As the seizure ends, the postictal phase occurs - this is the recovery period after the seizure. Some people recover immediately while others may take minutes to hours to feel like their …

Dec 21, 2016 · New studies of seizure-related blood pressure changes improve understanding of how tonic-clonic seizures can trigger deadly heart, brain, and breathing dysfunction in SUDEP …

In contrast to depressive symptoms, pre-ictal and ictal psychotic symptoms are rare. Ictal psychotic episodes can be the clinical expression of nonconvulsive recurrent seizure activity …

An absence seizure causes a short period of “blanking out” or staring into space. Like other kinds of seizures, they are caused by brief abnormal electrical activity in a person’s brain.

Postictal: the recovery period after the seizure Tips for Seizure Observation When watching a seizure, try to note what happens in each phase of the seizure – before, during and after the …

A focal seizure begins in one side of the brain. They were previously called partial seizures. Focal onset seizures are the most common type of seizures experienced by people with epilepsy. …

Myoclonic (MY-o-KLON-ik) seizures are brief, shock-like jerks of a muscle or a group of muscles. "Myo" means muscle and "clonus" (KLOH-nus) means rapidly alternating contraction and …

Here’s a typical story of someone having a focal impaired awareness (complex partial) seizure: "Susan's seizures usually occur while she's asleep.

Status epilepticus occurs when a seizure lasts more than 5 minutes or when seizures occur close together and the person doesn't recover between seizures.

The most common headache associated with epilepsy is called a postictal headache, meaning that the headache occurs after seizure activity. It is estimated that 45% of people with epilepsy …