| Generalized | ||
| Convulsive (grand mal) | ||
| Nonconvulsive (petit mal) | ||
| Myoclonic | ||
| Febrile | ||
| Partial (focal) | ||
| P. seizures with elementary symptoms | ||
| P. seizures with complex symptoms | ||
| P. seizures with secondary generalization | ||
Complex partial seizures -localization
| Orbital frontal | ||
| Olfactory hallucinations, autonomic phenomena. | ||
| Anterior temporal, amygdalar | ||
| Lip smaking, forced searching, blank staring, epigastric distress, respiratory irregularity. | ||
| Posterior temporal | ||
| Auditory, vestibular, and visual phenomena. | ||
| Temporal, limbic | ||
| Dysmnestic states (déjà vu, j’amais vu), dream states, mind-body dissociation, fear, panic, and anxiety. | ||
| Mendelian inheritance | ||
| Neonatal convulsions | ||
| Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy | ||
| Progressive myoclonic epilepsy | ||
| Cortical malformation syndromes | ||
| Complex inheritance (alters synaptic function, ion channels, neuronal structure | ||
Molecular genetics of idiopathic epilepsies
| Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water, | ||
| And I brought him to your disciples, | ||
| And they could not heal him. | ||
| Matthew 17:15-16 | ||
"Both Pat and Shirley believe..."
| Both Pat and Shirley believe that exorcism is a much-too-neglected therapy for the epileptic, | |||
| “What we call fits - seizures and epilepsy today” he explained, “Jesus recognized as possession by demons. Jesus saw epilepsy for what it is - the work of Satan.” | |||
| Pat Boone Believes in Miracles | |||
| McCalls Magazine, February 1973, p. 122 | |||
| ¯Burst firing (Na+ channel blockade) | ||
| Phenytoin, Carbamezapine, Felbamate, Topiramate | ||
| Inhibition (GABA potentiation) | ||
| Barbituates, Benzodiazepines, Valproate, Gabapentin, Tiagabine, Topiramate | ||
| ¯Coupling (Glutamate receptor antagonist) | ||
| Topiramate, Felbamate | ||