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Anna Eriksson

Anna Eriksson

Finnish artist and filmmaker

Jun 8, 2026

2:00
So what type of symptoms can people experience with epilepsy?
2:04
So I think the most common epilepsy that people think about, the most common seizure people think about is the generalized tonic-clonic seizures, which is often what you see on television.
2:13
So that's when people completely lose consciousness.
2:15
They may have convulsions in their whole body for a while, um, normally less than a few minutes, and then take a, a while to recover.
2:24
Um, so as I said, seizures can appear in many different way depending on the part of the brain where they come from.
2:31
So for example, if the frontal lobe is involved, that looks after movement, you might just get jerking of one side of the body, um, for, for a few minutes, and that might be it.
2:43
The temporal lobe is important for memory, so you may get feelings of déjà vu, uh, very strong feelings of déjà vu that may be associated with a rising feeling in your stomach.

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19:01
How valid are those concerns for women who have epilepsy but might want to have a child?

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