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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 E_Loner on Mon, 2006-05-15 - 14:31
WendyBendy, Before I had my two brain surgeries for epilepsy I had Auras, I always had a scary sensation. Imagine how it feels finding a snake by accident. The only thing was, my scary sensation would start at the tip of my toes and spread to the top of my head. I rarely had the signal of odd smells. I do not know if any other E's have dealt with scary sensations for their Aura. Later, E_Loner

Re: Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by andy m on Tue, 2006-05-16 - 06:54
About 15 - 20 years ago I would wake up in the morning and would instantly know that i was going to have a szr that day, call it what you like, an aura, a gut feeling or just a feeling that a connection has come loose in your brain you know today's the day no matter what you do about it. Things turned even stranger about 4 years ago but its a long story but it's in my blog and if anyone has come across anything similar i would love to know because although it sounds ideal in one respect it was hell in many others. Andy

Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by Zeppelingirl on Wed, 2011-02-09 - 22:44

I had an experience similar to this last week with my last seizure. I wasn't feeling well so I told my boyfriend I was going to take a short nap. When I lay down I thought to myself "you know if I have a seizure right now, there is no way he is going to hear me back in the bedroom"-- bam-- 20 minutes later while I was sleeping, that's what happened!

I had not had felt my aura or had any other warning.

I had an experience similar to this last week with my last seizure. I wasn't feeling well so I told my boyfriend I was going to take a short nap. When I lay down I thought to myself "you know if I have a seizure right now, there is no way he is going to hear me back in the bedroom"-- bam-- 20 minutes later while I was sleeping, that's what happened!

I had not had felt my aura or had any other warning.

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