What is psychomotor epilepsy?
Psychomotor epilepsy is a state where people experience monuments, sounds, smells and tastes that are not there, objects look strange or look bigger or smaller than usual, and the feeling that experienced events known as déjà vu. Sometimes there is a known event that has never happened before, referred to as Jamais Vu. People often show special behavior during an episode, such as repeated swallowing and odd limb movements. They may feel separated from their surroundings and fear, and after an episode they are often confused. Psychomotor epilepsy episodes are known as seizures and there are two types. In a simple partial seizure, the person is aware of the whole time, while if consciousness is lost, it is known as complex partial seizures. Possible causes of psychomotor epilepsy include injuries and infections affecting the head.
Psychomotor epilepsy can be confused with other conditions such as Grand Mal seizures, where there is a loss of consciousness and violent convulsions. This is what most people think when they hear the term epilepsy and are generalized seizures that affect the whole brain. Psychomotor epilepsy can also be mistaken for Petit Mal seizures, sometimes known as seizures of absence, where people seem to be empty for a few seconds or minutes. These are generalized seizures that are most commonly found in childhood and may disappear later in life. Grand Mal and petit small epilepsy can be treated medicines.
The episode of psychomotor epilepsy is referred to as a partial seizure because it affects only part of the brain. Before the seizure occurs, what is called Auranly for a few seconds or minutes is often experienced. During the aura, strange thoughts and feelings are experienced along with hallucinations of sight, sound, taste and smell and visual distortion. Physical symptoms such as sweating and nausea may also be present.
After the aura, a person generally seems unoccupied and can do a strange vaforging the body movements such as slapping lips or chewing. In seconds or minutes, seizures end, followed by a period of confusion that lasts a few minutes. Sometimes, in a complex partial seizure where consciousness has been lost, the seizure does not end, but it is a generalization. Psychomotor epilepsy can be diagnosed using MRI or displaying magnetic resonance, scanning and EEG or electroencephalograph, which records electrical activity in the brain. For most people, bouts can be controlled by drugs.