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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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Mine are always around my

Submitted by Nikkirippy87 on Sat, 2017-04-08 - 01:39
Mine are always around my period too, for 6 yrs now. Every cycle... For 36 hrs in a row at a time

Your seizure threashold

Submitted by Nikkirippy87 on Sat, 2017-04-08 - 01:13
Your seizure threashold lowers during sleep making you more vulnerable to auoras and seizures during sleep. Always TRY to stay awake if someone can help you bc more than likely you'll just go back into another if you go back to sleep. Every time with me

Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by IzzyCal on Thu, 2011-06-16 - 17:47
Mine feel like this: 1. I smell something, sort of like food burning. 2. My ears start ringing really loud. 3. I feel very anxious. 4. I get dizzy and nauseated. 5. Then the shaking starts. I have had auras WITHOUT the tremors, but I always get the dizziness and nausea, which for me is the worst part. It's interesting to read how many people feel a tingling in their scalp, I have that sensation often, with and without auras/tremors. I have partial-onset seizures during the day which are mostly controlled with Depakote and nocturnal myoclonics at night, which are mostly controlled by clonazapam. My seizures started 20 years ago after a serious brain injury.

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