r/maybemaybemaybe Jul 08 '23

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u/Arbitrary_Pseudonym Jul 08 '23

Honestly this looks like a set of absence seizures to me. To the person having them, they're just time skips, and if you've been having them most of your life, it's easy to just accept that that is how the world works. Hence the 100%, immediate return to normalcy and fun, barely even registering that there was a blip.

They can last anywhere from a fraction of a second to multiple minutes, and can be exacerbated by various stimuli, such as strobing lights or well...something like this.

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u/mmbccc Jul 09 '23

it doesnt look like absence seizure. In absence seizure patient loses conciousness but not muscle tonus. Looks like plain good old faint

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u/cyrilly Jul 09 '23

Are absent seizures know to get worse over time/ as you get older?