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Vision, Hearing, Smell, other Senses Heightened?
Fri, 05/28/2010 - 17:46A coassociate and I were talking today and I told him sometimes I wish my Superman-like vision and hearing could be toned down just a bit and my memory improved. By "Superman-like", I mean that I can hear things others find inaudible because they arent very loud, and I can see things clearly very far away.
He said he wondered if that had anything to do with my E--maybe other people with E also experience profound vision, hearing, or any other senses? I'm talking about all the time, not just select moments.
Anyone else also have exceptional senses?
Jason
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Re: Vision, Hearing, Smell, other Senses Heightened?
Submitted by wiggle1209 on Tue, 2011-10-04 - 16:54
Hi everyone,
within the last few days my senses have been out of whack. It's like i'm experiencing them differently than i had in the past. i'm not under a lot of stess and i have petit mal and tonic clonic seizures, but not everyday. I take meds for epilepsy, migraines, and vertigo. today i was hanging out with my girlfriend and everything was like deja vu! Like i've experienced this all before. Anyone have any answers about this. it would be much appreciated.
thanks,
**josh**
Hi everyone,
within the last few days my senses have been out of whack. It's like i'm experiencing them differently than i had in the past. i'm not under a lot of stess and i have petit mal and tonic clonic seizures, but not everyday. I take meds for epilepsy, migraines, and vertigo. today i was hanging out with my girlfriend and everything was like deja vu! Like i've experienced this all before. Anyone have any answers about this. it would be much appreciated.
thanks,
**josh**
Re: Vision, Hearing, Smell, other Senses Heightened?
Submitted by kay69 on Sun, 2010-05-30 - 00:31
Oh yes. For me it's the hypersensitive hearing, everything from the humming of electricity in the walls to that god-awful muzac every shop/business seems to think we all want to hear. If it's the thumping type I'm out of there so quickly, and a lot of shops have lost sales from me! On the occassions I have pointed this out, mostly with regards to the volume, I always get this incredulous "that's not loud" or "I can't hear anything", or in the case of the local welfare office I deal with there's been all out warfare with them because apparently I'm the only one who has a problem with their radio always playing. (Actually I'm not, I'm just the only one brave enough to speak out). My major problem is being trapped on a bus with a lot of iPods being played loud enough to be heard by everyone else. On my really bad days I have come seriously close to physical assault.
The hearing thing comes and goes and I suspect it's connected to prolonged patches of lowgrade sz activity. It is quite common with epilepsy, and also with neuro conditions in general. I know someone with Parkinsons and another with MS who have the same problem and didn't have before their diagnosies.
kay
Oh yes. For me it's the hypersensitive hearing, everything from the humming of electricity in the walls to that god-awful muzac every shop/business seems to think we all want to hear. If it's the thumping type I'm out of there so quickly, and a lot of shops have lost sales from me! On the occassions I have pointed this out, mostly with regards to the volume, I always get this incredulous "that's not loud" or "I can't hear anything", or in the case of the local welfare office I deal with there's been all out warfare with them because apparently I'm the only one who has a problem with their radio always playing. (Actually I'm not, I'm just the only one brave enough to speak out). My major problem is being trapped on a bus with a lot of iPods being played loud enough to be heard by everyone else. On my really bad days I have come seriously close to physical assault.
The hearing thing comes and goes and I suspect it's connected to prolonged patches of lowgrade sz activity. It is quite common with epilepsy, and also with neuro conditions in general. I know someone with Parkinsons and another with MS who have the same problem and didn't have before their diagnosies.
kay