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Seizures and yawning, stretching
Sat, 12/06/2008 - 11:08I've noticed a coorelation between stretching and yawning with my seizures. In particular, I do these compulsive strings of half yawns (meaning, they're full yawns, but for the most part I'm not sucking in air, just stretching my mouth or some such) and these extended stretches. I'm not sure if they're part of my "episodes," an aura to them, or part of the post-ictal, but I've definitely noticed they're there.
Does anyone else have/do something similar? I'd love to hear. :-)
~hams
Im 44 and for the last few
Submitted by Lizm2020 on Sat, 2020-04-18 - 07:53
Im 44 and for the last few years when i stretch -usually after waking so thankfully still laying down, often during or after yawning i drop into a fully conscious seizure-like thing where i can see, hear and feel but have no motor control, shake/spasm violently like a fish out of water with tingly warm feeling all over including my tongue which also feels larger. Slightly dizzy afterwards. Also constantly told nothing wrong and can get no further medical investigation as it doesn't happen randomly. Very scary and frustrating.