What is a Seizure?

There are several different types of seizures.


Absence Seizure

Seizure in which there is a sudden, brief lapse of consciousness, usually for about 2 to 10 sec. The patient show a blank facial expression that may be accompanied by movements such as repeated eye-blinking or rolling or lip-smacking and minor myoclonus of the upper extremities or neck. There is no convulsion or fall. The patient resumes activity as if the seizure had not occurred. The seizure may be induced by voluntary hyperventilation for 2 to 3 min. This type of attack is characteristic of petit mal epilepy and may recur repeatedly if it is not recognized and treated. It also may progress to a generalized tonic-clonic seizure.


Jacksonian Seizure

A localized form of epilepsy with spasms confined to one part or one group of muscles.


Menstrual Epilepsy

Seizures that occur preferentially during particular portions of the menstrual cycle.


Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

Epilepsy with onset in early childhood. This type of epilepsy is characterized by a variety of seizure patterns and an abnormal electroencephalogram, and is frequently associated with developmental and mental retardation. Seizures are not controlled by the usual antiepileptic drugs; however, adjunctive therapy will felbamate may be beneficial.


Photogenic Epilepsy

Convulsive attacks that occur as a result of intermittent light stimulus.


Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

A seizure disorder originating in a temporal lobe of the brain.
SYMPTOMS: Temporal lobe seizures produce one of two typical finding:
1. Complex partial seizures (loss of consciousness with abnormal gesturing or automatic movements);
2. Simple partial seizures (preserved consciousness with the sense of unusual smell, taste, thought, or altered body function).
TREATMENT: Surgery to remove the irritable focus in the brain appears more effective than treatment with anticonvulsant drugs.



The last type of seizure is the one that I have. I was given the option to stay on my meds or to have my brain cut up. I worried about what would have if I that them do that. I could do nothing without talking to my family, I needed to what they thought about it.
Well, my brain is still in one peace, so you know what the answer was.