Do you always pass out during a seizure?

Question:

when you pass out does thet mean you don't know what's going on or being said or meaning you hear and know what is said and going on but you can't comunicate. What do they feel like. The kind where your body flings around that is. I get them and woundering if it's the same thing. Dr's are'nt sure

Answers:
Having had epilepsy for 37.5 of my 50.5 years, I can tell
you that it's too complex a disorder to make any sort of
generalizations about--although many people do tend to
generalize about it, thinking that epileptics do not have
the slightest idea what's going on when a seizure does
occur.
That, though, is both unfounded and incorrect. For one
thing, yes: it's the norm to "black out" when you have a
seizure. But, for another, no: that doesn't always mean
that you'll "pass-out" or faint. Blacking-out often means
that you'll lose all sense of awareness for several mins.
As for your reference to ones "where your body flings
around," I'm not sure what you mean. You may be re-
ferring to Gran Mal (French for "Large Illness") seizures,
when you go into uncontrollable convulsions--and even
chew on or literally swallow your tongue--or you may
be referring to what're known as "Jacksonian seizures,"
when your limbs jerk all different directions. (They are
amongst the least common.)
But talk to your neurologist. Tell him/her specifically of
the characteristics of your seizures. Only they can tell
you what type of epilepsy you have: Petite Mal, Gran
Mal or Psychomotor--which is also known as Complex
Partial.

Best of health & good luck.

My sister has seizures and she said she knows when they are going to come she tastes a funny taste and her vision goes funny. She says she does not know what is going on when she is in one. Until she comes out. There are two types a grand mal thats the kind where you shake and are not consious. Then there is a petty mal and these are very fast you just usualy loose a second and from others point of view your eyes may flutter or you just freeze for a second and then you go on with what you were doing. I used to take care of a little boy that had the petty mal ones and he would be walking and if he was in the door way he would run into the door jam. He didnt know he did it. but medications helped them both and things are good.

Do you always pass out during a seizure?

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