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What Does It Feel Like To Fall Unconscious Or Pass Out?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Sydney, AU

Is it like falling asleep or how you feel when you go under anesthesia or does it feel different?

January 28, 2022
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Sometimes it's just like nodding off for a second but it's actually about 30 seconds to a minute. Occasionally I'll have a freaky thing where I'm falling down a deep hole or tunnel spinning and then go unconscious. One of my neurologists says I can't have that with a seizure, but we found a research paper where the researcher says it does happen with some people that have temporal lobe epilepsy. Anyway, it's really scary - feels like you're dying.

January 28, 2022 (edited)
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

i had many types and when i had a grand mal (tonic clonic), i always fall but never the thud... next thing i new i was on the floor. heres a video about the 1st seizure... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOsAhwdfob4&amp...

January 29, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Just be precortus and make sure something new isn't tried

February 1, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Nada, it’s good that you have warning. When notice a seizure coming, you can find a safe spot, before your seizure.

I have Complex Partial Seizures. That means I’m unaware of my seizures. So when I fall, I have no clue, when and how long I was out. It’s when I come to, when I start noticing clues that I had the seizure, like falling.

January 29, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member I'm lucky that I get a warning before anything happens so I've never just fallen hard on the floor without knowing somethings up.

January 29, 2022

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