Comments on: Most People Don’t “Just Have” Seizures for No Reason http://themoderatevoice.com/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 05:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-92851 Gray Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:37:34 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/#comment-92851 "Gray""couldn’t resist making a ‘funny’." Indeed. Sry C, and thx for understanding this wasn't meant as a joke on your profession. Ok, honestly now, I have no real desire to seriously discuss medical problems of an official as long as they don't affect his performance on the job, and I don't think that's the case here. “Gray”"couldn’t resist making a ‘funny’.”

Indeed. Sry C, and thx for understanding this wasn’t meant as a joke on your profession.

Ok, honestly now, I have no real desire to seriously discuss medical problems of an official as long as they don’t affect his performance on the job, and I don’t think that’s the case here.

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-92847 Gray Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:31:03 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/#comment-92847 "Gray, your ignorance is showing." Oops. I'm so sorry for being ignorant about personal medical details that should be the patient's and his doctors' business only. :-( “Gray, your ignorance is showing.”
Oops. I’m so sorry for being ignorant about personal medical details that should be the patient’s and his doctors’ business only.
:-(

]]> By: C Stanley http://themoderatevoice.com/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-92845 C Stanley Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:28:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/#comment-92845 I meant to go back and insert into that sentence the fact that (as ruserious correctly surmised) I am a veterinarian. I think Gray probably figured that out (or may have remembered from some of my previous comments here) but couldn't resist making a 'funny'. I meant to go back and insert into that sentence the fact that (as ruserious correctly surmised) I am a veterinarian. I think Gray probably figured that out (or may have remembered from some of my previous comments here) but couldn’t resist making a ‘funny’.

]]> By: ruserious http://themoderatevoice.com/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-92838 ruserious Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:14:13 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/#comment-92838 Gray, your ignorance is showing. I don't know why C Stanley mentioned seizures in dogs; perhaps he or she is a veterinarian. As for human beings, more than 3 million Americans have epilepsy and for you to imply that having a seizure makes someone a dog is just stupid. Is that what you took away from what C told you? As one of those Americans with epilepsy, I advise you to either wise up (learn more at <a href="http://www.efa.org" rel="nofollow">www.efa.org</a>) or shut up. Gray, your ignorance is showing.
I don’t know why C Stanley mentioned seizures in dogs; perhaps he or she is a veterinarian.
As for human beings, more than 3 million Americans have epilepsy and for you to imply that having a seizure makes someone a dog is just stupid.
Is that what you took away from what C told you?
As one of those Americans with epilepsy, I advise you to either wise up (learn more at http://www.efa.org) or shut up.

]]> By: Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés http://themoderatevoice.com/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-92836 Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:13:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/#comment-92836 thanks C. Stanley for bringing those facts to bear... That's good info for pp. A lot of folks who aren't familiar with seizure disorders think a siezure is like a stroke. It's different. And yes, it can mean grave things. Also can be transcient and forever mysterious. I'd be more concerned about a closed head injury re Judge Roberts. We have a saying, you can fall off your bike in the driveway and die... a fall from just standing ... equal to your own height alone can do it. I know the cartoonists' pens must be smoking right now. And I wish him well. dr.e thanks C. Stanley for bringing those facts to bear… That’s good info for pp. A lot of folks who aren’t familiar with seizure
disorders think a siezure is like a stroke. It’s different.
And yes, it can mean grave things. Also can be transcient and forever mysterious. I’d be more concerned about
a closed head injury re Judge Roberts. We have a
saying, you can fall off your bike in the driveway and
die… a fall from just standing … equal to your own height alone
can do it.

I know the cartoonists’ pens must be smoking right
now. And I wish him well.
dr.e

]]> By: Gray http://themoderatevoice.com/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-92824 Gray Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:21:05 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/#comment-92824 "Since epilepsy is fairly common in dogs" Hehe, C, thx for the confirmation, that's what I always suspected Roberts to be! :-D “Since epilepsy is fairly common in dogs”

Hehe, C, thx for the confirmation, that’s what I always suspected Roberts to be!
:-D

]]> By: C Stanley http://themoderatevoice.com/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-92821 C Stanley Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:15:05 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/14299/most-people-dont-just-have-seizures-for-no-reason/#comment-92821 No, most people don't, but some do. As one of the links pointed out, technically since he's now suffered two seizures he has epilepsy but it may or may not require treatment. Since epilepsy is fairly common in dogs, I often counsel clients about it and most are surprised to learn that everyone (human and canine) has a seizure threshold and epileptics just have a lower threshold. In other words, with enough stimulus, you or I would have seizures too but for an epileptic, the stimulus required to trigger seizure activity is less intense so that it can occur at certain times. Again, the question is whether or not the frequency and severity of seizures are enough to require anticonvulsant therapy. No, most people don’t, but some do. As one of the links pointed out, technically since he’s now suffered two seizures he has epilepsy but it may or may not require treatment.

Since epilepsy is fairly common in dogs, I often counsel clients about it and most are surprised to learn that everyone (human and canine) has a seizure threshold and epileptics just have a lower threshold. In other words, with enough stimulus, you or I would have seizures too but for an epileptic, the stimulus required to trigger seizure activity is less intense so that it can occur at certain times. Again, the question is whether or not the frequency and severity of seizures are enough to require anticonvulsant therapy.

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