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Mon, 04/03/2017 - 22:30Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
While walking through an indoor water park a month ago.. I started feeling very strange. What I can only explain as severe shifting in my brain. I got tunnel vision, managed to sit down and then had twitching on the right side of my face. It lasted a couple minutes. Afterward I felt pressure in my head, slight headache and tingling in my forearms. Ever since that day.. there hasn't been a day that has gone by where I haven't felt some sort of "activity" in my brain. Usually that shifty or wavy feeling and a sense of panic. Some days I feel out a couple small times. Other days it seems to last all day. MRI = normal. 3 day Eeg= normal. Doc agrees probably focal seizures and put me on keppra. But still I have feelings in my brain. I feel like my life has been turned upside down.
Hi there, I've felt what you
Submitted by TeddyHa11 on Mon, 2017-04-03 - 23:55
Hi there, I've felt what you've felt before. In fact earlier this evening. I've had epilepsy since I was 14, I'm 30 now. I get a weird feeling where I start to stare and think really hard. Kind of like tunnel vision. Twitching like that for me usually was a sign of a seizure. But that's just me. I still panic a little when it happens but I just remember that I'm going to be fine. It's gonna pass and I just take a quick breather and try to relax my body. Some of my medication has a side effect of depersonalisation and that's kind of what it feels like for me. I would type out the definition but I'll let you do that. A little homework if you will lol. Just know, you're not alone, you're strong, there are people here for you and remember to keep calm and relax. I hope this offered something for you. G'night!