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How exactly do aura's feel
Mon, 05/15/2006 - 11:30How 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--smell and intensifcations
Submitted by Corinna on Thu, 2008-06-26 - 12:12
8is it true that melling a nonexistent unpleasant smell is a classic pre sz symptom? Also can a seizure be predicted by "intensification" of things around you--not getting larger or smaller but , for example if you have a dresser of knotty pine 10 feet away ordinarily you dont see the knots in the wood but in aura you do like you were only one foot away and colors seem brighter ??
Re: How exactly do aura's feel
Submitted by emalea253 on Fri, 2010-04-02 - 06:22
This is the first time I've heard about auras, but then again, my diagnosis of epilepsy is fairly recent. There are days when I feel incredibly fuzzy. I can't describe it any better than that. It's just a weird feeling, and then I have moments where I black out. Not all of these events have been witnessed, so I'm not sure if I would call them seizures, but I my husband is now especially protective when I tell him I just don't feel right. I haven't had another partial seizure since January, but I've been on Lamictal since then.
Re: How exactly do aura's feel
Submitted by Doublell on Fri, 2013-08-23 - 10:31
I am not an expert. This sounds like some type of aura. I had auras for 47 years. Along with them were what were peti mal seizures. EVERY aura is as different as the people who have them! Mine started with kind of weird feeling like I spaced out. My brain told my body to turn my waist to the left and my right arm to raise while turning my neck and rolling my eyes. That was a complete aura/seizure.
They do go hand in hand. Some people just experience the auras while others experience the partial complex ones along with the auras. If you have not done so get an epilepologist a neurologist that deals with just seizures! I know they will give you a lot of options. Keep your chin up and know there are a LOT of people pulling for you. Good luck and God Bless!
I am not an expert. This sounds like some type of aura. I had auras for 47 years. Along with them were what were peti mal seizures. EVERY aura is as different as the people who have them! Mine started with kind of weird feeling like I spaced out. My brain told my body to turn my waist to the left and my right arm to raise while turning my neck and rolling my eyes. That was a complete aura/seizure.
They do go hand in hand. Some people just experience the auras while others experience the partial complex ones along with the auras. If you have not done so get an epilepologist a neurologist that deals with just seizures! I know they will give you a lot of options. Keep your chin up and know there are a LOT of people pulling for you. Good luck and God Bless!