On Tuesday 01 June 2010 17:52:12 Tamar Raine 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 I thought they were just periods where the brain makes alpha waves, a sort of day dreaming where you're thinking of nothing in particular. Its probably a good thing. I did have "absence seizures" when I was young (they were called petit mal then) which invariably resulted in twitching and falling, these brief "staring into space" episodes don't feel the same. Cheers Deri ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy