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Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
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Guys, before we all start diagnosing ourselves (or others) with seizures, do
please go see a neuro or a CP specialist.  Because they are the medical
experts, not we.

But I can say that what we are calling "absence seizures" are what were
known as "petit mal seizures" while I was growing up.  For more information
on the classification of seizure types, look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seizure_types

But again, please see your neuro to make sure they are seizures and what's
causing them.

Thanks!

Kat
List Mum and CP

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> wow, I never knew there were absence seizures. I get these things, and go
> into staring into space, and the only way to get out of it is to force
> myself to blink or move my eyes.  usually i need to put my hand to tap my
> forehead or rub my eyes.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tamar
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> ________________________________
> From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tue, June 1, 2010 8:57:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Seizure???
>
> Hi Mike,
>
>  I suspect - it's a measure of degree - a seizure is simple your
> neuron's firing randomly - the degree comes in when they cause other
> neurons to fire - when tons go off - it's a grand mal seizure - when
> fewer go off it's a spacing seizure and perhaps and when only a few go
> off - it's a tick or twitch. Amber's absence seizures became twitches.
> Absence seizures are pretty easy to miss. Looks like just staring into
> space.
>
>                                      Trisha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Michael H. Collis
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:25 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Seizure???
>
> Are spasms called seizures?   If so, I've seen them (heck, I've had =
> them),
> but when I was at the Matheny School in NJ from 1960-1971, I never saw =
> any
> of my friends there have any type of seizure.  I've seen people with =
> Ataxia,
> but thought those symptoms were normal.  I learn something new every =
> day.
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