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goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?

Tue, 01/10/2006 - 00:07
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?

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Re: goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?

Submitted by amyordave on Wed, 2010-09-29 - 21:23
I've only just started to get the goosebumps on my left leg within the last week.  Quite honestly, these comments are very scary.  I've also had a strange nagging headache behind my right eye for the last few months.  Not enough to completely impair me but enough to be annoying.  I usually get the nasty headache around the time my period comes and it's absolutely horrible but this is just a smaller version of it.  Anyway, the goosebump thing is very strange.  I hate going to the Dr. if they're just going to blow it off and then spend hundreds of dollars.  Just not sure what I'm going to do.

Re: goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?

Submitted by seizethemoments on Thu, 2010-09-30 - 01:07
I see that this is an older post but...

My myoclonic jerks/seizures are sometimes preceded by a tingling, electric feeling...similar to the goosebumps sensation but much more intense.  Maybe I am just weird all around, but I at least wanted to let you know that the goosebumps thing seems to have some relevance.  I get goosebumps at weird times and sometimes on on side, but the bumps haven't been captured on EEG and I never really thought about them being abnormal. 

I hope your doctor looks into it, it is an interesting subject!  Seizures manifest in many different ways...

Re: goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?

Submitted by zeulen on Thu, 2009-12-10 - 11:47
I've been having patches of goose bumps for about a year now.  Usually on the left side, either on my arm or leg, but not at the same time.  I'm being treated for Lyme disease which has some other strange neurological symptoms so I'm wondering if the goose bumps are related.  I was tested for MS-- not pleasant, as some of you know--but the tests were normal.  I haven't had an EEG.  Until a year ago I was in excellent health.  I'm hoping once the Lyme is treated I'll be okay.  Thank you for your posts.  It's good to know I'm not alone.

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