It's a start.

I have seizures every few days -- sometimes as often as two in a day for a couple days -- and sometimes not for weeks at a time.  I haveyetto get a seizure on video or EEG.  With that in mind, I've told the kids and Mr. MM to use their camera phones and go ahead and RECORD episodes if they CAN CATCH THEM.

 Mr. caught one this morning, but missed the first half.  I was repeating myself, asking for glucose, rocking, lip-smacking and completely out of it.  I have no memory of this incident, until the finger stick part.

This was a temporal lobe seizure.

An unusual sensation or emotion, known as an aura, may precede a temporal lobe seizure, acting as a warning. Not everyone who has temporal lobe seizures experiences auras, and those who do have auras may not remember them. The aura is actually a small seizure itself — one that has not spread into an observable seizure that impairs consciousness and ability to respond. Examples of auras include:

• A sudden sense of unprovoked fear
• A deja vu experience
• The sudden occurrence of a strange odor or taste
• A rising sensation in the abdomen

People who have temporal lobe seizures usually remain partially conscious during a seizure, but they lose awareness of their surroundings and usually don't remember what happened.

A temporal lobe seizure usually lasts 30 seconds to two minutes. Characteristic signs and symptoms of temporal lobe seizures include:

• Loss of awareness of surroundings
• Staring
• Lip smacking
• Repeated swallowing or chewing
• Unusual finger movements, such as picking motions

After a temporal lobe seizure, you may have:

• A brief period of confusion and difficulty speaking
• Inability to recall the events that occurred during the seizure
• Unawareness of having had a seizure until someone else tells you

In extreme cases, what starts as a temporal lobe seizure evolves into a grand mal (tonic-clonic) seizure — featuring convulsions and a loss of consciousness. About half of people with temporal lobe seizures never experience a grand mal seizure.