my grand mals, but sometimes without a grand mal. I had know idea it was an actual seizure, I thought it was just that pre “aura” before a seizure
Do you have those after the aura ? My arms ,hands are never jerky until I have a seizure ,it goes away minut later ,or goes off ans on for a few .totally aware ,but when I freeze I can't respond or move.
I had no idea that my arms or legs randomly twitching were simple complex seizures! Good to know
Have that for my entire life. Even tested for epilepsy came back negative. Now I want second opinion
@tijltrienen there really isn't a test for epilepsy to come back negative. You can have tests done and they might not see anything in them, but still have epilepsy. I have epilepsy but nothing shows in my EEGs. My doctor said sometimes brain activity can look normal and still have epilepsy.
Is it possible to have both because sometimes I can feel that I'm about to have a seizure and talk to my girlfriend and tell her I'm having a seizure and then snap out of it by opening my eyes more or looking at something else. sometimes I am completely zoned out moving my my hands biting my tongue or trying to move things around without any reason and then not remembering anyting that happened within the last 10 minutes. Doctors diagnose that is both size of my brain
i'm working on training a service dog for myseizure disorder with some help from a trainer, but the dog thats in training alerts to them. thats a plus! dogs have to be born to alert not be tought but they can be tought to respond to them.
i have a cat named Asha that can actually notify me when an attack is oncoming too. she will typically come up to me and meow a lot, she will even begin kneading me once i start getting an "uncomfortable" feeling-im guessing trying to calm me but after a bit i go blank and when i wake up every time she is right there beside me looking at me. i think many animals can sense things humans cant. however, cats are not necessarily big enough to help you during the episode. but i feel very blessed to even have a cat to warn me and stand by me til its all over. i love my baby
hi do anyone have throbbing/pulsating that they can see out side of they brain or it stomach hurts. im so scared
I have eplipsey it makes me very weak and tired and not great
Good job, wish you could explain other health related conditions in this style of education. You made it so simple to understand
Probably what's happening to me
Doom The Doggo XD, same profile pic.
Can someone explain why I faint during seizures? And my whole body was rigged or really hard like people have a hard time to even open my hands which are balled into fist. I was diagnosed with complex partial. Most of the time I'll instantly fell down without any memory of what happened. Do some of you who have this seizures experience that?
I have full conceousness but I can't talk. My entire body shakes
Do tongue bitting and froth coming out mouth occurs in focal partial impaired seizure?
That would more likely be a generalized tonic-clonic seizure
I had a seizure and the police officer suspected I was on drugs and was going to take me to the Police Station.He asked me if I was on drugs.I laughed and said I have not done drugs in at least 30 years.He finally realized that I was not on drugs.
I started with regular seizures; most recently I’ve been getting partials seizures....I have small jerks in my body pretty regularly... now, I wonder if these are seizures & wtf did i do / do I do to my body, these things just started 3 years ago, for me?!
lol the last complex partial I had, I just repeatedly tried to walk though my wall…
So teach time in not following an social interaction and act very in my own and missing parts of the plot its epilepsy.. still ive been tested on and came back negative
That was me before the right Meds Police beat the F*** out of me 🤪 more than One time I had been on more than One med till finally found the right one.
I had TLE but yesterday i had one seizure but when i came out i couldnt see & i was v confused and was unawe. I didnt know witch seizure it was
Do you know the causes of a complex partial attack?
It's usually idiopathic of why they start. I suffer from them and before I was diagnosed it was a guessing game. I'd have no idea when they'd strike.
@@kimm7192 have them aswell my triggers are being stoned or being hungover
Everyone is different. Personally I smoke 6 grams of weed a day and it really helps with the anger and anxiety. Hopefully it helps someone else find relief. Love you guys stay safe.
Okay bud
Thank you very much
I don't understand how this is different from an absence seizure
it is different because for example most of the time when I have a seizure (I don't have absence seizures) all that happens is I feel a rush of fear in my stomach and a sense of deja vu. The last thing I always remember is looking around and not recognizing my surroundings (very scary feeling). Anyways I can talk during the seizure; however, I often do not make sense. Other times I ask who am I? where am I? I revert back and think it is my childhood. So basically answering your question in absence you are unresponsive, in many complex seizures you can interact, you just have no memory of it.
I should also add though I have had 3 seizures that turned into full blown tonic clonic
Eva Aloezos I have complex seizures too and they come in different degrees. Meaning sometimes I have a scary De Ja Vu feeling as well. I also have a deeper seizure, meaning I’m totally out of it and can’t respond to anyone. I’m not aware of my surrounding and look like a sleepwalker and might walk in front of a car. That almost happened before. Sometimes I’ll wake up and not know where I am and my memory will come back in a couple of minutes. But until it comes back it’s scary. I don’t know where I am and how I got there.
@@evaaloezos2039 Omg that's EXACTLY what happens to me. It makes me feel better I'm not alone in these scary feelings. I'm medically treated now but you summarized how I felt so perfectly it's crazy. Here's to me being 7 months diagnosed.
in absence seizures u actually do lose a form of consciousness, when the person has an absence seizure and “zones out” they are losing a part of consciousness in their brain, which is why when they return they don’t realize they had just zoned out (had an absence seizure) with simple seizures, you don’t LOSE consciousness. you are having a conversation and aware of the conversation, speaking, but you might have a sensation, or an aura and this is the seizure. very scary and easy to misdiagnose or see. with complex seizures u are not always conscious similar to absence, you might be able to stand but not do things properly as u normally do, for an example you might mumble words repeat words walk in circles etc. when the seizure is done u might feel more confusion than someone with simple seizures/temporal lobe epilepsy will have. hope this helps 💗💗💗
Great video
Can you have these and not have the seizure show up on an eeg?
It will appear only if you are on eeg and having the seizure at the same time otherwise the graph will be completely normal
That happend to me I did once an 48 hour eeg. No activity but i just know I have these complex ones
I have complex sizures