I had a seizure while driving. *Update* Just released from hospital

Heller

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So saturday night around 7pm i went to pickup a pizze pie for me and my family. So sometime on the way there i started to seize, now i dont remember the rest but this is what my father told me. I slammed into a median (thank god all i did was scratch my rims) and somebody called the cops, the cops came and called an ambulence and they couldent get me conscious they took me to the er, the er admitted me and i woke up sunday around 4pm freaking out not knowing where the fuck i was. As soon as i collected my thoughts i spent 30 mins arguing with nurse to let me have a cigarette.The guard walks me out in the wheelchair and lets me have a smoke. After a couple more hours at the hospital they do some more test and release me.
The cops said my clutch was burnt and they wouldn't let my parents drive it home. I go to the impound lot today and they wont $250 to release it so after arguing for an hour i paid the money and called triple a, sure enough as soon as triple a gets there i start my car and check it out, the clutch is fine and i drove it home. overall it was a crazy experience and i dont even remember it.
 

AstroManLuca

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Ever had a seizure before? Are you diabetic?

One of my brother's high school friends was killed while riding a motorcycle a couple weekends ago. The driver who hit him was a diabetic. We don't really know anything other than that so far.

If you are prone to seizures please see a doctor and figure out what you can do so you don't hurt yourself or others.
 

polarmystery

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So saturday night around 7pm i went to pickup a pizze pie for me and my family. So sometime on the way there i started to seize, now i dont remember the rest but this is what my father told me. I slammed into a median (thank god all i did was scratch my rims) and somebody called the cops, the cops came and called an ambulence and they couldent get me conscious they took me to the er, the er admitted me and i woke up sunday around 4pm freaking out not knowing where the fuck i was. As soon as i collected my thoughts i spent 30 mins arguing with nurse to let me have a cigarette.The guard walks me out in the wheelchair and lets me have a smoke. After a couple more hours at the hospital they do some more test and release me.
The cops said my clutch was burnt and they wouldn't let my parents drive it home. I go to the impound lot today and they wont $250 to release it so after arguing for an hour i paid the money and called triple a, sure enough as soon as triple a gets there i start my car and check it out, the clutch is fine and i drove it home. overall it was a crazy experience and i dont even remember it.

Your priorities are wrong.
 

BoomerD

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So saturday night around 7pm i went to pickup a pizze pie for me and my family. So sometime on the way there i started to seize, now i dont remember the rest but this is what my father told me. I slammed into a median (thank god all i did was scratch my rims) and somebody called the cops, the cops came and called an ambulence and they couldent get me conscious they took me to the er, the er admitted me and i woke up sunday around 4pm freaking out not knowing where the fuck i was. As soon as i collected my thoughts i spent 30 mins arguing with nurse to let me have a cigarette.The guard walks me out in the wheelchair and lets me have a smoke. After a couple more hours at the hospital they do some more test and release me.
The cops said my clutch was burnt and they wouldn't let my parents drive it home. I go to the impound lot today and they wont $250 to release it so after arguing for an hour i paid the money and called triple a, sure enough as soon as triple a gets there i start my car and check it out, the clutch is fine and i drove it home. overall it was a crazy experience and i dont even remember it.



I seriously hope your DMV takes your license. Folks who have seizures should NOT be driving.

Here in Kahleeforneeya, the doctor/hospital is required to notify DMV that you had a seizure...and your license is immediately suspended pending medical testing.
 

Heller

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i was referring to my car, off course it could of been worse, i could of seriosly hurt someone or myself, all i did was bang my left knee pretty bad its all swollen and black and blue
 

Heller

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I seriously hope your DMV takes your license. Folks who have seizures should NOT be driving.

Here in Kahleeforneeya, the doctor/hospital is required to notify DMV that you had a seizure...and your license is immediately suspended pending medical testing.

I've never had one in my life and the doctors could not figure out the cause of it. It was a random thing.
 

BoomerD

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I've never had one in my life and the doctors could not figure out the cause of it. It was a random thing.

Doesn't matter. I'm sure that, "Oh, it was a random seizure" would make someone feel much better if you crashed into another car and killed their family...

It's bad enough that you're a druggie...

GTF off the road.
 

Jeeebus

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I suppose Heller is our new ZaneJohnson. Not sure which is a more pathetic attention hound though.
 

ch33zw1z

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I've never had one in my life and the doctors could not figure out the cause of it. It was a random thing.

It doesn't matter, in Massachusetts you will lose you license for a set amount of time. You must not have any seizures during that time, or it resets. I know two people with this exact problem, and one other older coworker who blacked out at the wheel. That's what happens, license revoked.
 

Heller

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Doesn't matter. I'm sure that, "Oh, it was a random seizure" would make someone feel much better if you crashed into another car and killed their family...

It's bad enough that you're a druggie...

GTF off the road.

yeah im such a hard core drug user. I use a needle to shoot up thc.
 

Cogman

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Don't forget to defend your illicit drug use and how safe it is and how crazy anyone who criticizes it is.

Gee, I wonder if using drugs could screw you up? Nah, that is just D.A.R.E crap, right?
 

BoomerD

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yeah im such a hard core drug user. I use a needle to shoot up thc.

Dude...if you can't even stop smoking your wacky-tobaccy long enough to look for work so that you can pass a drug test...you're a druggie.

It has nothing to do with being an injectable drug user...
 

Saint Nick

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A brother of a friend slammed his car into a light pole a few months ago (maybe a year, whatever). But, he had a something-induced siezure. I guess he gets them when he doesn't sleep enough.
 

Gooberlx2

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Never had a seizure or anything like it.

I have a roommate who never had a seizure before. Then he came home one day from class, come in to my room, and asked if he had some shit on his chin. I look up and his chin was essentially peeled off the bone, and he was clearly not lucid. I took him to the ER and it turned out he had developed a seizure disorder. He had a grand mal seizure on the way home from class, and ate icey pavement in a parking lot, and the ice sliced open his chin.

A year-or-so later, he was suspended from driving for a year after he wrecked from having a seizure in his car. One more wreck and his license gets yanked permanently. So don't be surprised, OP, if you're called in for an evaluation or something.