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EnergizedLib

(3,167 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:33 PM 12 hrs ago

Why did I have to remember THAT?

I had my first seizure about maybe three weeks before I graduated college in 2014, had my second seizure within a month after my graduation. I had a grand mal seizure in May 2015, then no seizures for nine years until May 2024 and again October 2024.

Busy weekend, didn’t realize I was down to my last Keppra in the bottle until Friday when I took it at my girlfriend’s - busy day Saturday, helping my girlfriend with her son’s high school graduation party. We get back, she gets upset at him and she’d rather spend the night at her house instead of by me, as I thought we would.

So, I go yesterday to do some stuff around here, get my Keppra, before I make my way back to her, figure I’ll just take Keppra before bed, though not ideal to go that long.

Suddenly, after dinner - I get a funny, feeling sensation I usually get from seizures, take Keppra. I can’t talk. My girlfriend asks what her name is - I try spelling it because I can’t speak it, and I spell it wrong. She asks what today is, have a hard time spelling the day of the week.

We go to the ER, I start to regain some of my speaking, some of my talking and reciting days of the week and other things to get sharp. Seizure activity was discovered to happen in my brain, though I didn’t pass out and collapse.

However, I forgot my girlfriend’s last name, I also forgot who lived in the White House - both recently, and currently. As I began to talk again, remember things, regain myself, I also remembered who lived in the White House.

Yesterday was no fun, but could I maybe go back to forgetting who’s in the White House, please?

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Why did I have to remember THAT? (Original Post) EnergizedLib 12 hrs ago OP
Healing vibes on the way to you SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #1
Thanks EnergizedLib 11 hrs ago #2
So glad you are OK now! lastlib 11 hrs ago #3
Thank you EnergizedLib 11 hrs ago #5
❤️ underpants 11 hrs ago #4
Dang! Bayard 11 hrs ago #6
Thank you EnergizedLib 10 hrs ago #7
That's scary, and probably really scary once you DID remember who is in the White House. hamsterjill 10 hrs ago #8
Thank you EnergizedLib 10 hrs ago #10
Dude! F' ing funny. Shitty deal. Great attitude. Bobstandard 10 hrs ago #9
I hope everything is soon under control again. 3catwoman3 10 hrs ago #11
Healing vibes to you. I wish none of us needed to remember the squatter niyad 10 hrs ago #12
THIS! calimary 10 hrs ago #13
Is that an example of a silver lining? Ilsa 9 hrs ago #14
Thank you EnergizedLib 2 hrs ago #19
So happy for you ... oldsoldierfadingfast 9 hrs ago #15
Thank you EnergizedLib 2 hrs ago #18
Asking "Who is in the White House ?" is a stock question in the ER .... eppur_se_muova 7 hrs ago #16
I wasn't even asked that EnergizedLib 2 hrs ago #17

lastlib

(28,673 posts)
3. So glad you are OK now!
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:50 PM
11 hrs ago

I hope you don't have any more scares like that! And I WISH you didn't have to remember that IT is in the White House! (I wish NONE of us did!)

Bayard

(30,375 posts)
6. Dang!
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:36 PM
11 hrs ago

Sounds like yesterday was quite the challenge for you. Glad you're feeling better, and hope you stay on an even keel.

hamsterjill

(17,783 posts)
8. That's scary, and probably really scary once you DID remember who is in the White House.
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:46 PM
10 hrs ago

All joking aside, I am glad you went to the ER and I hope this is something that medicine can help.

Wishing you all the very best...

3catwoman3

(29,841 posts)
11. I hope everything is soon under control again.
Tue May 26, 2026, 12:02 AM
10 hrs ago

And wouldn't we ALL like to forget who is in the White House now?

Ilsa

(64,601 posts)
14. Is that an example of a silver lining?
Tue May 26, 2026, 01:16 AM
9 hrs ago

What happened to you was horrible and scary. I hope the doctors have it covered, and I hope you never have another one.

Maybe forgetting the squatter was a temporary blessing, a block of evil things to give your brain time to heal and the medicine to work.

15. So happy for you ...
Tue May 26, 2026, 01:21 AM
9 hrs ago

that your friend knew what to do and that everything turned out well. Seizures can be frightening to watch or to have.
Sorry about the memory part; but, love your attitude about it!

eppur_se_muova

(42,573 posts)
16. Asking "Who is in the White House ?" is a stock question in the ER ....
Tue May 26, 2026, 03:18 AM
7 hrs ago

for a while, the usual answer was "you wouldn't believe me if I told you !".

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