Epilepsy in schools: what can an atonic seizure look like?

[@HighTen_Melanie]

I work in a special school where many children have a form of epilepsy- these videos are very helpful and have made me more aware. Thanks.

[@katiemckenna4105]

That's nice

[@HighTen_Melanie]

@sky Well for one thing I live in the UK not the USA. I’m sorry I won’t disclose the name and address of the school. It is a state run school.

[@bethelpounds4207]

Link 👇kzbin.info/door/yCqbnbSgsco3rij1o_BTlQ

[@eshalfaisal3797]

Do people with epilepsy live a normal life?

[@danielledewitt1]

@@eshalfaisal3797 Yes we do. We can’t drive though and people are ver prejudiced about epilepsy.

[@epilepsyaction]

It’s a protective helmet. This is because when someone has atonic seizures they can really hurt their head. Cherry Epilepsy Action Advice and Information Team

[@alicesweeting1554]

Epilepsy Action i have one of those as i have epilepsy

[@danielledewitt1]

Epilepsy Action Same goes for tonic clonics too. I banged my head several times on friday during one.

[@danielledewitt1]

Epilepsy Action Well it turns out I have an old injury at the top of my vertabrae that has healed. A seizure did it. One of my tonic clonics possibly the one I had in october 2015 because we think my neck and head hit the handles on my drawers by my bed as well as hitting the drawers several times.

[@danielledewitt1]

Epilepsy Action I bet it can hurt their neck too. I have tonic clonic seizures and a couple of thursdays back my appendix lowered my seizure threshold and I had a seizure. Turns out I have an old neck injury possibly from one of my past seizures, I suspect it was the one I had in 2015. I had my appendix removed on the sunday. So it turns out some health problems will lower my seizure threshold. The injury is healed but they could see where it was exact location the top of my vertabrae. That might explain why I get trapped nerves in my neck.

[@wellhelltherefellwhuman4637]

I have epilepsy but I've only had like 4 or 5 atonic seizures. Unfortunately, I get tonic clonic seizures, which are horrible. I also get minor seizures like myoclonic seizures and absences, but I feel lucky that I don't have atonic seizures anymore as I'm on medication and they stopped years ago!

[@christy6581]

Thanks to this video I found out what seizures my daughter was having I pray for healing to anyone who suffers this condition and God heals in them in Jesus name 🙏🏼

[@katherynrowell6937]

Also like... probably bring her to a doctor. Jesus is great and all, but she needs a medical professional.

[@christy6581]

K. Rowell She has an epileptologist who is seeing her and treating her. Thank you for your concern and yes JESUS IS GREAT 😃

[@oliviasmith4940]

Thank God I finally got cured,💯💯 💓💓 I appreciate God

[@christy6581]

@@oliviasmith4940 Amen 🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@danielledewitt1]

@@christy6581 What’s one of them?

[@braydonpotter7347]

Thank you for posting these.... my best friend and her 6 year old with epilepsy are struggling to find quality help out here in the Nevada desert.... these videos are a godsend. Thank you

[@tasaluta799]

[phone]

[@bethelpounds4207]

Link 👇kzbin.info/door/yCqbnbSgsco3rij1o_BTlQ

[@HihihiHello-b4m]

She shouldn't breed again

[@paigeleighannbarrick3444]

There's a boy at my new school who wears a helmet like that most of the time. They have kids with Tourettes and who are in wheelchairs and have down syndrome, but i never knew what the helmet was for. Probably seizures? This video helped! Thank you!

[@allfortheebchildren6561]

_Simply Artistic_ it could be seizures, but with a first hand experience with Tourette’s Syndrome (I have it) many people with head tics could hit their head on something. I know for me, I used to have a pretty awful head tic where my head would violently jerk down then to the left. One day while at a restaurant, I managed to wham my head into a wall giving myself a massive migraine.

[@thiscommentisrelevant7911]

For the Tourette’s is probably to protect their head as us people with it tend to injure our selves a lot. I have this violin Nike tick where I jerk my head to the side or backwards and it can make you really dizzy give you a headache and in some cases give you whiplash so some of us have to wear a neck brace.Some of us get these rly Long tics that can last anywhere from a few minutes to days whether it is a paralysis tic or something else that makes them unable to use the legs they may end up in a wheelchair. If uve has a tic attack That is really bad you may end up in a wheelchair after it

[@theresamaleady7721]

I had a helmet when I had seizures helmets are fir epilepsy tyres who fall to the floor injuring the head

[@mohawkaktownwarrior2540]

Heartbreaking to see. I had two seizures two months apart last year at the height of the pandemic. They were 2 months apart and second time I lost speech. Not entirely but I could barely get out two words at once. I could communicate via writing just fine. Sleep deprivation and stress/ panic disorder were main factor and running out of my panic meds. Both times I was up for 5 days with little to no sleep every night until my brain just shut down. After sleeping finally I would feel fine but a few times since than have woken up very sore like I had one during my sleep I think. Has this happened to anybody else. CT scan showed nothing out of the ordinary no tumors and whatnot.

[@Rocky123698745]

If you can, I’d request an EEG to see if there’s anything significant happening in your brain that could explain it. That, and/or an fMRI. If the CT didn’t show anything, then it’s probably not any sort of lesion or other damage to the brain; it’s likely neurological.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

It could be the meds. If you are taking a diazepam (Xanax or Valium or something similar), it could be disregulating your GABA inhibitory pathway system, which would then result in neurological over activity which can manifest as a seizure.

[@meganthursby2002]

🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@samikshyaghimire]

Did u regain speech? How long did u lose your speech for?

[@vanillabh1264]

I've learned so much about epilepsy! Thank you.

[@thedyingunicorn]

My 3 year old was diagnosed with epilepsy a few months back. She just started having these types of seizures last month. It’s heartbreaking.

[@deshiboy3312]

What is the solution plz

[@MarMore13]

Medication?

[@nikkitawells3617]

growing up epilepsy I was lucky to not have them in primary school however they started coming back my junior year of college thats when I started experiencing kids and even some teachers giving me a hard time about however when i moved schools I had a more postive expirence. I often was teaching my teachers, classmates and even my principle about my seizures. and if they changed school nurses then they would introduce me to them before I started school for the year or the first day. I was lucky to have awsome teachers about it and I know they tried their best but at times I wished there was abit more support around the teachers and me and my schooling.

[@robmahony8035]

😅😅

[@TheWackoGreenAlien]

Can you do one on the atonic (I think) ones where you drop to the floor

[@danielledewitt1]

The Wacko Green alien You mean tonic clonic seizures? With those you lose consciousness and fall on the floor as I did on friday when I had one of mine followed by convulsions. I have 2 huge sore bumps on my head, had one 3 weeks ago too.

[@danielledewitt1]

The Wacko Green alien there are also tonic seizures.

[@danielledewitt1]

cheggbep These ones in this video are atonic seizures.

[@un0m3asa13ah]

@@danielledewitt1 there are different ways atonic seizures manifest. What is portrayed in this video is just one way. What the OP is asking is if they can show an example of someone suffering from the type that makes the legs give out, causing someone to drop to the floor rather than drop forward like the individual shown in this video.

[@danielledewitt1]

un0m3asa13ah I have epilepsy so I know full well what happens with different seizures thanks. Mine for example are tonic clonic seizure, I fall to the floor unconscious then go into convulsions.

[@funibikeman6769]

I might have had an atonic seizure once. I remember sitting on my phone when I just threw my arm out and I couldn’t pull it back in for a few seconds. It was weird

[@yoBANNANA]

Sounds like one. Seizures can be muscle spasms, twitches, and jerk movements.

[@MrYashwantt]

Dats myoclonic .. not atonic

[@oliviasmith4940]

Thank God I finally got cured,💯💯 💓💓 I appreciate God

[@azimuddin2750]

​@@oliviasmith4940 how u get cured?

[@rickelllunday]

My son has seizures and he started doing this and slamming his head on to the table or falling completely and hitting his head on whatever is close… watching this video we now have an understanding that it is another type of seizure he’s experiencing.. he also has autism level 2 non verbal and has tonsil dystrophy.. to say I wasn’t sure what was causing it before this video is an understatement.. thank you his neurologist has increased his medication

[@michellenegron313]

Meh...me on the subway sometimes...smh... they probably think I am a junky ...I have smashed my face enough times while writing papers...or staring at my phone. It happens so fast and ppl stare

[@depurasangre86]

im curious....what happens? what does it feel like in your body?

[@lyn5756]

@@depurasangre86 you feel your body moving but you’re not the own moving it. Imagine someone pulling your head down with their hand except you don’t feel their hand.

[@depurasangre86]

@@lyn5756 dang good description. Can almost feel exactly what you are saying. You suffer from this?

[@lyn5756]

@@depurasangre86 thanks! my doctor isn’t sure what the cause is yet, but yes, I do experience seizures. I’ve had them for years actually

[@depurasangre86]

@@lyn5756 Dear God! So does it affect your ability to drive? Are you even allowed to have drivers license? Be careful out there. I pray God protect you.

[@darrenrobinson7730]

The kid with the helmet was in my drama class in school, little fact for you all

[@philautia6431]

Thank you so much epilepsy action for this information, now i know how to deal with epilepsy. I was so afraid last night, my brother suffered from seizure and i really dont know what to do, i was crying and panic I call my mom to manage my brother from seizure and that time i was very afraid. Hoping that it wont happen again.

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

seeing is definitely much much better than just reading about it! thank u for sharing!

[@letyreyes5730]

This actually happend to a teacher and I was the only one in the class room for break... (I have spina bifida) so I'm the only one who's allowed to stay inside during the class.. I was very frightened by the attack but stayed very calm... And I have cousins who suffer with the attacks so I know what to do... I followed procedures and stayed with her until she regained a sence of consciousness... And then went to look for another teacher.... I'm always troubled now and always worrying what can happen to that teacher when no-ones around or if I wasnt in there what would have happened

[@Taylah_love]

Not being rude it’s just for a laugh but I swear anytime there is something wrong the teacher always says “oh just wait here five minutes then go back”like that magical five minutes does wonders 😂❤❤❤

[@Kez_abi]

If Andy was standing would that have been a drop seizure?

[@kaka_dopa7858]

I think so

[@daniellemoore4588]

I think they call it a head drop seizure

[@daniellemoore4588]

Atonic head drop seizure and yes if you're not sitting down you can get hurt

[@billieeilish8312]

@@methanegummybear4336 no

[@billieeilish8312]

@@kaka_dopa7858 no

[@Wheelstar72]

I went to school with children that had many different conditions and on a school trip to a house that we were to stay at to do life skills in t basement was a table tennis table well I went and played with 2 friends who both had gran mal seizures and 1 had them so frequently he wore a safety helmet whilst we were down there he had a seizure and just as he was settling down my other friend started to fit so I made sure both were safe and ran halfway up t basement stairs and called for t teachers, I didn’t panic t 2nd boy kept going in and out of seizures and ended up being taken to hospital. He was sent home with his parents after a night in t hospital t best thing is to not panic.

[@никиталыткий]

I've had an atonic seizure twice and, one time I fell against a cabinet in our kitchen, and the second I was just standing and then fell💀

[@ALIHASSAN-dm9be]

Can you please tell me what medication are you using?

[@ALIHASSAN-dm9be]

What medication you use please?

[@никиталыткий]

@@ALIHASSAN-dm9be I don't use any, I don't have atonic seizures that often

[@danielledewitt1]

I’m getting a protective helmet. Just had my head measured today.

[@KansimeFaith-r9j]

Thanks for the video

[@tealwashablemarker8886]

Wait what the fuck?!?!?! I throw my head down like that sometimes, I thought it was just to do with my dissociation, lol I’m just panicking I’m surely not epileptic but still bloody hell edit: ok so... i won’t lie it seems as though i have been having seizures

[@lullafool5106]

have you been to the doctor for it? hopefully youre doing better now

[@lyn5756]

same. I thought it was just my cptsd symptoms or smth

[@ancientprincess]

Same here, just had my BF witness it. And I asked if he has seen me do it many times, he says yes lol. I thought it wasn’t noticeable, it is.

[@lyn5756]

@sky ?

[@no-dq1vz]

@sky C-PTSD or something. C-PTSD stands for Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder! :)

[@danielledewitt1]

Well this time the man on the phone was telling me the truth, I picked up my protective helmet today.

[@shanepalacio8333]

Me and my nephew has grandma seizure.my nephew inheritance from me.because I was diagnosed at 7yrs of age. Back in 1978. But it never bothered me until I turned 38 year old.

[@danielledewitt1]

No such thing as grandma seizures.

[@jigglypuff9165]

Thank you so much for these videos.

[@epilepsyaction]

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[@qpwoeirutyalskdjfhgzmxncbv-c2b]

CUSSING 🤬

[@cats.m.2853]

These are really informative!

[@tasaluta799]

[phone]

[@liapat814]

I have this type of seizure all the time at least once a day and I have clinic tonic

[@RatKingRussian]

Ive actually been experiencing things like this this past year. Im gonna go see a doctor. Ill have random moments where i simply start to drop and can usually catch myself on something and be alright afterwards. But now i worry.

[@epilepsyaction]

Hi there, Thanks for your message. It's good to hear that you are going to your doctor for medical advice. Diagnosing epilepsy can take time and your doctor may arrange for you to have a number of tests to make sure you get the right diagnosis. We've got more information about diagnosing epilepsy on our website. www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/diagnosis Kind regards Julie Advice and Information Team

[@danielledewitt1]

I used to beon tegretol and let me say that used to be brilliant. When I was on that I never had a seizure. Now I’m on briviact and it’s rubbish. I can’t ever go on tegretol ever again.

[@biggooeyyy]

no mine be mild to where my teeth chatter and ligaments shake but never a full spazz on the floor

[@theoneandonlydiamondpanda]

rip juice wrld

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

thank you!

[@Imaboynow]

That happens to me all the time

[@hannahmcfadden6662]

I have seizures myself I how it feels like to have them it's no at all I had sense childhood from Hannah McFadden in Rockford Illinois

[@tasaluta799]

[phone]

[@alymyre2910]

If a baby has an atonic seizure, would they cry during it?

[@theillmadeknight4266]

Hey Aly! Seizures can manifest differently in different people, and only a neurologist or epileptologist can say with certainty what type of seizures someone is experiencing. Having said that, atonic seizures are very quick, usually only lasting a few seconds, and the person loses awareness during. It would be unlikely for someone to cry or show signs of awareness during one. An infant or child might cry or become upset after a seizure where they lose awareness or consciousness though, because they'll be confused about what's happened.

[@oliviasmith4940]

Thank God I finally got cured,💯💯 💓💓 I appreciate God

[@cityofangels9951]

Why is he wearing that red thing on his head?

[@heycharleexox8146]

+Young Kay to help him incase he hits his head when having a seizure

[@naomiford96]

It's to stop him hitting his head is he has a drop seizure

[@TheWackoGreenAlien]

+Joanne Wright some people where them for other reasons. I know people who wear them for autism and other kinds of disabilities. I have drop seizures (my hole body drops) and I have absence and tonic or tonic clonic (were not sure) but I don't wear a helmet.

[@zoeythemoth]

I used Joanne's she's my mum but I think she got hacked by taker her user away so I got this channel name now

[@danielledewitt1]

The Wacko Green alien If your muscles start contracting and you start shaking/convulsing you have tonic clonic seizures.

[@iniobong5571]

Let me take out a moment in my busy life to send a thank you note to a very amazing doctor who is full of love and commitment,Dr ogie is truly a blessing to the world thanks for curing my epilepsy..

[@michellelivengood3272]

I have focal and absence seizures

[@michelifig6356]

How can a bystander tell the difference?

[@mrsrnr1801]

I get Seizures an trust me it can happen anytime of the day

[@courtneyoldfieldwhalley9877]

I feel really sorry for you Andy

[@danielledewitt1]

Have you heard of acting?

[@courtneyoldfieldwhalley9877]

Yes but that looked real

[@danielledewitt1]

@@courtneyoldfieldwhalley9877 Well it is acting.

[@danielledewitt1]

My helmet hurts my head.

[@householdremovalsandcleara2781]

SWEAR THATS MY SCHOOL i think i remember that we were in the halll and saw those ppl

[@wishIKnewHowToLove]

his poor neck!! it almost looks like he needs to wear a neck brace not just the head helmet

[@silverdoe9477]

That’s not nearly enough! That kid had a serious seizure, both the class & the kid needs help & understanding!

[@joystickjonjo]

I don’t care whether I smash my head against hard surface you would NOT see me wearing one of those. Lolol

[@danielledewitt1]

You would if you had too.

[@joystickjonjo]

@@danielledewitt1 went face first into a table when i was a kid. Shiner and brok glasses, you still wouldn’t see me wearing one of those. 😂

[@danielledewitt1]

@@joystickjonjo So you’d rather seriously damage your head and skull?

[@joystickjonjo]

@@danielledewitt1 think i’d be more bothered about my specs getting broken bruises heal my wallet doesn’t.

[@danielledewitt1]

@@joystickjonjo Not always if you severely damage your skull on the inside. I’m getting a protective helmet, it will be ready in about a month.

[@courtneyoldfieldwhalley9877]

It must really hurt your head

[@cosplayingcharacter2756]

I have head brop seizure and I have tourette's

[@nianbeast]

What medicine you have take

[@cosplayingcharacter2756]

@@nianbeast I don’t take any medicine as it is non epilepsy seizure. Pnes

[@zyrasworld6204]

He got a helmet He won’t hit the floor

[@danielledewitt1]

He can still hit the floor but that helmet is a protective helmet.

[@carmellataylor6453]

I have alot of seuizers

[@oliviasmith4940]

Thank God I finally got cured,💯💯 💓💓 I appreciate God

[@danielledewitt1]

Seizures.

[@danielledewitt1]

@@oliviasmith4940 There is no cure.

[@oliviasmith4940]

@@danielledewitt1 are you doubting me?

[@danielledewitt1]

@@oliviasmith4940 No I’m stating facts.

[@usmanauwal2584]

If the world hed more people like #doctorogie it would be better place. Thanks for curing my Epilepsy and helping me increase my testosterone level 🤝🤝🤝

[@drokosodoherbalhome7119]

Bless you dr osoria channel keep on the good work you have been doing and thanks also for curing me off this disease you are truly a God sent towards humanity I appreciate you sir #drosoria

[@tiffanyhall1550]

I have epilepsy

[@robloxgamer7820]

Wtf? Ms bacon Or bakon?

[@heycharleexox8146]

+Roblox gamer ms maycon

[@chloesgrass4143]

my teacher was called ms bacon

[@joystickjonjo]

Was that full acting cos that kid comes out of it too fast and barely hurting? Looks fake as hell.

[@rosie.elianne730]

Of course it’s acting, it’s for an education purpose

[@danielledewitt1]

Hey don’t ever call seizures fake.

[@jordanmuir9006]

Is this legit

[@danielledewitt1]

Yes.

[@jaydenjayden-mv7ob]

sneaker

[@danielledewitt1]

?

[@itsmeabriana347]

I’m going to hell I laughed and said oh he did a death drop not a seizure

[@danielledewitt1]

It’s not funny.

[@michaelaitken4063]

lol

[@jnooj1934]

Michael AitkenHow is this funny my brother has to face

[@jnooj1934]

Has seizures

[@hobbs2387]

You are so disrespectful

[@piffyi1]

Fuck outta here

[@emilygwynneth1278]

How is that funny

[@usmanauwal2584]

If the world hed more people like #doctorogie it would be better place. Thanks for curing my Epilepsy and helping me increase my testosterone level 🤝🤝🤝