Hi. I'll start from the top and work my way down.
I'm a pretty healthy, normal, 19 year old university student and I've never had any health issues in the past.
I've last week just had my third seizure in the past 1.5 years (all about six months apart) and have had to be taken to Emergency each time. I'm thinking perhaps the seizures are related to my drinking of alcohol, or perhaps my sleeping pattern.
The first time I had just come home from a night out (only had about 2 standards beers) and awoke in the middle of my sleep and walked to the kitchen. I fell over and smacked my head on the table and apparently went into a violent seizure.
The second time was similar, where i had around 10 beers but I had also not slept for around 30 hours, and came home and smacked my head on the ground again, once again going to emergency.
The third time, this week, I fell over in the garden repeatedly three times, requiring stitches to my face. I had just been having an afternoon nap when this had happened.
After this time, I have been given an appointment next week with a Neuro-Scientist, which should hopefully clarify things, as I am now beginning to think that I may have epilepsy.
I am very worried about all of this, as the E word can be kind-of-daunting, particularly when i'm just trying to do normal things like everyone else.
What i want to ask I guess, is it related to my sleep, or drinking, because every time that i've had a seizure, it's when i've just gotten out of bed (almost in a half asleep state?). |
