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ima make a thread just to give anyone that also has epilepsy a little insight of what i experienced so maybe it’ll help someone. https://twitter.com/coreys21crew/status/1286127676185382912
my cousin was braiding my hair & i guess bc if the pulling motion i was sent into a seizure called a Partial Seizure. i knew i was going into it. i started gaining & loosing consciousness. as if i couldn’t figure out if i was in reality one minute or not. i asked my mom -
to go out to the car & get my seizure medicine bc i felt it coming on. when she got back is when i gain consciousness again, my cousin was sitting in front of me & she was trying to talk to me. she was asking me questions to keep my mind active. my mom tried to hand me my-
medicine but i couldn’t move my body. this was when i told my cousin i couldn’t move. she gave me my pill & helped me drank some water. i then started to cry & beg for them to call 911 but at the time they thought it was just a panic attack so they were trying to calm me down-
i began to lose consciousness again & i felt my heart racing. at this time, i felt the right side of my brain tingling as well as the right side of my body. & i couldn’t move.. i began to pray & i gain consciousness (or awareness) of my surroundings again.
my cousin held my head up as i could no longer hold it myself & i felt like my eyes were shaking. my body began to twitch which scared me bc i thought i was gonna black out into a “grandma seizure” which i honestly told God “please either knock me out into a seizure or get me -
through this bc i don’t know how much longer i can hold on.” i was really fighting. it’s a battle with your brain. i noticed the walls where starting to move & my cousin was still asking me questions, most of them i got correct; others it took me a while to think of the answer.
& it would be simple questions like “how old is baby?” baby is my dog btw. it took me like a minute & a half to figure it out where as right now i can tell you, she just turned 14. the seizure came in waves. i would finally get my heart calmed down & it would begin to race again.
i grew tired & i felt like i needed to sleep. i told my mom that & she insisted that we go home. they helped me get into the car & this is where everything started to get better for me. i guess bc i was in the car & i was watching & my mind was active with the surroundings-
my heart slowed down. i’m not advising this to everyone bc fast movement is a trigger for people with epilepsy & i took the risk bc i wanted to be home & im glad i did bc idk how much longer i would have been in the episode.
the last & most important thread of this lesson: if you’re in a situation like i was & you’re alert, PRAY your way through it. also, get someone to constantly ask you questions about things that make you happy. REMAIN CALM. try to slow down your heart rate. i know it’s scary but-
try your hardest. take deep breaths. if you can (& you will get the urge to do so) go outside but with other people, DONT go alone. when you feel like you can finally sleep, do it. but don’t sleep when your hearts still racing & you’re not able to think straight.
if anyone has any questions please ask me. thank you for reading 
