I've been better

Every so often (like last night) I have what I believe is a nocturnal seizure. Once, years ago, I had a grand mal seizure (tonic-clonic), which was quite a show for the folks at the office.

These nocturnal ones seem be related to big weather shifts, such as this part of the world is about to experience, going from quite warm to quite cold as the pressure systems jocky around.

I use to take Dilantin (phenytoin) for it. It's an an anti-convulsant. But I prefer not to take anything if I don't have to, and these things don't happen that often. I may have epilepsy in a minor form but the doctor can't really be sure because, as I understand it, you would have to be hooked up to an EEG as you were having a seizure, and those things aren't something you can arrange.

Anyway ... I woke up in the night to a bout of vomiting (lovely image), slept through the alarm today and got up this morning with the inside of my mouth slightly chewed up, the muscles in the back of my legs knotted and with an incredible headache. Generally, I feel like crap.

I think this is my punishment for my last post which suggested that since it's Thanksgiving today in the U.S. the rest of us should take the opportunity to whisper about them behind their back. I figured they wouldn't be blogging, they'd be eating turkey.

Well, it struck me as a funny idea. I guess the universe didn't agree.

I'm slowly feeling better now though I still feel like I've been run through a blender.

Tag: Epilepsy, Nocturnal seizure