Seizure or sensory??!! #autism #toddler #mom #seizures

Our toddler taught herself to swim and some people are finding this very hard to believe. #autism #toddler #mom #swimming

[Juwlz]

If anyone is upset that she is filming the seizure, that is often what doctors will suggest parents do. It can be nearly impossible for a seizure to happen in the presence of a doctor, since they are random, and often times doctors will tell the parent to record the seizure when it happens so they can see what's going on. when I was 15, I was over my aunt's house to babysit my 2 year old cousin and she informs me that if he started to become really stiff, staring off into space, and non responsive to me talking to him, that I needed to film it so that she could show the doctor. I was panicked 😂

[Justaperson]

I’m a doctor and I must say to the ones saying she shouldn’t film, keep in mind us doctors don’t go home with our patients we don’t see them but an hour for the visit so to have videos of a behavior and or evidence of a symptom is so so so helpful for us! Not every person comes in when they have an episode and without going to a seizure room it’s hard to really caught it. I love when my patients come in with videos, pictures, and all the stuff they can to help! Part of being a doctor is kind of being a detective and like any detective it’s great to have many sources of information!

[gtfoh]

Everyone is mad she posted it but I’m glad she has taught me something new to watch out for when caring for children, May this child be healed and blessed❤

[danahenrickson]

This explains so much why my mom was always testing me when I zoned out as a kid. I have ADHD, so I zone out quite frequently, but when I was a kid and still early in my diagnosis I remember my mom always moving what I was zoning out on to see if I followed it. I never really understood why, but now that I know this and already know she was a bit of a "helicopter mom, " I totally get it now. lol

[msmelissamatthews]

Those are called "blank stare" seizures. My son would have over a hundred of them a day. Explaining the "zone out" episodes to his teachers, etc was challenging.The medication: Keepra, and Promethazine helped us greatly. He's now 18yrs old, his seizures are controlled, and he's doing well🙏🏾.
Miracles and Blessings Sweetheart
Prayers Mom💙

[courtenaycourier]

I really appreciate this. I have twins and one is autistic and the other epileptic, and this is exactly how I know it's a seizure.

[SourRazberry]

“Why film it and put it on the internet?” you may be asking her. Well very important, to inform others.

Symptoms of ANY disease or illness have a spectrum and manifest in different people differently. If I saw a little kid staring off into space and not responding to stimuli, I wouldn’t immediately think “yep definitely a seizure”. I’m very thankful for this video, it’s educating you on information that you just might need to help someone someday.

[stormexaustralia]

My best friend started having "absent seizures" or "partial complex seizures" when she was about 8-10. Her first seizure her parents noticed was when they were travelling back home at about 100kms/h and my friend took off her seatbelt and started trying to get out of the car, wouldn't respond to verbal stimuli and had the blank look on her face. Her father pulled straight over and stopped where they knew something was wrong. They waited till the seizure was over, got her back in the car and put the child lock on the door before setting off again and straight to the doctor who diagnosed her with epilepsy and then the barrage of tests begun to see if they could try and control it.
Some of the things that my bestie has done during a seizure that I have had to protect her from....
1, walking out in front of a very annoyed trucker that didn't understand till I screamed at him "she is having a f*cking seizure, she doesn't know nor can control what she is doing" then he was like oh...
2, started stripping all of her clothes off and pulling her pants down in the middle of a shopping centre.
3, punching me
4, screwing up her lunch
5, tearing up she school work
6, trying to walk off the top of a building
7, trying to climb out of a window
8, walking continuously into a wall
9, drinking/eating from bad sources
10, trying to pour the contents of he bag into a bin.
11, playing with fire
12, playing with dangerous critters... snakes spiders etc
13, hurting animals... eg pulling their hair or tails
14 swimming... when she isn't in water.
15, walking out of shops with merchandise before paying.

Thankfully I have been able to protect her and also make people around us aware she is having a seizure especially annoyed staff from the shops she "steals" from. Usually I will tell them she is having a seizure and can the organise a chair and some water. They are often confused and I say you will understand in a moment when she starts coming out of it, and as they watch the process of her coming out of it, where she is dazed and confused and weak, has a drink and every so often I will ask her a basic question, hey what day is it? Where are we? And if she can tell me those, she will realise she has just had a seizure she will reorientation herself again, look at her phone, look around at what is around, what she is holding, and then I will be like, ok sweety when your feeling stronger we need to go pay for these items ok. Back then occasionally she would have multiple seizures back to back, so while she is recovering from one seizure, she will have another seizure if this happened in a shop where they were waiting on payment, I would pay for her things and then call her parents and explain what was happening and we would cut the day short just for her health and safety.
Thankfully she was never charged with theft, or had the cops or ambulance called on her, buuuut we did have security called on us, and thankfully they were really helpful and listened to me even though I was a pimple faced teen

[cdriv]

My grandson developed this type of seizure after a traumatic brain injury, he was 9 years old at the time, he wasn’t expected to live, he just turned 18 years old and is graduating high school this year! It was a difficult time for us, he was in a coma for 8 weeks, and had to learn how to do everything over when he came out of the coma, the doctors were amazed and called him a Christmas miracle. God is good!

[njk]

The way that you deal with your child’s health challenges define you as an Angel here on earth. Thank You for teaching us about autism and seizures.

[SinonWolfz]

I love lookin in the comments and seein people bein so supportive, it brings a big smile ta my face

[goaway]

Its amazing that this is being found at such a young age. Im 12 and currently in the mits of being diagnosed with epilepsy so this is amazing to see ❤️

[eliannalovee]

my little brother has seizures like this and it can be really scary. it’s helpful to have someone spread awareness about absence seizures since many people think that seizures are only convulsions on the floor

[outside]

It's important to note that with some seizures they will still be responsive. It depends on where in the brain the seizure is and how it affects it.

[karenumberger]

This mom did nothing wrong posting this video. It helps other people see what actually is happening. I give the mom credit for showing this, and it also helps the drs see what is happening.

[AbbyWoodlandAuthor]

You can also see some contracture during seizures. If you see how her arm and wrist are bent, it can even tell you what part of the brain is affected. She’s beautiful btw. I hope one day these get easier to manage. Wishful thinking. My best friend had constant seizures growing up. Hers were violent ones. They are the worst.

[phia]

My younger sisters epilepsy started off with absence seizures a few years ago and has gotten progressively worse. She has myoclonic and grand mal seizures now and has brain damage from them. They said when she first started having absence seizures they found old dried blood on her brain that could’ve been the cause of her epilepsy. It’s been very hard to slowly watch my sisters personality and clarity slip further away and even harder to have to video examples of the seizures for when we aren’t at the doctors. This video is a great example of signs to look out for in your child or relative. For months after she started having absence seizures and before she was diagnosed with epilepsy we were convinced she was just zoning out or day dreaming or ignoring us. It wasn’t until I lost her in a busy crowd of people and found her frozen in the center of it that we took it seriously. Absence seizures are very common in younger children and easy to miss but can turn into something worse if not looked into.

[sarah-annecarney]

Look at this wonderful parent. Giving information to other parents going through the same thing. Providing medical care, love, stimuli, comfort. She looks happy and healthy even though parenting a child with ASD and seizures must be so tough.

[grape._.panta.]

I'm 16, with focal seizures, and a rare form of epilepsy that won't go away (and is benzo resistant), and I have seizures in my sleep, sometimes they follow me to the day. My seizures look kinda like this, except my left eye flutters and often I flap my hands to give myself a sense of control. I started having them at 12 and the more I see kids and adults with epilepsy the more I feel like I see myself in them too. Thank you for bringing awareness to epilepsy which i sent as obvious on the surface ❤️

[Rina_Redfield]

I appreciate that the child is dressed, has healthy skin and eye surfaces, clean, and not being mocked or belittled in any way. I've often seen videos of autistic kids where those basic needs are not being met (and those videos are really upsetting to me) but in this case I personally found the video educational.