Big Brother made me realise I was epileptic!

[Kate..]

I never knew I was epileptic uptin BB8 last year, right in the middle of the series when someone was evicted... I suddenly had an epeleptic fit. Freaked the life out of me it did!

According to my doctor it's quite mild but I still have to take a tablet every day.

Makes me chuckle every time I watch BB now :)

[MR.K!]

yeah one of my friends are similar to you, he has to take a tablet too, hope your okay !

[Benji]

OMG.....thats shocking.......i wouldnt ever watch BB again, if it did that too me! lol

[ChelseaFan]

That's just crazy, I'd be to worried it will happen again

[Xander]

I wouldn't watch big brother again, I would be terrified!

[Sod_James]

My brother is epileptic, its quite scary when he has a fit. I was home alone once with him when he had a fit it freaked the hell out of me.

[Kate..]

Lol you lot are so much more scared than me!

No because the doctor said it's not strong, it's only a mild case, and as long as i take my pill there's only like 0.1% chance of me having a fit.

It's going to take more than that to stop me watching bb lol

[serensilver]

remember 2 take your tablet then! :wink: or close your eyes :wink:

[Lemo]

What does Epileptic mean :S

is it a disease in africa?

[Kate..]

LOL!

No it's where you have fits normally due to flashing lights.

[Killian]

I have a very mild form of epilepsy (absence attacks), but it doesn't get provoked by flashing lights. I just have to take a tablet every day too. :spin2:

[brohoe]

Originally posted by Lemo
What does Epileptic mean :S

is it a disease in africa?

A disorder of the nervous system in which abnormal electrical activity in the brain causes seizures (sudden uncontrolled waves of electrical activity in the brain, causing involuntary movement or loss of consciousness).

[Lemo]

o so like **** attacks (no offence)

[Conzors]

Omg never knew you were eplieptic.

[_Tom_]

Originally posted by Conzors
Omg never knew you were eplieptic.

Oi! :nono:

[Nicky.]

Omg Kate =( x
Must have been awful =( x

How many have ou had since ? x

[Kate..]

since then.. 2

[Conzors]

Originally posted by _Tom_
Originally posted by Conzors
Omg never knew you were eplieptic.

Oi! :nono:

What?

[fairymoon]

i have it aswell but mine are always at night when i am asleep, very scary for hubby i cant be on my own at all, cant even have a bath on my own i now have them in the day aswell, they olny started after i had a car crash, just rember to take your tablets it is scary, oh and no there not **** attacks lemo there was no need for that sorry

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Lemo
o so like **** attacks (no offence)

You can't say something offensive than palm it off as 'no offence'.

Seriously, being ditzy isn't 'funny' when you come out with something offensive.

'****' is short for spastic, which is a word used against disabled people. Read up. It helps you not be an offensive imbecile.

[officialleafan]

Originally posted by Nickyy
Omg Kate =( x
Must have been awful =( x

How many have ou had since ? x

Aww, sorry to hear that Kate.

Nickyy, your sig is SOOOO cute...little Georgie :bigsmile:

[Tom]

Originally posted by Lemo
o so like **** attacks (no offence)

Are you for real? Not only is it offensive buts its also widely incorrect and you're way off the mark. A '**** attack' as you call it is, as Lauren said, to do with disabled people. An epileptic fit caused by flashing lights etc cause the brain to switch itself off then restart itself because it can't handle the electric activity. Epilepsy is not a disability.

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Lemo
o so like **** attacks (no offence)

Its nothing to joke about - when you know people who suffer with it it greatly affects your life as well, not just theirs. It seems a terrible thing to live with, I couldn't imagine being in so much fear.

Think before you post.

[Conzors]

Originally posted by Lemo
o so like **** attacks (no offence)

Meanie.

Why Say That For.

:(.


Its not a **** attack.
Its a fit, which is like i dont know how to explain it.

But think before you post because it can come out mean!.

Conzors
xx

[Loukas]

Originally posted by Lemo
o so like **** attacks (no offence)

**** ATTACKS!!! :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

That was disgusting! What makes it 10 times worse is saying no offence after it! Are you insane!?

[Lemo]

well im sorry but i dont know what that means in blonde,


i didnt mean **** **** **** attack god. everyone says it.


Admin deleted. Anymore insults and you could receive a warning.

[*mazedsalv**]

We were learning about epilepsy in Biology today.

Kate, I hope your okay, and remember to take those pills to stop it from happening again. :flowers:

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Lemo
well Im sorry but i dont know what that means in blonde,


i didnt mean **** **** **** attack god. everyone says it.

Like I said, the "ditzy" excuse just makes you look like an imbecile, not cool and funny.

Also, not everyone says it - just pathetic little children who don't know the actual meaning of it. Look beyond the school yard and understand real life problems. You said sorry, then validated the word '****' by saying everyone says it.

[Lemo]

well how am i ment to put it then? how am i supposed to say it


sheesh. ffs i didnt know what it ment done diddims.

[Dan_]

Get educated pal.

[Conzors]

Originally posted by Lemo
well Im sorry but i dont know what that means in blonde,


i didnt mean **** **** **** attack god. everyone says it.


and that tramp hair style dude lmaoooooo london look? more like pikey look.

Who you talking to when you said that?

[Lemo]

this guy who added me on msn and started to flirt when ew. god. gross.

I am educated just loads of things i dont know im year 9 yeah :) obviously. but still.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Lemo
well how am i ment to put it then? how am i supposed to say it


sheesh. ffs i didnt know what it ment done diddims.

Okay, so you know the future - don't use any variation of the word **** to describe a disbaility, including spastic, ****zie, ******, retarded, tard... anything like that. It's not a scientific term and shouldn't be used to describe neither a mental nor physical disability.

It's a slang term used in bullying of disabled people. Much like the 'n' word for black people, except disabled people don't use it themselves either.

The word 'fit' would have sufficed.

[Conzors]

Originally posted by Lemo
this guy who added me on msn and started to flirt when ew. god. gross.

I am educated just loads of things i dont know Im year 9 yeah :) obviously. but still.

What Guy.


And i wasntusingf that language last year!

[Killian]

Trust me, if somebody referred to me as a '****' due to my mild condition, I would be extremely offended. It's a rude, inappropiate and a word used far too loosely in modern society.

In this case you have pulled an 'Emily'.

[Loukas]

Originally posted by Conzors
Originally posted by Lemo
well Im sorry but i dont know what that means in blonde,


i didnt mean **** **** **** attack god. everyone says it.


and that tramp hair style dude lmaoooooo london look? more like pikey look.

Who you talking to when you said that?

Me probably when he insulted me on msn, telling to go die and stuff.

[Lemo]

lmao well racisism is totally diff


anyway can we shh about me saying **** ^o) i didnt mean it in a offencive way i used it in a example.

i said grfo and get a hair cut lmao ^o)

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Lemo
lmao well racisism is totally diff


anyway can we shh about me saying **** ^o) i didnt mean it in a offencive way i used it in a example.

In what way? Disabled people get prejudiced against too, and for something as equally as trivial.

[Conzors]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
Originally posted by Conzors
Originally posted by Lemo
well Im sorry but i dont know what that means in blonde,


i didnt mean **** **** **** attack god. everyone says it.


and that tramp hair style dude lmaoooooo london look? more like pikey look.

Who you talking to when you said that?

Me probably when he insulted me on msn, telling to go die and stuff.

Omg. he said you stared flirting with him.

He wishes lol.

Joke :)

xx

[Lemo]

nah


i have a bf sooo rather not do that thing,



ANYWAY CAN WE PLEASE SHHH about me saying **** ffs.

[Conzors]

Originally posted by Lemo
nah


i have a bf sooo rather not do that thing,



ANYWAY CAN WE PLEASE SHHH about me saying **** ffs.

Good.

[Tom]

No, I've not said my bit yet.

If everyone says ****, then I presume everyone knows the real meaning of it? Hmm. Thought not, they just have an image of someone in a wheelchair slapping their wrist and their tongue hanging out their mouth and probably use it as a derogatory term for someone. Not everyone says it at all, just people who are too immature to understand what its like and dealing with it.

[*mazedsalv**]

I used to say this term to my friends about 5 years ago as a joke, and they took it as a joke. Ive not said it since as it is very offensive, i didnt realise it back then.

[Bigbrothersbigbumwtf]

OMG thats a shame :( Fits are horrible i get little shocks when strobes are used and it's not nice

Also im suprised the opening titles haven't caused anyone damage.

[Firewire]

When my bowling club went to a tournament in Sunderland (April 2007), one of my instructors collapsed on the way in. Then a few hours later she took an epileptic fit. I was really scared.

[Lauren]

Kate do you have to take the tablet everyday of your life now? You must be pleased it's not more serious, but sorry to hear you have it at all - quite an inconvenience.

I can't even imagine how scared you must've been when it first happened though, eek!

[Kate..]

Originally posted by Lemo
this guy who added me on msn and started to flirt when ew. god. gross.

I am educated just loads of things i dont know Im year 9 yeah :) obviously. but still.

Lemo you're a right old wa**er and there's no other way of putting it.

FYI

I'm in year 9.

[*mazedsalv**]

I cant remember which one of my friends had it, it wasnt that long ago(maybe a month). We were out, and all of a sudden she started shaking and breathing heavily. I cant believe I forgot who it was. I was really scared, there were about 16 of my friends there and we all helped her. Omg, it could of actually been a dream, but Im sure that it actually happened!

[Kate..]

Thanks everyone else for your support, yeah I will have to take one every day of my life, the doctor says it might ware off but i'm too scared to take the risk.

Sometimes i forget, like at sleepovers and things, and I don't relax the whole day.

It could be worse, there is a bright side :) There always is :)

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Kate..

It could be worse, there is a bright side :) There always is :)

Awesome outlook :spin2:

My friend discovered her epilepsy when she had a fit in school when I was standing with her. I rang an ambulance and put her in the recovery position (cos she had blacked out too). She's been taking a pill for a few years now, and it becomes routine so it's no bother for her.

[Spike]

Well at least you are still watching BB

You should watch the repeat of the eviction instead because the flashing lights are toned down.

[Kate..]

Yeah you definately get used to it, but like i said, when there's no way of me taking one, like at sleepovers or when i run out for like a day, that day is incredibly scary for me. I know it's mild but I still get nervous!

The worst is when at school bulbs in the lights die down a bit and start flashing and when i ask the teacher to turn them off they sometimes say no and i don't want to have to tell them so then i just put my head on the table and refuse to move it.

[fairymoon]

well said kate,i have to take 4 tablets, 2 in the morning 2 at night i have had it for 3 years worse thing is never being able to drive, i was just starting to earn aswell, oh and notgoing to night clubs, and drinking lol but apart from that am ok

[I.am.the.invisible.member]

What a pointless thread! this isnt big brother news! shouldn't this be on the problem forum or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Killian]

Kate, why can't you take your medication at sleepovers? I've done so several times and it hasn't been a nuiscance. But I only take one in the morning and one at night, so I suppose it isn't that inconvenient. But it has gotten me into embarrasing situations. If I'm talking to someone I get an attack and sort of drift off. I come back and then I'm humiliated. Especially in school, if the teacher asks me a question.

And to the person above me, it's perfectly relevant. The flashing lights at live Big Brother evictions can be dangerous for people with epilepsy.

[Kate..]

Originally posted by fairymoon
well said kate,i have to take 4 tablets, 2 in the morning 2 at night i have had it for 3 years worse thing is never being able to drive, i was just starting to earn aswell, oh and notgoing to night clubs, and drinking lol but apart from that am ok

Wow now there's a problem! You must deal with it so well! Mine's only minor, I don't think i'm supposed to drink much but that's the only thing i tend to forget :whistle: but i never go overboard and i've never drunk more than one can since i found out.

I didn't ask my doctor about driving! I sure hope i can.

[fairymoon]

its best to tell them kate then they will understand, why you need the light of, and do you wear a braclet to let anyoneknow you have i ,its a good idea incase you have one when you are out, with nobody with you

[Lauren]

Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
What a pointless thread! this isnt big brother news! shouldn't this be on the problem forum or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Explain what this mysterious 'problem forum' is please, since you're such a higher voice :rolleyes: Had you read Kate's thread you would've seen that it was BIG BROTHER that made her realise she was epileptic. Maybe it isn't obvious to you, so I shall point it out again. BIG BROTHER made her realise she was epileptic. BIG BROTHER. Furthermore, she said watching BB now makes her chuckle cos of it, and of course the new series of BIG BROTHER, is BB9.

Once again, it's about Big Brother. So it's in the right forum.

[fairymoon]

you have to be fit free for 5 years before you can drive kate

[Kate..]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
What a pointless thread! this isnt big brother news! shouldn't this be on the problem forum or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Explain what this mysterious 'problem forum' is please, since you're such a higher voice :rolleyes: Had you read Kate's thread you would've seen that it was BIG BROTHER that made her realise she was epileptic. Maybe it isn't obvious to you, so I shall point it out again. BIG BROTHER made her realise she was epileptic. BIG BROTHER. Furthermore, she said watching BB now makes her chuckle cos of it, and of course the new series of BIG BROTHER, is BB9.

Once again, it's about Big Brother. So it's in the right forum.

Lol thanks for the defence :bigsmile:

[Spike]

Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
What a pointless thread! this isnt big brother news! shouldn't this be on the problem forum or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a pointless post.Go away

[Kate..]

Originally posted by fairymoon
you have to be fit free for 5 years before you can drive kate

Hmm I dunno, I havn't talked to him in a while, I wonder if i'll have to be fit free without my pills?

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
What a pointless thread! this isnt big brother news! shouldn't this be on the problem forum or something!!!!!!!!!!!!! Problem Forum !?! How sad ! the forum is also a community you know, so stop winging !

[fairymoon]

no you still have to have pills but not have a fit , you will be on them all your lif now, i was like why me, when i found out but i am getting use to not doing things really upset about driving but what can you do, get a bus my hubby says lol then i say so you comeing on the bus with me then we go in the car then lol

[Kate..]

Lol well i supopse it makes you more enviromentally friendly :thumbs:

:)

I wasn't really like "Why me"

I sort of thought, it has to happen to some people, i prefur me to have it than someone who really would find it more difficult to deal with.

[Killian]

Ugh. Driving is over-rated, so I don't think I'm missing out on much personally. :bigsmile:

[Ruth*Star]

I'm epileptic, i have to take 4 tablets everyday, 2 on the morning and 2 on the night.
Watching BB hasn't ever bothered me.

[fairymoon]

diffrent types there are about 20 diffrent types of it

[DamonJ]

My friend suffered from epilepsy, and the first time she had a fit I was just in a state ofshock. She kept making strange noises and she hurt herself, luckily there was other people around. But since then I read up on it and knew exactly what to do if she ever had another fit.

I don't see her anymore though... :bawling:

[I.am.the.invisible.member]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
What a pointless thread! this isnt big brother news! shouldn't this be on the problem forum or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Explain what this mysterious 'problem forum' is please, since you're such a higher voice :rolleyes: Had you read Kate's thread you would've seen that it was BIG BROTHER that made her realise she was epileptic. Maybe it isn't obvious to you, so I shall point it out again. BIG BROTHER made her realise she was epileptic. BIG BROTHER. Furthermore, she said watching BB now makes her chuckle cos of it, and of course the new series of BIG BROTHER, is BB9.

Once again, it's about Big Brother. So it's in the right forum.

But this is a big brother 9 forum and this has no relevance toward big brother 9 news! we can all tell a sob story but we dont want the Symphony! everyone is too sensitive on this forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Know one needed to know this as it wasn't important in terms of big brother NINE news!

[Ruth*Star]

Mines Temporal Lobe i think.

[Killian]

we dont want the Symphony!

Symphony? There's an orchestra on the forums?

[fairymoon]

might have to go listen to that Symphony sounds good lol

[Legend]

Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
What a pointless thread! this isnt big brother news! shouldn't this be on the problem forum or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Explain what this mysterious 'problem forum' is please, since you're such a higher voice :rolleyes: Had you read Kate's thread you would've seen that it was BIG BROTHER that made her realise she was epileptic. Maybe it isn't obvious to you, so I shall point it out again. BIG BROTHER made her realise she was epileptic. BIG BROTHER. Furthermore, she said watching BB now makes her chuckle cos of it, and of course the new series of BIG BROTHER, is BB9.

Once again, it's about Big Brother. So it's in the right forum.

But this is a big brother 9 forum and this has no relevance toward big brother 9 news! we can all tell a sob story but we dont want the Symphony! everyone is too sensitive on this forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Know one needed to know this as it wasn't important in terms of big brother NINE news!

Your day must be pretty empty if you're willing to spend it in a thread that is not important to you, or to Big Brother.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member

But this is a big brother 9 forum and this has no relevance toward big brother 9 news! we can all tell a sob story but we dont want the Symphony! everyone is too sensitive on this forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Know one needed to know this as it wasn't important in terms of big brother NINE news!

LOL you div, symphony. :laugh: Your whole post is void past that part. HAHAHAHA.
However, I shall tear apart your post at my will.

1) Symphony. LOL! Read a dictionary instead of getting het up at a post.
2) This is a BB9 forum, as you point out - HOWEVER, it's not a BB9 NEWS forum. Just BB9 forum. Anything that is relevant to BB9 goes in here, and Kate's story is relevant to BB9, since it's her plight of epilepsy since BB.
3) Who are you to tell the mods how to do their job? If they thought it was in the wrong forum they would've moved it. They haven't - so respect their choices.
4) Why would Kate want symapthy (which is, by the way, the correct spelling!)? She's not a HM, she has nothing to gain from getting sympathy. Why would someone WANT sympathy?
5) You're confusing sympathy and empathy. Likewise with my other point, read a dictionary. I think what you're referring to is empathy, why is the ability to empathise with someones situation, rather than sympathise with.
6) Who are you to dictate what someone needs to know? People obviously were interested, as they replied.
7) You were obviously interested, as you replied.
8) Everyone is too sensitive? You're the one amassing a high number of exclamation marks simply cos someone posted something which you didn't particularly find interesting because it didn't fill the void in your interaction-less life.

[Dan_]

Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by I.am.the.invisible.member
What a pointless thread! this isnt big brother news! shouldn't this be on the problem forum or something!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Explain what this mysterious 'problem forum' is please, since you're such a higher voice :rolleyes: Had you read Kate's thread you would've seen that it was BIG BROTHER that made her realise she was epileptic. Maybe it isn't obvious to you, so I shall point it out again. BIG BROTHER made her realise she was epileptic. BIG BROTHER. Furthermore, she said watching BB now makes her chuckle cos of it, and of course the new series of BIG BROTHER, is BB9.

Once again, it's about Big Brother. So it's in the right forum.

But this is a big brother 9 forum and this has no relevance toward big brother 9 news! we can all tell a sob story but we dont want the Symphony! everyone is too sensitive on this forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Know one needed to know this as it wasn't important in terms of big brother NINE news!

You might not want the symphony but you're gonna get the bittersweet one ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Po8uJeoUw