Seizures
Seizures
What are Seizures, and what is Epilepsy?
Seizures are uncontrollable & sudden abnormal electrical disturbance in the brain that causes violent shaking, convulsions, loss of control, and sometimes unconsciousness. Seizures can range from mild to severe and on average last roughly from 30 seconds to a few minutes. Warning symptoms before a seizure includes nausea, vertigo, anxiety, and visual interferences like bright flashes of light before the eyes. People are diagnosed with Epilepsy (which is another term for Seizure Disorder) when they have had two or more seizures.
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What are Seizures and what is Epilepsy?
A seizure is an uncontrollable & sudden abnormal electrical disturbance in the brain that causes violent shaking, convulsions, loss of control, and sometimes unconsciousness. Seizures can range from mild to severe and on average last roughly from 30 seconds to a few minutes. Warning symptoms before a seizure include nausea, vertigo, anxiety, and visual interferences like bright flashes of light before the eyes. People are diagnosed with Epilepsy (which is another term for Seizure Disorder) when they have had two or more seizures.
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Anxiety becomes a mental health issue when it begins to impact a person’s daily life and their ability to live their life fully. Did you know that anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental illnesses? In 2013, an estimated 3 million Canadians (11.6%) aged 18 or older reported they had a mood or anxiety disorder. An anxiety disorder is a chronic condition characterized by excessive symptoms of uneasiness, worry, and even fear that negatively interferes with an individual’s ability to function calmly. When anxiety persists or stops a person from participating in everyday activities, it may be due to an anxiety disorder.
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Symptoms of Seizures
Temporary confusion
Zoning out
Uncontrollable jerking
Stiffening and loosening of muscles
Loss of consciousness or awareness
Fear and anxiety
Sweating and nausea
S Y M P T O M S
Temporary confusion
Zoning out
Uncontrollable jerking
Stiffening and loosening of muscles
Loss of consciousness or awareness
Fear and anxiety
Sweating and nausea
Seizures can be classified into two categories:
- Generalized Seizures (affecting both sides of the brain)
- Focal Seizures (affecting one area of the brain)
Generalized Seizures:
- Absence Seizures: cause rapid blinking or a few seconds of zoning out.
- Tonic-Clonic Seizures: cause someone to cry out, lose consciousness, fall to the ground, have muscle spasms.
Focal Seizures:
- Simple Seizures: affect a small part of the brain, can cause twitching and changes in physical sensation, such as smell and taste.
- Complex Seizures: makes people feel confused and or dazed and unable to respond to direct, simple questions
- Secondary Generalized Seizures: typically begins in one side of the brain and expands into both, thus turning into a generalized seizure.
Seizure and Epilepsy can be caused by a variety of conditions that affect a person’s brain.
Some of these causes include:
- Stress
- Wrong medication dosage or missing medication
- Severe lack of sleep
- Post-Strokes
- Brain tumors
- Brain infection
- Traumatic brain injury
- Loss of oxygen to the brain
- Genetic disorders
- Other neurological diseases
For seizures symptoms, besides traditional anti-epileptic medications, Elumind’s approach features an advanced QEEG brain mapping system to identify and understand the exact nature of the seizure episode(s). To reduce severity and frequency, an individual protocol of non-invasive neurofeedback treatments will support the brain’s optimal adaptive functioning.
How we can help?
For seizures symptoms, besides traditional anti-epileptic medications, Elumind’s approach features an advanced QEEG brain mapping system to identify and understand the exact nature of the seizure episode(s). To reduce severity and frequency, an individual protocol of non-invasive neurofeedback treatments will support the brain’s optimal adaptive functioning.
QEEG Brain Mapping
QEEG is a quick and efficient tool that allows us to gather data and diagnostic information on your brain and identify both strengths and deficiencies in your brain networks.
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