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Occipital lobe seizures

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Last updated 29 Jul 2009, review date due 29 Jul 2010

The occipital lobes are responsible for your vision. Partial seizures happening in this part of the brain affect the way you see things.

Typical symptoms include seeing flashing or balls of light or experiencing brief loss of vision.

 

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i am currently having test to diagnose if i have epilepsy i have seizures in my sleep i also have problems with my vision that i have just been told that this could be partial seizures.

The way of describing this is my vision blurred then dark circles appear then everything goes black.
looking at this website has helped me understand this better and know what to expect and helped informing my family what to do the next time i have a seizure

Submitted by carol on 17 August, 2009 - 15:17.