Seizure Day

After four days of not having a seizure, I went and had 4 in a row. They were super strong,  the kind where my eyes roll in the back of my head, my body completely stiffens, and at times I stop breathing all together. The kind that completely wipe me out.  The first two seizures did not last long, maybe 45 seconds. Then the next one went on for a few minutes and when the 4th one hit me, it just simply would not stop. My parents had to give me Diazapam. That is Valium. I used to take Dormicum which Midazolam it has less side effects and is more efficient in making the seizure stop, but at the moment there is none in the country due to the shipping crisis and also that Midazolam is the preferred drug of choice when entubating patients. So there is a shortage. The Valium finally worked it took 45 minutes for the seizure to stop. Obviously it was not as intense as in the beginning but for me to finally stop moving it took that time. For some reason valium does not make me sleepy and unbelievably I stayed awake the majority of the night. The following day, Sunday, I slept pretty much all day long. I was wiped out from the seizures. Grateful to God that my seizure stopped and at least we have a medicine to make it stop. 

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