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Do You Know The Old And New Names For All Of The Epileptic Seizure Types?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Lakeville, MA

https://www.epilepsy.com/what-is-epilepsy/seizu...

The the link above will take you to page the Epilepsy Foundation created on their site, and activated it in December 2016 to explain the new classifications of the Epilepsies and all of the epileptic seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). The LIE-- which is included in every statement from the ILAE and by too many modern doctors is that these changes were made for the Epileptics and their families, as well as, the… read more

October 19, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yeppers, I know the old names and I'm sticking to what I know. Trying to remember the others just messes me up!!😂😂

October 21, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member like i said... i researched it and nothing poped up. there is 2 ways... 1st, it is made up. or 2nd... it is brand new. pre surgery (in 2001) when i had the complex into tc... i can sometimes retain consciousness for a sec or less. is that a poedi mal?

October 23, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I only have 2 type sometimes I will have aura's then I take extra meds but when I have the real deal it's always grandmall I agree with skeeter I stick with what I learned years ago don't care about new ones.

October 22, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

once upon a time... there was 2 partials and 6 generlized seizures. now it's like a thousand seizures types. i just want the old way with the unknown and link the partials to generlized.

October 19, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

this is my devence... yes, the 'lobe' is your brain but my frontial lobe has many uses (speech, motor, talking, ect). that and when i was diegnoed, thay called it a partial seizures.

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