[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Braden

I hope your both ok now Caitlin :/

Did they find out the cause of it?

yeah it was apparently cause she hadn't eaten enough and about the subject we were talking about.

I'm still not sure though because she had toast for breakfast, and she doesn't normally eat in the morning. She never really finds things gruesome as well! Esp what we were talking about, we have spoken about worse things before and it really wasn't that bad. even she's admitted it

[Ninastar]

Okay I edited it to make it a bit more clear. sorry if I confused anyone. x

[setanta]

My friend had a fit right next to me one particular morning at work. His mother is epileptic so it's obviously been passed down to him, but at the time we weren't aware of this and it had been a particularly demanding weekend of work and the odd drink or two afterwards. So yeah, we're sitting out in the beer garden on our break and all of a sudden he falls to the ground, shaking and jerking. Luckily it was early morning so not many around but yeah, there's not much you can do in that situation apart from remaining calm, reassuring them and making sure they don't injure themselves. But yeah, it does give you such a shock when it comes from nowhere like that.

[Shaun]

Aw, Caitlin.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

Lol yeah I know. It was so scary though. The teacher made her go to the next lesson though

whats also scared me is that her mum died when she was younger, of cancer, and my friend has just told me today that, thats how they find out her mum had cancer, because she had a seizure/fit. I cant stop worrying thinking she has it.

Caitlin, I would have a word with your friend and ask if she made the nurse aware of the fact her mother also had seizures, if not have a word and try to persuade her to revisit the nurse and inform her of this, it may change the nurses advice to her, to maybe pop in to her doctors and seek his opinion.

[Loukas]

Awww babe, Hope she and you are alright now.. x

My friend had a fit in the park, we were just sitting there just talking and stuff and she was complaining about being ill and how she wanted to go home however she said she couldn't physically get up. It was early autumn, it was mild in the park, there was not many people in the park and we were in the center on the park.. We got up to take her home and walked about 5/6 yards and she collapsed.. She passed out and what i did is called an ambulance and ran to go get help, while a couple friends stayed with her, another friend called her mum. The ambulance took about 5 minutes to come.. They took her in and she had the same problem.. she hadn't eaten for days and just had a couple glasses of water..

I was sooo scared i thought she was going to die at one point because she wasn't reacting to anything.. She was out for about a couple of minutes after the paramedics came.. shes alright now..

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Caitlin, I would have a word with your friend and ask if she made the nurse aware of the fact her mother also had seizures, if not have a word and try to persuade her to revisit the nurse and inform her of this, it may change the nurses advice to her, to maybe pop in to her doctors and seek his opinion.

I would but its not really any of my business

[GypsyGoth]

Jeeze Caitlin that does sound frightening. And I don't think you should be too harsh on yourself for how you reacted. You don't have much control over it.

A girl I knew had epilepsy and she had a fit while we were walking to class, there was no one else in the corridor. Anyway I just stood dumbstruck and watched her, I didn't even get anyone. She was a bit of a bitch to be honest.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

I would but its not really any of my business

Maybe maybe not, but how would you feel if you didnt advise her and she had another seizure, and she injured herself, one which may have been preventable by medication.

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

Jeeze Caitlin that does sound frightening. And I don't think you should be too harsh on yourself for how you reacted. You don't have much control over it.

A girl I knew had epilepsy and she had a fit while we were walking to class, there was no one else in the corridor. Anyway I just stood dumbstruck and watched her, I didn't even get anyone. She was a bit of a bitch to be honest.

Seriously though she reached out to me and everything. I just didnt do anything. It makes me a bad person, seriously I cant stop thinking about it.

and aww. lmao I love how it makes it better that she was a bitch xxx

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Maybe maybe not, but how would you feel if you didnt advise her and she had another seizure, and she injured herself, one which may have been preventable by medication.

I've spoken to her about it now, and she said shes going to go straight away if she has another one. I told her that I dont it to be like that and she said that I need to calm down and that it happens to people all the time. x

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

Seriously though she reached out to me and everything. I just didnt do anything. It makes me a bad person, seriously I cant stop thinking about it.

Well I think you would act differently if it was to happen again. You were taken by surprise, it doesn't make you a bad person at all. You were in shock.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

Seriously though she reached out to me and everything. I just didnt do anything. It makes me a bad person, seriously I cant stop thinking about it.

and aww. lmao I love how it makes it better that she was a bitch xxx

Lots of people panic and freeze. They feel bad afterwards, they shouldnt. Best thing to do is if clear the area of objects on which they may hurt themselves, give them space dont try to restrain them. And reassure them when they come round.

Mind you if they are in the bath while fitting, then throw some washing powder and your laundry in with them

[Ninastar]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

Well I think you would act differently if it was to happen again. You were taken by surprise, it doesn't make you a bad person at all. You were in shock.

Yeah Im glad it happened in science because the teacher knew what to do and we were near the nurses office. thanks claudia xx

Originally Posted by Shasown

Lots of people panic and freeze. They feel bad afterwards, they shouldnt. Best thing to do is if clear the area of objects on which they may hurt themselves, give them space dont try to restrain them. And reassure them when they come round.

Mind you if they are in the bath while fitting, then throw some washing powder and your laundry in with them

hmm thats true i guess. LOL! couldnt i just get in the bath with them? x

[BGT-FAN!]

I was on the train a couple of months ago and the train was crowded so I sat on one of those up high ledges, and at the next stop a woman came on and sort of slowly pushed me off and sat on it, I thought she was a proper rude b*tch. She was texting on her phone and she looked really pale and putting her hand on her forehead, the next thing I know she faints on my shoulder and then fell to the ground before i could help her and smashed her head on the floor and blood was everywhere. And I guess Ill never know what happened to her as it was my stop at the next station :S

[Ninastar]

^Aww that horrible. x