Types of Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation
Focal seizures can start in one area or group of cells in one side of the brain. Focal onset aware seizures: When a person is awake and aware during a seizure, it’s called a focal aware seizure. This used to be called a simple partial seizure. Focal onset impaired awareness: When a person is confused or their awareness is affected in some way ...
What Happens During a Seizure? | Epilepsy Foundation
Common symptoms during a seizure. Awareness, Sensory, Emotional or Thought Changes: Loss of awareness (often called “black out”) Confused, feeling spacey. Periods of forgetfulness or memory lapses. Distracted, daydreaming. Loss of consciousness, unconscious, or …
Tonic-Clonic Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
Tonic-clonic seizures can start in one or both sides of the brain. When they start in both sides of the brain, they are called generalized onset motor seizures or a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Both terms mean the same thing. When they start in one side of the brain and spread to affect both sides, the term focal to bilateral tonic-clonic ...
What Is Epilepsy? | Epilepsy Foundation
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes recurring, unprovoked seizures. Your doctor may diagnose you with epilepsy if you have two unprovoked seizures or one unprovoked seizure with a high risk of more. Not all seizures are the result of epilepsy. Seizures may relate to a brain injury or a family trait, but often the cause is completely unknown.
Absence Seizures | Symptoms & Risks | Epilepsy Foundation
A good description of what happened is important. Usually, this description comes from people who have seen the seizures: a parent, teacher, or other family member. If the events sound like seizures or other symptoms have happened, the doctor will order an EEG (electroencephalogram).The EEG checks the electrical activity in the brain for patterns usually seen in absence seizures.
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Seizure Medication List | Epilepsy Foundation
Before receiving a prescription, your healthcare team will discuss side effects, any allergies you may have, and the type of medication that is right for you based on your seizure type or epilepsy syndrome. There are many different types of medications, and the seizure medication list below will help you understand them better.
Clobazam - Epilepsy Foundation
Clobazam (KLOH-bah-zam) is the generic name of the brand-name drugs known as Onfi ® and Sympazan™ in the United States and Frisium (FRIH-zee-um) in some other countries. The name or look of the medicine may be different in generic forms of clobazam. Clobazam is approved for add-on treatment of seizures in children 2 years old or greater and ...
Phenobarbital | Anti-Seizure Medication - Epilepsy Foundation
Jun 6, 2024 · In the United States, several companies sell phenobarbital, in these forms: Phenobarbital (fee-no-BAR-bih-tal) is a seizure medicine manufactured by several companies. It is the oldest epilepsy medicine still in use. In 1912, two independent teams of chemists created it under the name of Luminal. Updated: 06/06/2024.
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures PNES | Epilepsy Foundation
5 to 20% of people with PNES may also have epileptic seizures or may have experienced seizures in the past that are under control on antiseizure drugs. When a diagnosis of PNES is made, it is common that antiseizure medications will be stopped by your provider. It is possible that unsuspected epilepsy may be found when antiseizure medicines are ...