Epelepsia

Luckystar - I don't know anything about it, but, hopefully someone else on able2know will be able to talk with you about it. It sounds like an interesting disease.

It's a form of epilepsy known as petit mal. A full-blown seizure would be a grand mal. You have to be careful about looking at things like flashing lights, even flashing traffic lights. Anything visual like that can set off a reaction in the brain.

I think we have some people on a2k who have dealt with petit mal seizures.

I haven't experienced them myself.

Yeah, I know its called petit mal. But Im not sensitive to anything like that, flashing lights etc.
We never thought it was epilepsy.
Its strange.... Cause, I got this seasures when I looked at, for instance, a speaker in the corner of a cealing or when I walked in a room. Doesnt sound like epilepsy does it? I thought I was going insane. We, my mum and I, always thought it was some kind of panic attacks. And.... When I was "in" a seasure, I think I could tell what people around me was gonna say.... As I said, I thought I was going insane. We never expected it to be epilepsy. I had it for 10 years before we found out what it was. Those years were hell. But after I did a test for epilepsy, and they told me I had it it was such a relief.
But the doctors never said they recognized that kinda symptom (the speaker, and walking into a room). Ive never met or heard of someone who has experienced the same thing. Thats why I am asking this here. Maybe I AM insane?

Ok, I take it from your silence that you think I AM crazy :wink:

No, not necessarily, LuckyStar. We just don't seem to know very much about it, nor do any of us have any experience with this type of epilsepsy.

Yeah, I know. Ive never met someone who has experienced the same thing. Thats why Im asking. And I thought maybe there were someone here who knew something about it?