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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: Fear of Auras

Submitted by Birdie on Wed, 2008-05-07 - 03:17

 I totally understand you Eric!  It scares me to death yet, and I've had Epilepsy for a very long time.  I have to quickly find a chair and sit down before the seizure hits.  I mean an over stuffed chair so I won't fall on the floor.  I use paper cups and plates and plastic utensils also.  Don't trust myself with the glass and sharp tines on forks.  Pretty bad!  Have a good day everyone.  Talk later!  Birdie 

 I totally understand you Eric!  It scares me to death yet, and I've had Epilepsy for a very long time.  I have to quickly find a chair and sit down before the seizure hits.  I mean an over stuffed chair so I won't fall on the floor.  I use paper cups and plates and plastic utensils also.  Don't trust myself with the glass and sharp tines on forks.  Pretty bad!  Have a good day everyone.  Talk later!  Birdie 

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Submitted by tan_the_fan on Fri, 2008-08-15 - 09:33
I have something similar re the scary thing. I get like a premonition type of thing where I can actually sense that I am about to fit - and they use to last anywhere between 10 - 30 seconds. Just of late though I've actually had the sense of fitting - but they never realise which is a weird feeling. I actually get like a tingly feeling all through my left (I have complex partial) when I have my auras...

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Submitted by spiritfild on Thu, 2007-05-10 - 15:54
I have a question... Last year someone in my family died at the age of 14 of a grand mal seizure in the bathtub, which is why I'm here on this site. But I just remembered something and wanted an opinion. First of all, I pass out a lot. :-) No seizures that I know of. But one night, I woke up with my hands on my throat, like I was strangling myself or something. In the morning, there was a little blood on my pillow, which turned out to be from my fingernails on my throat. Maybe it was a bad dream, i don't know, but that's never happened before. Could it possibly be a type of seizure? Just curious... thanks!

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