Signs and symptoms of<unk> <unk>  seizures may include * Head and eye movements to one side * Complete or partial unresponsiveness or difficulty speaking * Explosive screams, including profanities, or laughter * Abnormal body posturing, especially fencing position * Repetitive movements, such as rocking, bicycle pedaling or pelvic thrusting Epileptic symptoms are frequently the product of the spread of overactivation occurring within one central foci that travels to lateral brain regions thereby causing an array of symptoms. Due to the massive amount of diversity in both the cognitive and motor functions that occur within the<unk> <unk> s, there is an immense variety in the types of symptoms that can arise from epileptic seizures based on the side and topography of the focal origin. In general these symptoms can range anywhere from asymmetric and abnormal body positioning to repetitive vocal outbursts and repetitive jerking movements. The symptoms typically come in short bursts that last less than a minute and often occur while a patient is sleeping. In most cases, a patient will experience a physical or emotional Aura of tingling, numbness or tension prior to a seizure occurring. Fear is associated with temporal and<unk> es, but in<unk>  the fear is predominantly expressed on the person's face whereas in TLE the fear is subjective and internal, not perceptible to the observer. Tonic posture and clonic movements are common symptoms among most of the areas of the<unk> <unk> , therefore the type of seizures associated with<unk>  are commonly called tonic-clonic seizures. Dystonic motor movements are common to both TLE and<unk> , but are usually the first symptom in<unk>  episodes where they are quite brief and do not affect consciousness. The seizures are complex partial, simple partial, secondarily generalized or a combination of the three. These partial seizures are often misdiagnosed as psychogenic seizures. Semiology A wide range of more specific symptoms arise when different parts of the<unk>  cortex are affected. *Supplementary motor area (SMA) *The onset and relief of the seizure are quite abrupt. *The tonic posturing in this area is unilateral or asymmetric between the left and right hemispheres. A somatosensory aura frequently precedes many large motor and vocal symptoms and most often the afflicted person is responsive. *Motor symptoms: Facial grimacing and complex automatisms like kicking and pelvic thrusting *Vocal symptoms: Laughing, yelling, or speech arrest. *Primary motor cortex *The primary motor cortex has jacksonian seizures that spread to adjacent areas of the<unk>  which often trigger a second round of seizures originating in another cortical area. The seizures are much simpler than those that originate in the SMA and are usually clonic or myoclonic movements with speech arrest. Some dystonic or contralateral adversive posturing may also be present. *Medial<unk> , cingulate gyrus, orbitofrontal, or frontopolar regions *Motor symptoms of seizures in this area are accompanied by emotional feelings and viscerosensory symptoms. Motor and vocal agitation are similar to that of the SMA with short repetitive thrashing, pedaling, thrusting, laughing, screaming and/or crying. *This is some of what can cause the misdiagnosis of a psychological disorder. *Dorsolateral cortex *This area does not seem to have many motor symptoms beyond tonic posturing or clonic movements. Contralateral or less commonly ipsilateral head turn and eye deviation are commonly associated with this area as well. *Operculum *Many of the symptoms associated with this area involve the head and digestive tract: swallowing, salivation, mastication and possibly gustatory hallucinations. Preceding the seizure the person is fearful and often has an epigastric aura. There is not much physical movement except clonic facial movements. Speech is often arrested.
Frontal lobe epilepsy
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Catamenial epilepsy
Rolandic epilepsy
Musicogenic epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy
Generalized epilepsy
Myoclonic epilepsy