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Have You Ever?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Sydney, AU

I'm just wondering has anyone had a seizure during a doctor's appointment?

I'm asking this question as I've heard a youtube neurologist say it's very rare for a seizure to happen at a doctor's office.
But aren't seizures unpredictable and can happen anywhere so I'm confused about this statement.

April 19, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

YES! For the first 10 years, from 1980 to 1990, 1/2 the time that i'd go to my GP 's Office, I'd have a Seizure. I always found that Very Weird.....

April 19, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

That is not the way a Dr. should respond. Especially a psychiatrist, that is the kind of Dr. people go to talk to when they are depressed. A neurologist is the kind of Dr. people go to help people with epilepsy to try a stop their seizures by giving them medication and tests. When You experience what You believe is a seizure go to someone and let them watch You until that feeling/seizure is gone. Another person may notice something that You don’t know is happening if You think/believe A seizure is happening. The sooner epilepsy is detected the more time You have to end it.

October 11, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

My daughter had seizures at the doctors office several times, she was all worried about having her blood drawn, so anxiety can definitely bring it on.

April 23, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

None during an appointment with a doctor, but I have had even better in having them during EEG testing. With a good tech, the doctor can get the viewable traits of the seizure to go along with the EEG data.

April 21, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes, one time he asked me to come in w/ flurries. They gave me a shot which did the trick of stopping them!
Another time during my son’s appt. Had a seizure! I was hospitalized for that one. The ER loaded me with medication I could not walk so they admitted me.

April 21, 2023

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