What are the different types of epilepsy/seizure disorders?
Complex-Partial: These seizures are caused by damage to the temporal or frontal lobes of the brain. Most times they involve a loss of awareness, fear, panic, numbness, headaches, vomiting or nausea, deja vu (feeling of doing something before), jamais vu (not recognizing familiar surroundings), odd smells, and inability to form sentences. There are specific types of medications that can help these seizures, and some sedatives may help as well. Generalized Tonic-Clonic: This form is also known as Grand Mal, and consists of convulsions. It involves both sides of the brain, and is caused by the sudden discharge of most of the nerve cells in the brain, causing the whole body to stiffen. Some people know that they’ll be having a seizure due to the “aura” they have, and some have no clue until after it’s over. This is the hardest form of epilepsy to control, and sometimes can result in brain surgery to remove damaged parts of the brain. Absence: These seizures are characterized by staring bla
