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repeating words forward and backward
Sun, 08/27/2006 - 01:17Comments
Re: repeating words forward and backward
Submitted by airon on Sat, 2008-12-13 - 02:30
Re: repeating words forward and backward
Submitted by Chilli on Sat, 2008-12-13 - 16:05
What a relief to know others get this too (my neurologist quickly brushed it aside as some compulsive thing when I mentioned it so I've never spoken about it to anyone else).
I have TLE but also get seizures at night and I wake up with the words "stuck" in my head. They stay there until I've had a nights sleep but of course if I've had a seizure THAT night too then I wake up with a fresh set of words.
Oh well, makes a change!
Isn't epilepsy the weirdest thing? Do you think its possible to understand the impact it has on someone unless you actually have it yourself?
What a relief to know others get this too (my neurologist quickly brushed it aside as some compulsive thing when I mentioned it so I've never spoken about it to anyone else).
I have TLE but also get seizures at night and I wake up with the words "stuck" in my head. They stay there until I've had a nights sleep but of course if I've had a seizure THAT night too then I wake up with a fresh set of words.
Oh well, makes a change!
Isn't epilepsy the weirdest thing? Do you think its possible to understand the impact it has on someone unless you actually have it yourself?
Re: Re: repeating words forward and backward
Submitted by coopernicus on Wed, 2006-09-06 - 22:19
Wow! For me it is repeating a word in my mind like this "computer, retupmoc, retupmoc, computer" When it is bad, like if I am on overload while shopping, I get really tired from it. I am wondering if this is a form of seizure or an indication that one is coming, etc... I haven't lost consciousness from one in 16 years, but I do have the auras. I am aware of everything around me during a deja vu episode. Sometimes I get so tired that it is like I am under a magic spell. It is really hard to stay awake. Then it passes. I am pretty sure I am having partials in my sleep. Sometimes I wake up to a bad smell, that I can't pinpoint, or am just totally out of it. I don't know what day, month, etc... it is. Please let me know what you think.