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Weirdest seizures ever?

Fri, 04/15/2016 - 13:11
So, I have a left Temporal lobe lesion. All my life I've dealt with depression and anxiety and the ups and downs associated with my mental health. My neurologist is completely stumped since my EEG was "normal" but I had a seizure in the MRI. He's sending me to another neurologist for further testing. Here's a brief summary of my seizure-like episodes... my body becomes stiff and rigid and my eyes flutter. I make mean and scowling faces and will chew the air. Occasionally, I see things and smell things. And sometimes I feel things. Sometimes I will perform dance routines and pantomime exercises and jobs from my past. On several occasions I've had full on orgasms beginning to end. I've felt like I've died and seen angels, and I've felt like I've seen the devil...but I know that I've seen none of these things. I've also spoken different languages. I know this sounds like psychosis, but psychotic people don't know that they are psychotic. I'm also completely lucid throughout my episodes, I'm just not in control of my actions. I can try to talk and rationalize during an episode, but I just come off sounding like a complete wacko. So, in summary, I don't have a diagnosis yet, but I know that I'm having seizures. I'm pretty sure that it's a form of TLE. Has anybody ever heard of anything quite like this? Some other things: I always have headaches. Everyday. Always tired. My mood is all over the place.

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