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goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?
Tue, 01/10/2006 - 00:07Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
Hi, this is Maddie, I'm really glad to find this site.
I still don't know for sure whether i have some kind of epilepsy. Neurology hasn't been much help, but my own dr believes i do because of a long history of strange episodes and LTL abnormality on eeg. But if so i don't understand exactly what form the seizures are taking, since those general episodes that i get can go on for a couple of days (seems too long for a single seizure, surely?). Also I don't have the main things that are often mentioned with left TLE, like bad smell, deja vu, staring, chewing, etc. (at least as far as I know). But over about 8 years I've steadily developed so many problems with mental speed, executive functions and any kind of abstract thinking, and i just can't understand how this much damage could be done by epilepsy - if that's what it is - wihtout seizures making themselves more obvious.
Is there any such thing as sub-clinical seizures, or seizure-like activity, that can go on without classic seizure signs?
Also, can goose-bumps be part of a seizure? Mine can be on leg, or head, or arm, or sometimes head & arm together, but only ever on one side at a time, never left & right together. The feeling can cover half or most of my leg or arm, but when I look at it the visible goose-bumps are spread out in a strange random pattern - say a blob here, a little curving strip there, and another patch further down. For a while they keep coming with a sort of 'pumping' feeling, like pulsing every few seconds. Also there's a 'soft' version of the same thing, that just makes a patch of skin feel a bit sticky. On days when I get all this it can be basically continuous, several times every hour.
Can goose-bumps be an aura? Is an aura basically a simple partial seizure?
Comments
Re: goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?
Submitted by MeganMMR on Sat, 2008-07-26 - 17:25
I am so glad I found this site, I thought I was crazy lol. I also have been experiencing strange patches of goose bumps. I will get them only on my left leg or left arm but never at the same time. The bumps will stay for a few minutes then disappear. It has been going on for a few weeks now and I have also noticed short muscle spasms, but they seem to happen all over and not as often as the bumps. I also seem to be forgetting things easily such as new names or something I was supposed to do. I even forgot what temperature to set the oven at to make chicken which is odd because I've been making it for years. I have also been having stomach issues for the past three weeks including nausea, pain in the upper and lower abdomen, and changes in bowel movements but I'm not sure if any of this is related. I had an abdominal ultrasound last week but everything was fine. I seem to be drowsy more often than usual and sometimes I feel like Im in a fog. I am going to do some more research and talk to my doctor but Im glad to see that Im not alone. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
Re: goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?
Submitted by AJN on Wed, 2008-09-17 - 11:50
Your not crazy! About 4 months ago I got goosebumps in my left arm, left foot over the ankle and left side of face. I've been to numerouse doctors and no one can step up and say what it is. In one of the postings I also saw someone mention the sticky feeling which I've experienced on the left. These symtoms have only been on the left side. Test have shown no heart issues or sroke issues. My main course of releif however has been see a chiropactor! Also many people have said tension and stress may cause these as well. What are your thoughts???
Re: goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?
Submitted by clbradley on Sat, 2008-07-26 - 01:25
This is my first post so I hope that I do this right.... I get goosebumps that I also had wondered if they were a form of a seizure (I seem to always get them on my right side, usually down my arm). Anyway... I was at Emory last week for some testing and they had me doing a EEG testing where I was hooked up for 5 days and monitored. (Sorry I cannot think of the techinical term). I had the bumps occur and the doctor did confirm that it was a Seizure. I was just in the hospital last week so I have not meet with the doctors for the results of the findings so what questions do you have about those goosebumps? Maybe I can help.
This is my first post so I hope that I do this right.... I get goosebumps that I also had wondered if they were a form of a seizure (I seem to always get them on my right side, usually down my arm). Anyway... I was at Emory last week for some testing and they had me doing a EEG testing where I was hooked up for 5 days and monitored. (Sorry I cannot think of the techinical term). I had the bumps occur and the doctor did confirm that it was a Seizure. I was just in the hospital last week so I have not meet with the doctors for the results of the findings so what questions do you have about those goosebumps? Maybe I can help.