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Types of Seizures: Overview
While seizures may look and feel different, there are basically two major groups of seizures – partial and generalized types of seizures.
Partial seizures
These seizures start in one area of the brain. What happens during a seizure may vary, depending on the area of the brain involved. Partial seizures can affect a person’s awareness or consciousness, perceptions, thinking or other cognitive functions, sensation, movement, or other bodily functions. Partial seizures can be separated into different types, depending on whether consciousness is impaired.
Generalized Seizures
Seizures in this group affect the whole brain from the beginning. Different behaviors may be seen during this type of seizure, depending on how much of the brain is involved. There are many different forms of generalized seizures; the most common ones are tonic clonic ( also called 'grand mal) and absence (also called 'petit mal').
For more information:Continue to Tonic Clonic Seizures
Topic Editor: Steven C. Schachter, MD and Patricia O. Shafer, RN, MN.
Last Reviewed:5/25/07
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It has been said repeatedly that there are over 40 different types of seizures with more or less only the most 'popular' listed. Let's see if we can locate all of the common ones, as well as the more rare types of seizures and epilepsy. Some of the names may refer to the same type of seizure or epilepsy and whenever possible, this should be cross-referenced.
This thread was created by Spiz's curiosity to research how many types of seizures can be located. Anyone interested in helping find them, please list what you find here along with their description.
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| Seizure Alert Dogs | Mar 26, 2008 | |
| What are your seizures like? | Mar 30, 2008 | |
| computer filters | Jan 22, 2008 | |
| Over 40 Different Types Of Seizures....... | Apr 19, 2008 | |
| Tongue Bitting | Mar 29, 2008 | |
| We Have a Celebrity! | Apr 18, 2008 |
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| What the hell happened to me? | Nov 22, 2008 | |
| paulqueen | ||
| Please help | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| tinklestarling | ||
| How do I get Disability Status? | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| smfmontana | ||
| WHAT OFFENDS THE E COMMUNITY | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| E_Loner | ||
| Benign Rolandic Epilepsey | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| antcon | ||
| Shivers and Epilepsy | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| Andrew T | ||
| If I could change 1 thing on epilepsy.com it would be . . . | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| kdredske | ||
| this might be a stupid question but here we go! | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| whofan | ||
| Chat Help and Mentors | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| epi_help | ||
| Discrimination in the workforce | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| acswenson | ||
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| my.epilepsy.com Updates | 20,326 | |
| epi_help | ||
| topamax and weight loss | 18,804 | |
| alexia mom | ||
| kepra | 18,590 | |
| brian mattingly | ||
| Possible cure for absence seizures | 15,422 | |
| pdl1 | ||
| Epilepsy and marijuana | 14,341 | |
| cjad234 | ||
| Sexual Side Effects | 12,544 | |
| George R | ||
| How exactly do aura's feel | 12,337 | |
| WendyBendy | ||
| MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s | 11,152 | |
| picnupthepcs | ||
| Over 40 Different Types Of Seizures - Revised | 9,869 | |
| spiz | ||
| electrical shock in head? | 9,312 | |
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| Wish someone had been home to witness it. | Jan 28, 2008 |
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| TGIF Finally | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| IRobot | ||
| For Thursday | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| IRobot | ||
| Lost, alone, frustrated | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| confuzzed | ||
| Absence Seizures/Tuberous Sclerosis | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| Mally Mom | ||
| Loosing a child is the very worst thing that could ever happen to a parent!!!! | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| Angelicas mom | ||
| second opinions | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| hayley G | ||
| Cauliflower warm with spray butter | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| wenko | ||
| side effects of zonegran | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| martin21 | ||
| Sea Lice causing seizures | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| sdavis864 | ||
| OVERCOME WITH EMOTION, PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN AND HUMBLED | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| ROCKNROLL | ||
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| Inspirational Quote - My Own Personal Inner Thoughts | 7,911 | |
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| my partial complex seizures | 3,827 | |
| Zanna1211 | ||
| Topomax... The Dreaded......... | 3,607 | |
| Dr Jason | ||
| Brain Zaps, tics & twitches | 3,442 | |
| JudiS | ||
| side effects of phenobarb. | 2,946 | |
| pksmom | ||
| Feeling Sick | 2,763 | |
| JBJ1984 | ||
| Tegretol XR and ANXIETY meds | 2,711 | |
| Butterflygrl | ||
| How can you tell if a sleep seizure happens? | 2,594 | |
| epl_controller | ||
| Nonepileptic "Events" vs. "Seizures" | 2,521 | |
| teft | ||
| TYLENOL, AEDs & SEIZURES | 2,497 | |
| cmscribbles | ||
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| Epilesy support for winners | Nov 10, 2008 | |
| bethkashenberg | ||
| Epilesy support for winners | Nov 10, 2008 | |
| bethkashenberg | ||
| Epilesy support for winners | Nov 10, 2008 | |
| bethkashenberg | ||
| Lets hang out in Colorado | Nov 5, 2008 | |
| kylesmom08 | ||
| Benign Rolandic Epilepsy -- Is it really benign | Sep 13, 2008 | |
| LaraHj | ||
| Epilepsy/any topic | Sep 4, 2008 | |
| TomII1000 | ||
| Parents Of Children With Epilepsy | Aug 31, 2008 | |
| zachsmommy | ||
| Can't Stop Them!!! | Aug 24, 2008 | |
| Amber28 | ||
| Conceiving with epilepsy | Aug 18, 2008 | |
| cukinha | ||
| Seizures after Weight Loss Surgery | Jul 26, 2008 | |
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| Ways to get over prejudice | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| fiesta | ||
| One more struggling | Nov 21, 2008 | |
| Jackeline27 | ||
| It's My Life | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| CarolinaBrittany | ||
| My story | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| sanicay | ||
| Lindas episode | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| binkey16 | ||
| Newest phone call from the doctor | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| Gingersnap | ||
| Don’t Struggle on Account of Collateral | Nov 20, 2008 | |
| peterstochin | ||
| Temporal Seizure Disorder | Nov 20, 2008 | |
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| Jessica Roiz | 1,874 | |
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| Seizure Cat helps unfold my seizure life! | 562 | |
| wenko | ||
| my story | 436 | |
| snoby | ||
| Always Have On Clean Underwear | 393 | |
| crashllama | ||
| Kelly's Life With Epilepsy | 376 | |
| kjcanada1979 | ||
| my brain has died a thousand deaths........... | 349 | |
| banffgirl | ||
| What My Seizures Are Like...... | 341 | |
| javaman | ||
| Crystal's story | 308 | |
| Crystal11 | ||
| Nocturnal grand mal seizures (primary generalized epilepsy) | 296 | |
| karalyeva | ||
| How I found out I hade seizures | 279 | |
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