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first and only seizure hopefully, my story

On December 10th of this year I was shopping at Wal-Mart when I suffered a seizure. I...

Posted by cdking

On December 10th of this year I was shopping at Wal-Mart when I suffered a seizure. I remember none of the event, I know I started not feeling well and I remember wanting to call my husband and a faint memory of looking at my phone, then I woke in an ambulance outside Wal-Mart. The EMT explained that I was at Wal-Mart and had a seizure, I had bitten my tongue and had a large bump and cut on my head. I also did make the phone call to my husband, he said I was whispering and he could not hear me then the phone went dead, and I have no memory of speaking to him. I was then taken to the hospital where I was given blood tests and 2 CT scans one without dye and one with, as I am on blood thinners they wanted to rule out bleeds or clots right away. All test came out normal, I was told I could not drive for three months and was referred to a neurologist, I was then booked in for an EEG and a MRI, I recently had the EEG, and yet to get the results and have my MRI in one week. I am aware that there are many people who have a one and only seizure and hoping I am one of those. But I have a few worries that it wasn't a one-time deal. I had a really weird experience about two weeks before, I was out Christmas shopping when a was looking at magazines when I started getting slightly confused because I would be looking in one spot when something would happen and I would be looking at other part of the rack (it almost felt like my head did a little jolt, but sure it just felt that way) and then I would have to think hard at what I was looking for, I would finally remember and look again then it would happen again, I started feeling warm and a little scared so I decided that I would grab the ink I needed and leave, but when I got to the isle with ink it continued I would find the ink number I was looking for then I would be looking somewhere else and have to think really hard what number I was looking for, this continued for a while and I started really sweating. I finally got the ink and went to the till to check out and I started feeling better. I remember thinking that I was lucky that if I passed out I was in a good place, as the mall had a clinic and lab and a diagnostic lab. I don't remember how I felt before the seizure but I remember a thinking it feels like when I was shopping before, but I cant verify this. So I recently had the same feeling again while shopping and am afraid to tell my neurologist, what if I am just over reacting and its nothing, and I don't want to delay getting my licenses back. My sister has a panic disorder and I am afraid I am just having a panic attack. Has anyone had close to the same feelings and is there a reason I have to do a MRI when my two CT scans came out normal? I am a 33 y o women with 3 school aged children, and my family has had to readjust to a lot and I want to give them back their normal routine. I am on warfarin for having two pervious PE's and synthroid for hypothyroidism. Anyway that's my story so far thank you for reading!
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Thank you for your reply. You were very helpfully I will update as soon as I get all those...

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