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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 JULIABALZARANO on Tue, 2009-06-02 - 14:06
HI, I JUST HAD TO RESPOND.  YOUR AURAS SOUND SO MUCH LIKE MINE...THE STUPID DE JA VU FEELING DRIVES ME CRAZY.NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS UNLESS THEY TOO HAVE SEIZURES.  I TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS LIKE, BUT THEY JUST LOOK AT ME AND SHAKE THEIR HEADS.  I HATE WHEN MY HUSBAND TELLS ME...JUST GO LAY DOWN...I CANT SLEEP MY LIFE AWAY......I TOO GET THOSE VISUAL MEMORIES AND HEAR VOICES AT THE SAME TIME.  I ALSO FEEL AS IF I AM FALLING DOWN A HOLE.....AND JUST WAIT FOR THE DROP TO END. 

Re: AURAS

Submitted by yme on Mon, 2010-06-07 - 19:59
Julia, you have described the same "auras" I experience.  I hate them.  Have a terrible feeling of not belonging for days after. I am very tired after I have a seizure but have 2 children under 10 (who are wonderful helpers when I have a seizure) & my husband works shift work, so going to bed is not always an option for me.  I have had brain scans, brainwave tests etc., which came back as SLIGHTLY ABNORMAL.  I have sufffered migraines since I was 5 & developed depression when I was about 34.  I thought I was going mad when these seizures began back in 2001.  I feel a little better knowing that I am not as mad as I thought & I am not alone.  I do not like having these seizures but just have to live with them.  Thankfully, I have wonderful children & a fabulous husband who reassure me that I will be O.K.

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Submitted by funfy67 on Sat, 2009-06-06 - 17:02
ive been having aura awhile now it affects me more in work then any other time it is such a weird feeling,and i go into the biggest day dream ever and when i come round i get a bad feeling of dread, and the deja vu is so weird and i also get a memory of something that i havent thought about in years.. its been so great reading all of the replys as i actually thought i was losing the plot

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