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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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rocknroll WENDY, WHEN I HAVE

Submitted by rocknroll on Mon, 2007-06-04 - 03:44
rocknroll WENDY, WHEN I HAVE AURAS, I GET A METALLIC TASTE IN MY MOUTH, I SMELL THE SAME KIND OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE A MEN’S COLOGNE, ANOTHER SMELL I CANNOT REMEMBER, FOOD TASTES DIFFERENT, LIKE WATERMELON MAY TASTE LIKE CHICKEN, I SEE FLASHING LIGHTS AND SPLASHES OF COLOR. I GET THAT TIGHTENING IN MY STOMACH, WHICH IS SEIZURE ACTIVITY. I SMELL CAT URINE, YET I DON’T HAVE CATS. THERE ARE MORE VERY OBVIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN, BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. SOMETIMES I FEELS LIKE I AM NOT GETTING ENOUGH OXYGEN TO MY BRAIN, BECAUSE I GET VERY CONFUSED. WHEN I READ THE THINGS OTHERS HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU , I ALSO GET THIS OVER-WHELMING FEELING OF FEAR, AND HAVE WONDERED WHY I WAS FEELING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT COMES FROM NOWHERE. I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT IT COULD BE SEIZURE ACTIVITY. I ALSO THINK STRANGE THOUGHTS, WHICH JUST POP INTO MY HEAD, AND THEY ARE NOT THINGS THAT I WOULD EVER THINK. I AM WONDERING IF THAT IS SOME KIND OF SEIZURE ACTIVITY. SOMETIMES, I CANNOT PRONOUNCE MY WORDS CORRECTLY, OR CAN’T SEEM TALK AT ALL OR TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR MY HEAD. OTHER TIMES, I CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMEONE IS SAYING, LIKE THEY ARE SPEAKING A LANGUAGE I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T KNOW IF THAT IS A SEIZURE OR AN AURA. THEN THERE ARE TIMES I HEAR THIS SCREAMING INSIDE MY HEAD, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE I AM TERRIFIED OF SOMETHING, BUT I WILL BE PERFECTLY CALM WHEN IT HAPPENS. THEN THERE ARE TIMES, OUT OF NOWHERE, FOR NO REASON I FEEL LIKE I AM NOT QUITE ALL HERE. SOMETIMES OUT OF NOWHERE I HAVE THIS INTENSE ANGER, AND AGAIN, HAVE HAD A GREAT DAY, AND AM NOT FEELING ANGRY ABOUT ANYTHING. THESE THINGS ALL COME AND GO QUICKLY. IT WAS UNTIL LATELY THAT I HAVE WONDERED IF THAT THESE NOT SO OBVIOUS TO ME THINGS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH CPS OR FRONTAL LOBE SEIZURES. I HAVE BEGUN TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME, BECAUSE SO MANY WEIRD, INEXPLICABLE THINGS HAPPEN, AND HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS, AND I HAVE NEVER KNOWN WHY. I KNOW YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT AURAS FEEL, AND THE REASON I AM ADDING THESE THINGS THAT AREN’T SO OBVIOUS TO ME, LIKE TASTE, SMELL, AND SEEING IS BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW IF THEY ARE AURAS, OR SEIZURE ACTIVITY. BUT IT SEEMS FROM WHAT I AM READING ON THIS SIGHT FROM OTHER PEOPLE, THAT THESE ARE ALL RELATED TO SEIZURE ACTIVITY. I DID NOT KNOW THAT AURAS WERE SEIZURES. I THOUGHT THEY WERE AN INDICATION THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A SEIZURE. I WILL HAVE TO CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE ANDY MENTIONED AND READ HIS INFO. THE THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN ARE THE ONLY THINGS I REMEMBER. THERE ARE MORE OBVIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN. I WAS TOLD THAT TEMPERATURE CHANGES CAN CAUSE SEIZURES. I SPENT THE NIGHT AT SOMEONE’S HOME SOME MONTHS AGO, AND IT WAS A COLD NIGHT. THEY DO NOT USE THEIR FURNACE. I REMEMBER IT CLEARLY, BECAUSE I WAS VERY COLD, AND MY HEAD FELT LIKE A ROCK, AND THE PILLOW FELT LIKE A ROCK ALSO. I COULDN’T SLEEP, AND THE NEXT DAY, I HAD MULTIPLE SEIZURES. I ALSO GET RINGING IN MY EARS. IT IS SO LOUD AT TIMES, I CAN'T STAND IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERY CRICKET IN THIS CITY IS IN MY EARS. I HAVE READ ABOUT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT RINGING IN THEIR EARS, I AM ALSO WONDERING ABOUT THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS MY JAW, BUT I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY JAW FOR 30 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD RINGING LIKE THIS. IT IS REALLY AWFUL. I DON'T THINK I EVER HAD RINGING IN MY EARS ANY TIME UNTIL THIS PAST YEAR. I HOPE THAT HELPS. I DIDN'T READ ALL THE RE:COMMENTS, TOO MUCH TO READ AT ONCE. I WILL HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT SOME OTHER TIME. JAN

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Submitted by tdmunson on Sat, 2007-06-16 - 15:26
Toni Munson That sounds like a seizure. I get Aura's all the time. I start Feeling really wierd from the tip of my head to the tip of my toes. I stare off, then I groan, and then I will grab my mouth. It will always start with an Aura. It is wierd to explain one. Only way is that I feel wierd and that something bad is going to happen. My last one was at work and my co-worker caught it and said that I had one of my moments. Luckily he understood. Then I went home and slept for hours.

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Submitted by leon_heller on Fri, 2013-03-22 - 08:02

The aura I was getting was a strong feeling of fear or anxiety, followed by a"spaced out" feeling, a feeling of warmth, and weakness - I've collapsed three or four times. These attacks came on every few weeks and I'd get two or three a day for a couple of days. Since I've been taking carbamazepine I no longer get the aura and attacks are less severe, but the frequency is about the same (I had six attacks yesterday. I've had a brain scan and I'm seeing a neurologist next week.

Leon Heller

The aura I was getting was a strong feeling of fear or anxiety, followed by a"spaced out" feeling, a feeling of warmth, and weakness - I've collapsed three or four times. These attacks came on every few weeks and I'd get two or three a day for a couple of days. Since I've been taking carbamazepine I no longer get the aura and attacks are less severe, but the frequency is about the same (I had six attacks yesterday. I've had a brain scan and I'm seeing a neurologist next week.

Leon Heller

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