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Symptoms of left temporal lobe epilepsy only

Thu, 01/13/2011 - 10:08
What are the ten or less most common symptoms of left temporal lobe epilepsy only?

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Re: Symptoms of left temporal lobe epilepsy only

Submitted by Spike. on Thu, 2011-01-13 - 13:11

Have left temporal lobe epilepsy myself, and number one common symptom I have is slurred speech. I went through what's called a presurgical EEG and the results showed that my seizure focus is in my left temporal lobe right beside the speech area of my brain. The primary location of where a person's seizure activity starts is called the "seizure focus" or "seizure spot". The doctor in charge of my presurgical EEG made the decision that it was too risky to remove my seizure spot because I may permanently lose my ability to speak.

To find the answers to your question, you have to take some time to do some online searching. Here's a link to what showed up in the results from doing a Google advanced search... http://www.google.com/search?q=symptoms+epilepsy+%22left+temporal+lobe+%22&hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&tbs=

Bruce (I'm not a doctor, but instead, an epilepsy support group leader, epilepsy advocate, who has epilepsy.)

Have left temporal lobe epilepsy myself, and number one common symptom I have is slurred speech. I went through what's called a presurgical EEG and the results showed that my seizure focus is in my left temporal lobe right beside the speech area of my brain. The primary location of where a person's seizure activity starts is called the "seizure focus" or "seizure spot". The doctor in charge of my presurgical EEG made the decision that it was too risky to remove my seizure spot because I may permanently lose my ability to speak.

To find the answers to your question, you have to take some time to do some online searching. Here's a link to what showed up in the results from doing a Google advanced search... http://www.google.com/search?q=symptoms+epilepsy+%22left+temporal+lobe+%22&hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&tbs=

Bruce (I'm not a doctor, but instead, an epilepsy support group leader, epilepsy advocate, who has epilepsy.)

Re: Symptoms of left temporal lobe epilepsy only

Submitted by Tgarr on Mon, 2012-02-13 - 21:22

Left also. I have awesome deja vu and jamusvu....Scary stuff. When it happens I fear the worst is about to happen. As if the sense is a sign of doom.

I stare and lose eye hand coordination. I forget how to spell simple words like The or rest...It's almost silly.

I lose touch with my keyboard and have difficulty depressing and making capital letters. Mainly I (i). I'm right handed. Short term memory is very bad and as a result of all this, plus other reasons unknown to me, I get depressed. Sometimes angry and just out of sorts.

My speech is sometimes messed up and people tell me how "out of it" I act. Not for long though. Then I am bone tired.

Does anyone have them in their sleep? I think I do. Feel like I ran a marathon or beat up. Stiff neck. Back pain. I have biten my tongue and cheek. Sometimes blood on the pillow.

Left also. I have awesome deja vu and jamusvu....Scary stuff. When it happens I fear the worst is about to happen. As if the sense is a sign of doom.

I stare and lose eye hand coordination. I forget how to spell simple words like The or rest...It's almost silly.

I lose touch with my keyboard and have difficulty depressing and making capital letters. Mainly I (i). I'm right handed. Short term memory is very bad and as a result of all this, plus other reasons unknown to me, I get depressed. Sometimes angry and just out of sorts.

My speech is sometimes messed up and people tell me how "out of it" I act. Not for long though. Then I am bone tired.

Does anyone have them in their sleep? I think I do. Feel like I ran a marathon or beat up. Stiff neck. Back pain. I have biten my tongue and cheek. Sometimes blood on the pillow.

Re: Symptoms of left temporal lobe epilepsy only

Submitted by Beejones on Thu, 2012-06-14 - 19:42

I've left temporal seizures also. My speech isn't slurred nearly so often as I find myself stuttering. Some days, I just can't get my words out, and I'm not sure if it's because I'm stuck on that vowel or consonant sound, or if I've forgotten what word I was going to say, and I believe I'll somehow manage to get it out by repeating that first morpheme over and over again. Sometimes, I'm stuck on a consonant completely un-related to the word I wish to use ("s-s-s-paper" isn't nearly as amusing coming out as one might think). When I'm stuttering around looking for that word, I know the concept I wish to express, I just can't think of how to translate my thoughts into a shared language. My short-term memory is shot, so I've taken to writing myself notes, carrying a calendar, and taking pictures of "memories" I don't remember unless I photograph. I've only had emotional outbursts when on Keppra - largely due to Keppra's effect on my memory. 

 

I'd had grand mals in my sleep for about a month prior to my being diagnosed with "epilepsy" in summer 2008. It's the same feeling: like you'd been run over by a mac truck. Perhaps your anti-convulsant medication is not at a level conducive to your needs?

I've left temporal seizures also. My speech isn't slurred nearly so often as I find myself stuttering. Some days, I just can't get my words out, and I'm not sure if it's because I'm stuck on that vowel or consonant sound, or if I've forgotten what word I was going to say, and I believe I'll somehow manage to get it out by repeating that first morpheme over and over again. Sometimes, I'm stuck on a consonant completely un-related to the word I wish to use ("s-s-s-paper" isn't nearly as amusing coming out as one might think). When I'm stuttering around looking for that word, I know the concept I wish to express, I just can't think of how to translate my thoughts into a shared language. My short-term memory is shot, so I've taken to writing myself notes, carrying a calendar, and taking pictures of "memories" I don't remember unless I photograph. I've only had emotional outbursts when on Keppra - largely due to Keppra's effect on my memory. 

 

I'd had grand mals in my sleep for about a month prior to my being diagnosed with "epilepsy" in summer 2008. It's the same feeling: like you'd been run over by a mac truck. Perhaps your anti-convulsant medication is not at a level conducive to your needs?

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