Seizure Behavior

From observing seizures in a couple patients, combined with my understanding of additional topics, I conjecture the following:

The brain operates as an electrical system with breakers and fuses.  Further, the human body operates as an integrated system of its own and also within the general environment.

When a person is thinking about something, electricity is sparking in the brain.  This generates heat that needs to be disappated.  This heat has to be transferred to the external environment and the body as a whole when the environment is warmer than body.

When the heat is not able to be exhausted, the brain keeps heating up and the body is unable to effectively cool it.  This triggers circuit breakers in the brain to trip.  The circuit breakers diminish functionality in parts of the brain.  In certain circumstances, complete functions are cut off: sight, hearing, speech, motor functions,...

The body also operates as a system to keep the whole system at optimal temperature.  If the skin is too cold and thus a part of the body is becoming too cold, the body will generate heat to warm that portion.

If part of the body is being cooled externally while the brain is operating too warmly, the body will generate heat and this puts extra load on the cooling systems for the brain.

This additional demand starts tripping circuit breakers.  In a person with seizures, their brain is running at a rate that is too great for the currently established mental pathways (small wires to carry electrical current).  These pathways overload and the circuit breakers trip.  These pathways could be gradually reinforced and strengthened over time to minimize the occurrence of seizures.

Further, thermal regulation for a person with epilepsy or seizures is critical as the body takes time to adjust to any changes.