Part9Part9AntiepilepticandAntiepilepticandAnticonvulsantDrugsAnticonvulsantDrugsPsychomotorseizuresPsychomotorseizuresPetitmal(absence)Petitmal(absence)Grandmal(tonic-clonic)Grandmal(tonic-clonic)EpilepsyisnotasingleEpilepsyisnotasingleentity;itisafamilyofentity;itisafamilyofdifferentrecurrentseizuredifferentrecurrentseizuredisordersthathaveindisordersthathaveincommonthesudden,commonthesudden,excessiveanddisorderlyexcessiveanddisorderlydischargeofcentralneurons
dischargeofcentralneurons
ThisresultsinabnormalThisresultsinabnormalmovementorperceptionsmovementorperceptionsthatareofshortdurationbutthatareofshortdurationbutthattendtorecur
thattendtorecur
Classificationofepilepsy(older)Classificationofepilepsy(older)Generalizedseizures(Generalizedseizures(全身发作全身发作))GrandmalGrandmal((大发作大发作):):