Worked in labs and research. Terminology can be hard if you haven’t worked in a while. I find it like a crossword puzzle. Processing I check my medical dictionary and journals I receive. As a patient , I ask questions when confused. I find out a lot when asking questions to get my answers!

The Dr. at research center where I am starting the drug trial had never heard of absence seizures. This is very old for me. I had several over the years. And there are many terms I've never heard since coming on this sight. Terminology keeps changing with time, people, and probably regions as well. Take care all. ericthom3

The only other name for absence seizures that I know which I've used all my life is petite mal. Was that what the doctor knew? Depending on age, it has been that forever. I still have trouble with calling them absence seizures. Even at the doctor's office when I talk about seizures l have a habit of calling them petite mals. But she knows what I'm talking about and she still calls them absence seizures. In practice I'm sure I'm not the only older patient that does that. Personally grand mal is the perfect name for the big ones. I'll tell her I have or haven't had any big ones you know the grand mals and she knows what I'm talking about. I'm not good at medical terminology and if I've called something since I was 5 yrs old and I'm 66 now my brain doesn't want to remember the change. Even with my 1st big one I was 25 they were grande mal seizures back than. It's just been within the last 10 or 20 years they started playing with the names. Too late for a memory impaired person to remember 1st, the old name pops in 1st.

It depends on who I am talking to my wording changes. At one point in my 40+ years working carrier, when I was in management, I had to use more sophisticated wording in my conversation with other managers. .Sorry for the mistype, it should have been "career|, the medications I am on messes up my mind sometimes.

I like to keep abreast of the terminology but don’t get crazy over it as it changes a lot. This has been a good site for education and I thank all of you for that. I’ve learned a lot. And Dave has asked the right questions.