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Vision/dreams during grand mal seizures

Fri, 10/28/2011 - 16:34
During sleep, you see a lot of things in your dreams, most of which you don't remember. I don't remember anything from most of my grand mal seizures--does that mean I don't see anything, or might I be seeing something and not remember it afterwards?

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Re: Vision/dreams during grand mal seizures

Submitted by nteichert on Thu, 2011-11-17 - 05:13

I can never stop a Grand mal seizure and also NEVER remember that I had one. BUT I DO REMEMBER HAVING DREAMS WHILE HAVING THE SEIZURE. And I'm always awake when I get them. Well, you know what I mean. So I always have new scars on me.

But what gets to me are the dreams because they always seem so familiar. Like I've had it before, or been there before...almost like something in me is trying to remember something.

I've had epilepsy since 12 years old but only for the last 3 years or so these dreams have started happening and when I wake up I am told that 5 or 10 minutes after I want to either run away from something or protect people or scream and kick. And 3 or 4 days later pieces of the dream starts coming back to me. And I'm not liking what I'm seeing.

So yes. I suppose there's a reason that we "black out" (for lack of better words), everybody's brain keeps on working until we don't. We just have to try and remember.

The question is: do you want to?  And I really don't think it is that bad like mine. Remember, having a seizure isn't easy and takes a lot out of you. 

I can never stop a Grand mal seizure and also NEVER remember that I had one. BUT I DO REMEMBER HAVING DREAMS WHILE HAVING THE SEIZURE. And I'm always awake when I get them. Well, you know what I mean. So I always have new scars on me.

But what gets to me are the dreams because they always seem so familiar. Like I've had it before, or been there before...almost like something in me is trying to remember something.

I've had epilepsy since 12 years old but only for the last 3 years or so these dreams have started happening and when I wake up I am told that 5 or 10 minutes after I want to either run away from something or protect people or scream and kick. And 3 or 4 days later pieces of the dream starts coming back to me. And I'm not liking what I'm seeing.

So yes. I suppose there's a reason that we "black out" (for lack of better words), everybody's brain keeps on working until we don't. We just have to try and remember.

The question is: do you want to?  And I really don't think it is that bad like mine. Remember, having a seizure isn't easy and takes a lot out of you. 

Re: Vision/dreams during grand mal seizures

Submitted by sandy40 on Thu, 2011-11-17 - 11:55
My son was very recently just diagnosed with epilepsy so I am still learning about all of this myself! He also has grand mals. He has told me on two different occasions that he has dreamnt that he died but didn't leave earth. He though he was an angel still on earth.  One of these happened while he was in the hospital and I reasured him that he had not died. Didn't ask him for more details because it scared me! If you go through the list on syptoms during a seizure one of them is out of body experience! The brain is very complex and there are still alot of unknowns out there. I don't know if this helps you with your question but I hope it helps a little.

Its a bit scary. Life out of you

Submitted by Vid on Mon, 2020-04-20 - 00:49
I had a serious depressed skull fracture, the next day I was in a deep sleep . I started dreaming my ex gf on a small island with coconut trees and she was calling my name slowly n sexy vidash ,,- Vidash - wake up . Next thing I woke up and saw her standing at the side if the bed calling me tryna wake me up .I had 1 yesterday after a cut on my finger , felt as tho life was draining out quickly,dad carried me to a chair and I just blank of , hearing them calling my name n just wiped out , dream someone standing at the side of me, Indian person with a face shine like gold, with a lot of big pimples. The person was asking or telling me something . I can't remember what it was . Then when I woke up I saw my brother standing at the side of where the person was and they took me to a bed where I felt better. During everything I felt as tho I couldn't breathe. I think blood wasn't flowing to my heart or not enough or maybe to much.

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