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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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Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by allisonthepants on Thu, 2013-04-11 - 00:23
ive had epilepsy for 2.5 years now and my auras are different than most i read about. i get a tightness in my throat and i feel like i missed a breath; sometimes that happens and nothing comes of it. other times afterwards i feel the muscles in my lower jaw tighten and my tongue starts to twitch on the right side. when i feel my tongue start twitching, seizures are usually 15 seconds away. i don't get any deja vu feeling/vision problems/auditory hallucinations

Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by foster1 on Sat, 2013-10-05 - 13:10
I can tell you, at least my experience- for me it's more like a runners high- if you've ever had one- feels good- followed by deja vu feeling, followed by a little nausea at the end- posted my reply before but it didn't go through. I think that my are hormonally triggered, because the always occurred before my period- new moon- and once I hit menopause, I started having nocturnal seizures and went on meds and am fine. But I worry, since I'm again feeling the aura's once a month- again new moon even though I'm in menopause- and am worried that the meds aren't working as well- my 2 cents and hope it helps

I feel similar

Submitted by Beccamountiansprings on Tue, 2019-01-01 - 13:56
I feel strange, confused kinda dizzy like I'm going to fall off the edge of the earth. Than I feel what I guess I'd pressure on my head and body as though it is being ground Into the floor, and an overwhelming dread and every thing goes gray and I cant see and as if I'm being ground down a big metal calvert or somthing? And as I go round and round i keep touching the sides and it feels like I'm getting electrocuted? This is really only short while but seems like hours of descending into hell! People say sometimes I but I and took my head than my body becomes stiff, and other times I just fall to the floor jerk just a little and get stiff, but it always at first feels like the same decent into hell a d when it's over I am so tired I can hardly lift my arm and i can't understand anything people are saying and have no idea where I am or who I am for about 25 min,even if it really only lasts a few seconds?

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