Yesterday I was playing a game on the computer for about 30 minutes then I started getting light headed. I thought I was hungry so I went to get something to eat. I started walking to the living room from the kitchen then the next thing I remember I was on the living room floor puking. I didnt know how I got there all I remember is I was standing in the kitchen. After my brother (he was in the living room when this happened) said I was walking then put my hand on the wall to balance myself then I fell on him and roll off and slamed my head on a foot stool. He rolled me over and then I was shacking all over and my eyes were rolled in the back of my head then I started puking. Thats when I came to. After about an hour or 2 I started to feel the pain from the fall. I went to the hospitol and they said since I knew where I was then it wasn't a seizure but I have never passed out before. I a 22 years old and never have had a seizure or passed out from anything before. Was this a seizure?
2006-10-25 15:04:18 · 11 answers · asked by naridelius 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
See if you can find out from your brother how quickly you came to - and you might want to get checked out.
The shaking all over is some form of convulsion.
This COULD be a seizure from epilepsy. You are young enough to have epilepsy never previously diagnosed.
This could be something else - like a syncope (collapse or faint) and with certain types of syncope/collapse people can have a convulsion - this is usually with low sugars or sometimes with low blood pressure.
Both conditions are serious enough to get checked out - go see your family doctor to get them to figure it out.
2006-10-25 15:08:01 · answer #1 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might have simply fainted, but your brother's description of your eyes rolling back and you shaking followed by vomiting sounds pretty suspicious. Usually people are confused for a little while right after a seizure, but two hours later (if that's when you went to the hospital) you would be pretty much back to normal. If you feel the hospital did not fully evaluate you, make an appointment with a neurologist and have an EEG (a simple test that measures brain waves and can identify any seizure-like activity in the brain)
2006-10-25 15:09:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sure sounds like a seizure to me...
I have had a seizure before and when I came to I was VERY confused. I didn't know where I was, what had happened, and had no idea that anything bad had happened to me. It took at least 4 to 5 hours for me to start realizing what was going on.... if you weren't confused like this and remember everything up to that point it may not have been a seizure. If you felt light headed it may have been a dangerous drop in blood pressure... this could cause you to faint and convulse - but I have never heard of somebody puking in a situation like that.
Were you taking any drugs/medications before this happened? My seizure was brought on by taking the two medications Ultram and Wellbutrine (plus I hadn't slept the night before)... many medications and drugs also can lower your blood pressure to dangerously low levels (especially blood pressure medications, sleep medications, anxiety medications, and some pain medications)....
I suggest talking to a doctor about this - you do not want this to keep happening.
2006-10-25 15:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by Brooks B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a paramedic, I can tell you the ER is wrong for telling you if you had an actual seizure or not because they weren't there. just like No one on this site can tell you whether or not you had one. The best advise that I can give you is go to your Family MD and tell him what occured and what your brother saw. Ask if you can have a CT scan or have other test run. You may not be epileptic but you could have blood on your brain from falling. as far as passing out it could be as simple as sitting down in one position and getting up too quick for your body causing a Vaugal response, which would lower your blood pressure. But let me be clear when I say That I am not a Doctor nor do I play one on TV so I could be 100% wrong. But I do know for a fact that you should get checked out again.
2006-10-25 15:12:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It definitely sounds like a seizure. Make an appointment with a neurologist just to be safe. Make the appointment for as soon as possible - you can't risk having another seizure, particularly if the next one happens when you are behind the wheel. They probably misunderstood you at the hospital. You should be seeing a specialist, not just any doctor at the hospital.
2006-10-25 15:07:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go to my family doctor and check with him about seeing a Neurologist. They are the only ones really qualified to say if you really had a seizure. Good luck.
2006-10-25 15:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep a watch on it and tell your family physician. But...usually the hospital can tell if someone has had a seizure.
2006-10-25 15:07:00 · answer #7 · answered by *babydoll* 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a second opinion,it sounds as if it is serious,get a specialist to check you out.
2006-10-25 15:15:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is very likely to happen if your family has history of seizures
2006-10-25 15:07:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like it. You may contact me for more information.
2006-10-25 15:13:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋