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repeating words forward and backward
Sun, 08/27/2006 - 01:17I have temporal lobe epilepsy and for as long as I can remember, at times during the day (when I am tired, stressed, etc...) I get a word stuck in my head that I repeat (in my mind)forwards then backwards. This goes on - back and forth - for awhile. Sometimes I get focused on adding numbers up and repeating the math problem forwards and backwards. I don't know if this is just a weird nervous habit or a symptom of my seizures. Has anyone else out there ever experienced this?
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Re: repeating words forward and backward
Submitted by TinaB on Tue, 2006-09-05 - 12:17
This is amazing to hear so many stories that are like mine. Just knowing that there are others going throught the same thing makes me feel comfort. I will get stuck spelling words in my head as I say them and I just can't stop! I will repeat what I said just the minute before because I forgot that I said it, even though I spelled out the whole thing!! Sometimes I feel like this is so much work!
Best of luck to everyone!!
Re: repeating words forward and backward
Submitted by aquila316 on Wed, 2006-09-06 - 10:40
Hello, I also have TLE, and I also have weird habits involving repeating word phrases. If I am actually having simple and complex partials that day I will think of, or hear the phrase somewhere, and then repeat it over and over in my head untill the sz has run it's course. Mine goes so far as to also have to consist of a phrase in sets of 5 syllables---don't ask me why...no one has ever been able to figure it out---it has to be 5, 10, or 15 syllables, or it doesn't help me. The best way to describe it is a subconcious way of trying to "stay here" and focus my mind during partials. Sometimes when one is about to start I will say to my room mate (or whoever I'm around) "I'll be right back", and not go anywhere physically, and that's everyone's first clue.
As a weird coincidence, I've been having partials all day and have a few sets of song lyrics I've been repeating all day, so I'm glad I saw this forum, it's all really fresh in my mind.
Hope I don't sound too strange,
Susan
Re: Re: Re: Re: repeating words forward and backward
Submitted by The Doctor on Mon, 2006-09-04 - 16:33
I only phase out. But I've been told that I've been told that I repeated words on one or two occasions....like 9/11.