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Seizures with psychic symptoms? Please help!!!!

Fri, 04/13/2007 - 16:21
Hi everyone! I am a 30 y/o woman who has been experiencing "episodes" for 13-14 years. I had two this week, which were severe enough to scare me. I just finally went to see my doc today, who feels they could very well be seizures and is sending me to a neuro for evaluation. She is sending me for an MRI and EEG so that I can go to the neuro with them in hand... These episodes generally happen randomly, but I've noticed that some pop up right when I'm drifting off to sleep. Why I've never thought there is something physically wrong with me until now, is beyond me. They start with a feeling of dread that something bad is going to happen, and I feel this throughout my entire body. Then, I enter a state of what I can only describe as being between dreaming and being awake. I'm conscious, but I feel entranced. It is during this state that I experience intense feelings of deja vu, dread, fear and I feel like I'm having premonitions of the future (I swear, I'm not crazy). Afterwards, my head tingles all over, I feel disoriented and confused, I begin sweating all over and I feel as though someone has stuffed my head full of cotton. At this point, the episode ends, but I'm left with the cotton brain feeling for several hours and I feel as though I've run a marathon and all I want to do is sleep. I used to tell my mom when I was younger that I was experiencing these symptoms and she told me that I was having premonitions. LOL. Maybe that's why I never bothered to talk to a doc about it? However, the episodes I had this past Tuesday and Wednesday were so intense, my husband swore I was having seizures. He ran over to me and said that I looked like I wasn't there, that I was staring off into space and then I had this look of intense fear on my face. He also said that he doesn't know why he didn't think of this before, as he's watched me have dozens of them... Is there anyone here that has experienced a similar thing???? I'm terrified. Thanks so much in advance for you replies! -Kat

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hello kat; i know how

Submitted by budy on Sat, 2007-04-21 - 14:07
hello kat; i know how terrified you feel as im sure we all do. i have these visions that you talked about some times they continue for days. i have sizures about 8 a year but i do have a feeling of daja vu alot. i have had an experience of being on the other side, seeing and understanding whats going on.it was increadable. i have read that in some cultures people such as your self are cosiderd blest! i have gone to get my eeg and seen specialest and all that, ive found they are not of much help. in fact they have made things worst. ive turned to natural cures and im doing better. thats my view of things eny ways. good luck

Re: hello kat; i know how

Submitted by tom_jay10 on Sat, 2010-11-27 - 09:16

Hi Kat,

I'm a 45 year old male who has had some sort of daja vu since about 12 years of age.

Howver before that I could see some peoples aura around their bodies very often. And most often in people that where at their most happiests or may be the goodest of people. Others I could see a dark impresion around their heads usually, not really the body of the person.

However this stopped at about 14- 15 after I was headbutted in the head by a foolish high school teacher one morning. For months after that big head aches started and as they slowy subsided the persons natural aura stopped being able for me to see and daja vu started happening for me.

There experiences were happening from time to time from 12 until the headbuut incedent happened to me. In the 30 years since I sometimes find that I get a arua or daja vu feeling in me and perhaps my body and mind change in some ways. Often depending on whats been happening around me or may be about to happen near me or in my area.

Its not easy to explain and as of my age, I have had neroloigists and Professorts ask me to explain the experience to them which is very difficult to put into words and explain to someone else.

It is often related on the amount of sleep and rest I have had and my own personal physical condition.

However I am not implying that they could not be of some out of body or mind experince.

On about perhaps 10-14 occations things have happened in the news or wearther and I often find that it feels like they can or are related to the present and the physical. Its unique to experience and often when these happen its at times when may be weather conditions are unique.

I live not far from Sydney Australia, and for many, many years found that these perticular feelings and experiences happen at about the August- December time of years, and for quite some years have related it to a weather condition. Although its not always reasonable and true to say is happening.

I'm sure its some sort of brain experience for me and can and does help stress disapper from my life feeling and my body feeling.

Its unique, my brain has some damage on the left hand side called (Atrophy in the medical left temporal lobe with slight increased T2 signal and concomitant slightly diglatation of the temporal horn of the left laterical verdical. The apperiance is consistent with Hippocampal sclerosis).

I'm not sure what it means, but its a problem. I've always considered it and still do to being headbutted by my teacher and have made attemps for reasonable compensation. However in ways its considered a gift to me. I do take anti convulsants and have for 30 year, I now take 7 tablets in the morning and 7 at night. 

On 3 occations I have what I would say are my most unusual experiences and on all 3 have jumped out of bed and in the next days sometime in some way life changing has happened. One an earth quake happened the next day, on one other I was hit by a car, and on the third I have a personal experiece that will remain in confidence.

Howver all in all in my life I have had many many  what dr's consider aura's. 30 years ago I was someone being asked questions by expers who were researching brain medical. Now they conside me no different to any other epipilic. However what ever happnes in these experience I do have some aura sensation and it effects my day and my function, I often find considerable sleep in the only cure and have on occations found myself seeking the company of others before seizure. As I often think I sense the difference in these experiences.

It many ways its a ruin to my life, in others its unique to have as a person and my only cures are brain surgury, which I dont want at my age or into the future.

Best of luch dealing with Doctors. However remeber they are developing medican and not a personally experienced prospective. Your going to have to learn to manage the condition your self, howver I do suggest that if the daja vu experiecne is large and not leaving with good sound sleep. You explain your sleeping problems to her or him and ask for sleeping help.

Which I dont find pleasent to take, I take a sleeping drug called Frizium and I dont enjoy taking it. However its actaually working in my sleep probelems and also control of the aruas. I now describe the feeling as a mental orgasam to them, as it gives them some prospective for them to understand and work from. Howver you or others could find a different way of describing it. Years ago I found a work starting with E in the dictionary that describe it to a T. Howver I have never been able to find the word again.

Relationships are hard as stress can effect my epo probelms and many ppl dont quite understand my personallity and that can often be hurtful. Howver I've found over years I have had not choice but to be strong and carry on. Which is not always easy as I am just a man and like all men am prone to fail when doing my best to try.

Learn to trust your Dr, and learn to understand the need of getting 9-10 hours sleep and also learn to understand that if on medication keep the time zone you take them under a reguar clock and not miss them by hours.

I find beer and other alcholol effect me and I also find drinking coffee are problems for my epo.

Very, very best in the future with learning about the probelm you have and best of luck in controlling it in your life style. Keepworking as long as you can into the future as I also did when I worked find that it helped with having less auras. Why that was so I have no idea.

Kindest of Regards for you in life Kat

Grant

 

Hi Kat,

I'm a 45 year old male who has had some sort of daja vu since about 12 years of age.

Howver before that I could see some peoples aura around their bodies very often. And most often in people that where at their most happiests or may be the goodest of people. Others I could see a dark impresion around their heads usually, not really the body of the person.

However this stopped at about 14- 15 after I was headbutted in the head by a foolish high school teacher one morning. For months after that big head aches started and as they slowy subsided the persons natural aura stopped being able for me to see and daja vu started happening for me.

There experiences were happening from time to time from 12 until the headbuut incedent happened to me. In the 30 years since I sometimes find that I get a arua or daja vu feeling in me and perhaps my body and mind change in some ways. Often depending on whats been happening around me or may be about to happen near me or in my area.

Its not easy to explain and as of my age, I have had neroloigists and Professorts ask me to explain the experience to them which is very difficult to put into words and explain to someone else.

It is often related on the amount of sleep and rest I have had and my own personal physical condition.

However I am not implying that they could not be of some out of body or mind experince.

On about perhaps 10-14 occations things have happened in the news or wearther and I often find that it feels like they can or are related to the present and the physical. Its unique to experience and often when these happen its at times when may be weather conditions are unique.

I live not far from Sydney Australia, and for many, many years found that these perticular feelings and experiences happen at about the August- December time of years, and for quite some years have related it to a weather condition. Although its not always reasonable and true to say is happening.

I'm sure its some sort of brain experience for me and can and does help stress disapper from my life feeling and my body feeling.

Its unique, my brain has some damage on the left hand side called (Atrophy in the medical left temporal lobe with slight increased T2 signal and concomitant slightly diglatation of the temporal horn of the left laterical verdical. The apperiance is consistent with Hippocampal sclerosis).

I'm not sure what it means, but its a problem. I've always considered it and still do to being headbutted by my teacher and have made attemps for reasonable compensation. However in ways its considered a gift to me. I do take anti convulsants and have for 30 year, I now take 7 tablets in the morning and 7 at night. 

On 3 occations I have what I would say are my most unusual experiences and on all 3 have jumped out of bed and in the next days sometime in some way life changing has happened. One an earth quake happened the next day, on one other I was hit by a car, and on the third I have a personal experiece that will remain in confidence.

Howver all in all in my life I have had many many  what dr's consider aura's. 30 years ago I was someone being asked questions by expers who were researching brain medical. Now they conside me no different to any other epipilic. However what ever happnes in these experience I do have some aura sensation and it effects my day and my function, I often find considerable sleep in the only cure and have on occations found myself seeking the company of others before seizure. As I often think I sense the difference in these experiences.

It many ways its a ruin to my life, in others its unique to have as a person and my only cures are brain surgury, which I dont want at my age or into the future.

Best of luch dealing with Doctors. However remeber they are developing medican and not a personally experienced prospective. Your going to have to learn to manage the condition your self, howver I do suggest that if the daja vu experiecne is large and not leaving with good sound sleep. You explain your sleeping problems to her or him and ask for sleeping help.

Which I dont find pleasent to take, I take a sleeping drug called Frizium and I dont enjoy taking it. However its actaually working in my sleep probelems and also control of the aruas. I now describe the feeling as a mental orgasam to them, as it gives them some prospective for them to understand and work from. Howver you or others could find a different way of describing it. Years ago I found a work starting with E in the dictionary that describe it to a T. Howver I have never been able to find the word again.

Relationships are hard as stress can effect my epo probelms and many ppl dont quite understand my personallity and that can often be hurtful. Howver I've found over years I have had not choice but to be strong and carry on. Which is not always easy as I am just a man and like all men am prone to fail when doing my best to try.

Learn to trust your Dr, and learn to understand the need of getting 9-10 hours sleep and also learn to understand that if on medication keep the time zone you take them under a reguar clock and not miss them by hours.

I find beer and other alcholol effect me and I also find drinking coffee are problems for my epo.

Very, very best in the future with learning about the probelm you have and best of luck in controlling it in your life style. Keepworking as long as you can into the future as I also did when I worked find that it helped with having less auras. Why that was so I have no idea.

Kindest of Regards for you in life Kat

Grant

 

Re: hello kat; i know how

Submitted by Katvwolf on Fri, 2007-04-27 - 17:00
Thanks for your reply, Budy! I'm sorry to hear that you didn't get help from your specialist. What did your eeg say, if you don't mind me asking. What kind of natural cures are you using now? I'm always more interested in homeopathic treatments. I never have considered myself blessed by these "visions" that I have because they're not comforting and they're always accompanied by fear so intense, it often makes me cry. :( Have your psychic experiences been positive?

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