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Vision/dreams during grand mal seizures

Fri, 10/28/2011 - 16:34
During sleep, you see a lot of things in your dreams, most of which you don't remember. I don't remember anything from most of my grand mal seizures--does that mean I don't see anything, or might I be seeing something and not remember it afterwards?

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Re: Vision/dreams during grand mal seizures

Submitted by aleewills92 on Thu, 2011-11-17 - 12:57
I don't think I have ever dreamed during a seizure, if I have I do not remember. What I do remember is that I get the aura and then I wake up confused an weak. Its like when a movie goes from one scene to another without any pauses or fades...

Re: Vision/dreams during grand mal seizures

Submitted by GreenMountain on Thu, 2011-11-17 - 20:40
In the case of visions or dreams i may not remember. The parts that i remember most are waking up with a massive headache, blood on the ground, eyes are in pain. Trying to figure where i am in the world. The only thing i recognize is my panicked dog worried sick about me as she runs about trying to get someones attention. Then as i come too i'll get this overwhelming feeling between the most frightened I've ever been and wanting to burst out crying. People have explained to me that people with Gran Mal sz go into the darkest places in their minds while in there sz. So i can say that's the feeling i get afterwards but do not really see images. Though when i sleep my dreams are vivid, basically i go to sleep and a movie starts. I can remember my dreams to the tee, though I'm not keen on wanting to know my sz nightmare.

Horrific pictures would cloud

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2014-07-25 - 01:16
Horrific pictures would cloud my vision directly before I hit unconsciousness during a grand mal seizure.  I've been looking for others who may have experienced something similar or the same with theirs.

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