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How exactly do aura's feel

Mon, 05/15/2006 - 11:30
How exactly do aura's feel? Can you have aura's and not have an actual seizure? I think I had some this weekend. I went off into like a "spacy" feeling. Like I was tingling and I couldn't make myself snap out of it for a few seconds. I have had a headache since I has these feelings. I have had E a long time, but I am new to all the terminology and so forth. Thanks.

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Re: Auras

Submitted by donaldwinsted on Tue, 2009-01-13 - 17:36

Hi Graham,

 Thank you so much for describing your aura. The part with the ridiculus memory is exactly what happens to me with a little bit of recalling dreams that I have had in the past thown in the mix. With me, the memory slips away and I can hold it in consciousness to process it. Once the initial memory slips away, I feel an overwhelming since of dread and anxiety that last for about 10 to 20 seconds. I have never had a seizure but my sister has epilepsy and when I described my experince (much like yours) she said is sounded a lot like an aura. To complicate matters, I have OCD (an anxiety disorder) so I start having depersonalization experiences. I am trying to figure out if my experiences are truly auras or an episode of depersonalization. Anyway, thanks again for your description.

Hi Graham,

 Thank you so much for describing your aura. The part with the ridiculus memory is exactly what happens to me with a little bit of recalling dreams that I have had in the past thown in the mix. With me, the memory slips away and I can hold it in consciousness to process it. Once the initial memory slips away, I feel an overwhelming since of dread and anxiety that last for about 10 to 20 seconds. I have never had a seizure but my sister has epilepsy and when I described my experince (much like yours) she said is sounded a lot like an aura. To complicate matters, I have OCD (an anxiety disorder) so I start having depersonalization experiences. I am trying to figure out if my experiences are truly auras or an episode of depersonalization. Anyway, thanks again for your description.

Re: Auras

Submitted by Ithappens on Fri, 2010-03-26 - 09:18
I believe I have auras that lead to a seizure ... I may be wrong .. but here is what I experience:  I will get thid sudden kinda pressure or shift in reality.  I then hear this noise in my right ear that quickly settles in my left ear.  there will be dizziness so I sit down.  the sound gets louder and louder as if my head were going to expode.  at first it would scare me so but I am used to it and know the rest of the story.  anyway my left side of my head will get numb or tingley.  I will place my head in my left hand and do some slight lip smacking.  slowly the sound and pressure goes away.  It lasts about 2 minutes or so. I will feel exhausted.  my speech will be slurred and I will have trouble remembering words.  then I'll need to sleeep for an hour or so.  I also get that weird feeling of having dreamt that I was experience things and places at a moment.  that scares me more than a seizure cause it is so weird. anyway thanks for reading

Re: Auras

Submitted by George R on Fri, 2010-03-26 - 10:13

HOW RIGHT YOU ARE !! I've heard literally hundreds of descriptions of what an aura feels like, but yours takes the prize, "A Sudden Shift in Reality!" Then too, when I wake up after one of those aura-induced dreams you describe, I just wish that some of those more delightful, "non-epileptic" things HAD occurred. But what still fascinates me is that if out shopping here in NYC, I just might spend money while having an aura, then not be able to recall why or where I did so! You're not alone, believe me.

HOW RIGHT YOU ARE !! I've heard literally hundreds of descriptions of what an aura feels like, but yours takes the prize, "A Sudden Shift in Reality!" Then too, when I wake up after one of those aura-induced dreams you describe, I just wish that some of those more delightful, "non-epileptic" things HAD occurred. But what still fascinates me is that if out shopping here in NYC, I just might spend money while having an aura, then not be able to recall why or where I did so! You're not alone, believe me.

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