Re: gazing off into space(was Tigger)

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In a message dated 1/18/2005 9:20:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,

lyn.worth@... writes:

> Do you know what causes this or what it indicates? If it is a hypo sign

> then I'm still hypo but I have been doing this since I was a child.

>

i have read about that being a hypo sign too. i don't know if i ever did it

or not. i do remember my mother doing it frequently and i even have photos of

her where i can see that vacant stare.

cindi

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In a message dated 1/18/2005 9:59:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,

artisticgroom@... writes:

> I wonder if any of them realize MOST their problems can be from hypo?

>

i don't think they do.

i've had that same experience reading some other boards on the internet such

as mental health ones, IBS ones, and some others.

It's frightening. sometimes I have posted a paragraph about the " these

symptoms sounds like low thyroid...have your doctor run these tests, etc. etc " " .

maybe it reaches someone....

cindi

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It is a type of seizure. A VERY mild one, but if tested during one I am sure it

would have the same neurological signatures. I have had them while DRIVING, and

that is scary! I can sometimes redirect my focus and stop it, but have seen

times when it was a good thing I was going in a straight line. Seizures are a

short circuit in the functioning of the brain.. that is a simplified

explanation. They can be just little short duration ones or huge ones. Stress

and fatigue can make them worse & more frequent, which is why I see them in

grooming. For that few seconds/minutes, the brain is not receiving the correct

signals to function properly.. something literally pulls the plug!

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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Petit mal: A form of epilepsy with very brief, unannounced lapses in

consciousness. A petit mal seizure involves a brief loss of awareness, which can

be accompanied by blinking or mouth twitching. Petit mal seizures have a very

characteristic appearance on an electroencephalogram (EEG).

Petit mal (little illness in French) seizures are also known as

absence seizures. Petit mal seizures take the form of a staring spell: the

person suddenly seems to be " absent. "

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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Want to read something really scary? OMG these poor people! I just was reading

links on a search from hypo and seizures and came across this MS forum.. a

discussion about the many symptoms/disorders they have experiences with their

MS. I wonder if any of them realize MOST their problems can be from hypo?

http://www.msfacts.org/dcforum/DCForumID2/4250.html#28

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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hmm, I've done it while driving too and very often while I am sitting at traffic

lights.

Lynda (in the UK)

Re: gazing off into space(was Tigger)

It is a type of seizure. A VERY mild one, but if tested during one I am sure

it would have the same neurological signatures. I have had them while DRIVING,

and that is scary! I can sometimes redirect my focus and stop it, but have seen

times when it was a good thing I was going in a straight line.

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I do it - especially when I'm tired. I have a tough time reeling myself in. I

did it at a college tour yesterday. I kept looking at the floor so that no one

would know it was happening.

cris

Re: gazing off into space(was Tigger)

In a message dated 1/18/2005 9:20:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,

lyn.worth@... writes:

> Do you know what causes this or what it indicates? If it is a hypo sign

> then I'm still hypo but I have been doing this since I was a child.

>

i have read about that being a hypo sign too. i don't know if i ever did it

or not. i do remember my mother doing it frequently and i even have photos of

her where i can see that vacant stare.

cindi

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Kind of like " Elvis has left the building " , huh?

Tigger

Re: gazing off into space(was Tigger)

It is a type of seizure. A VERY mild one, but if tested during one I am sure

it would have the same neurological signatures. I have had them while DRIVING,

and that is scary! I can sometimes redirect my focus and stop it, but have seen

times when it was a good thing I was going in a straight line. Seizures are a

short circuit in the functioning of the brain.. that is a simplified

explanation. They can be just little short duration ones or huge ones. Stress

and fatigue can make them worse & more frequent, which is why I see them in

grooming. For that few seconds/minutes, the brain is not receiving the correct

signals to function properly.. something literally pulls the plug!

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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Yes, this type is usually called petit mal seizures, IF that's what they

are. My middle daughter had them for a yr or two after having 3 sezures,

grand mal type, 4 hrs apart, in one day, at the age of 16 months old. She

is now 29 yrs old, and was diagnosed with Hashimoto's when she was in her

early 20s. All 3 of us, including my oldest daughter had seizures as small

children, unexplained even by testing that was available at the time. We

all 3 have been now diagnosed with Hashi's! The other two children, from a

different father altogether, never had anything resembling seizures, and

have never displayed any hypo signs at all, so there's got to be something

to this story.

Re: Tigger

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> Tigger this sounds like a seizure of sorts, so the neurological exam is

a must. I have heard little about this in people, but I know in dogs

seizures can be caused by hypothyroidism. Check this out: