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Seizures and yawning, stretching

Sat, 12/06/2008 - 11:08

I've noticed a coorelation between stretching and yawning with my seizures.  In particular, I do these compulsive strings of half yawns (meaning, they're full yawns, but for the most part I'm not sucking in air, just stretching my mouth or some such) and these extended stretches.  I'm not sure if they're part of my "episodes," an aura to them, or part of the post-ictal, but I've definitely noticed they're there.

Does anyone else have/do something similar? I'd love to hear. :-)

~hams

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Re: Seizures and yawning, stretching

Submitted by apow on Tue, 2011-03-15 - 10:59

Both of you described just what I experience. No diagnosis of anything, nor testing of anything thus far. I like to stretch a lot. Sometimes after sitting at my desk all day, I stretch backward (because it simply feels good like other stretches), arching my back and reaching backward (sort of like the bullet-dodging scene in the Matrix).

 

Then sometimes, I experience what I can only imagine is a little seizure - I seem to be moving for a few seconds, shaking or wobbling or something, but only a little aware/in control of myself. I know it is/about to happen, and I usually try to brace myself carefully - the first time it ever happened, I think I was falling down but it wasn't controlled, and I banged my nose on my desk and made it bleed (but not break).

 

I have shaken down out of my chair to the floor, or found myself a yard back from where I started near my desk. It only lasts a few seconds, I think.

 

I'm not scared of it or worried, but I'd really love to understand better what is going on. Definitely relates to my stretching backward really far, but usually nothing happens. I'm in my late twenties.

 

Found very little on this from search engines for backward stretching seizures etc, so it was cool to see each of your posts (:

Both of you described just what I experience. No diagnosis of anything, nor testing of anything thus far. I like to stretch a lot. Sometimes after sitting at my desk all day, I stretch backward (because it simply feels good like other stretches), arching my back and reaching backward (sort of like the bullet-dodging scene in the Matrix).

 

Then sometimes, I experience what I can only imagine is a little seizure - I seem to be moving for a few seconds, shaking or wobbling or something, but only a little aware/in control of myself. I know it is/about to happen, and I usually try to brace myself carefully - the first time it ever happened, I think I was falling down but it wasn't controlled, and I banged my nose on my desk and made it bleed (but not break).

 

I have shaken down out of my chair to the floor, or found myself a yard back from where I started near my desk. It only lasts a few seconds, I think.

 

I'm not scared of it or worried, but I'd really love to understand better what is going on. Definitely relates to my stretching backward really far, but usually nothing happens. I'm in my late twenties.

 

Found very little on this from search engines for backward stretching seizures etc, so it was cool to see each of your posts (:

Re: Seizures and yawning, stretching

Submitted by mikebaker on Thu, 2011-07-21 - 23:48

WOW, I am so glad i finally checked this out on line. I too have the stretch and seizure. Usually no seizure, just  an extreme euphoric head rush after stretching. Along with it i have tunnel vision, think my lips get numb, unexplainable sense of touch and have to be real careful not to fall down. Usually lean on a desk or wall. i would feel like i was frozen in time. 

Always had the stretch and head rush. As a  young teenager, maybe younger, the seizures started. They seemed to become more intense as time went on. I was also aware even super aware , minus sight somtimes, thoughout the episodes. Unsure if my eyes stayed open but durring the strong ones everything turned white. I would want to try to stop shaking but couldn't.

Now, i stretched real big on purpose cause all that i am explaining felt so good but after you do the strech you don't know how intense it was going to get and when i was on the floor shaking, then im thinking oh no, this cant be good.  Durring a big one at 19 or 20 yrs old, home alone, i had fallen again. This time i was next to a wall and was cracking my head against it.  didn't hurt myself but told myself i would never do this on purpose again. Im 33 now and do not stretch real big anymore. still have major head rushes once in a great while after a modest stretch but never another seizure.  It is strange that the extreme want to stretch as big as i can just to feel this phenomenon has never gone away. Also, besides blank white, a few times i instead saw shapes and numbers. like thousands of equations.

Have always been afraid to tell a doctor.  Never had any other health issues.

WOW, I am so glad i finally checked this out on line. I too have the stretch and seizure. Usually no seizure, just  an extreme euphoric head rush after stretching. Along with it i have tunnel vision, think my lips get numb, unexplainable sense of touch and have to be real careful not to fall down. Usually lean on a desk or wall. i would feel like i was frozen in time. 

Always had the stretch and head rush. As a  young teenager, maybe younger, the seizures started. They seemed to become more intense as time went on. I was also aware even super aware , minus sight somtimes, thoughout the episodes. Unsure if my eyes stayed open but durring the strong ones everything turned white. I would want to try to stop shaking but couldn't.

Now, i stretched real big on purpose cause all that i am explaining felt so good but after you do the strech you don't know how intense it was going to get and when i was on the floor shaking, then im thinking oh no, this cant be good.  Durring a big one at 19 or 20 yrs old, home alone, i had fallen again. This time i was next to a wall and was cracking my head against it.  didn't hurt myself but told myself i would never do this on purpose again. Im 33 now and do not stretch real big anymore. still have major head rushes once in a great while after a modest stretch but never another seizure.  It is strange that the extreme want to stretch as big as i can just to feel this phenomenon has never gone away. Also, besides blank white, a few times i instead saw shapes and numbers. like thousands of equations.

Have always been afraid to tell a doctor.  Never had any other health issues.

Re: Seizures and yawning, stretching

Submitted by sleepbarn on Tue, 2010-05-04 - 07:02

I dont have any problem about it but i found your story interesting. you dont have any sleep or stress problem don't you? i would suggest you visit this site its called pzizz a music application that can help you out balance this sleep and stress problems. in just few minutes of listening your sleep and stress problem should go away. Just visit us @ www.pzizz.com and see it for yourself.

 

 

Thanks,

I dont have any problem about it but i found your story interesting. you dont have any sleep or stress problem don't you? i would suggest you visit this site its called pzizz a music application that can help you out balance this sleep and stress problems. in just few minutes of listening your sleep and stress problem should go away. Just visit us @ www.pzizz.com and see it for yourself.

 

 

Thanks,

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