a person with this disorder
suffers from
repeated
absence seizures. this disorder almost always begins during
childhood where it is quite easy to misdiagnose as
attention deficit disorder (
ADD). this disorder tends to run in families due to partially defective
genes. this disorder usually stops at
puberty.
Symptoms
- blank look or staring at nothing.
- eyes may roll up
Absence seizures are not typically preceded by an
aura, and do not usually leave the sufferer with tiring side effects which are common with other types of
epilepsy. usually
normal activity is regained shortly, and often the epileptic may not be aware that they had a
seizure at all.