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Length of Auras

Sun, 06/18/2006 - 14:39
Hi, I'm new here and haven't been formally diagnosed yet (I'm having a video EEG on the 26th) but some of what I've experienced make me question what's going on. My specific question is: how long do your auras last? Because so far I've had only partial complex seizures (the docs think) but before each one I had an aura that lasted anywhere from five minutes to forty-five. I feel exhausted for no reason, get dizzy, and feel disconnected. This is worse (for me at least) than the seizure, which happens either with one big jerk and then it's over or else unconciousness (and nobody has been around for one of those to tell me what I do). But from what I've read, auras traditionally last only seconds or minutes. Any thoughts on this would be great. Thanks, Nicholas

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Re: Length of Auras

Submitted by rebpow on Sun, 2006-06-18 - 18:32
Hi, I also have Simple and Complex Partial Seizures. I have auras that can last 5minutes to about half an hour. I will feel nauseus, spacey, tired, and depressed. Then I will slow down to the point where I cannot move or speak at all. The transition is often gradual. Since starting Lamictal I will have sometimes just have episodes where I have an aura for about 5 minutes, but then no acutal seizure. Despite the definitions of what seizures are and how they work, there is still a good deal of variety of how each person can experience them. The workings of the brain are not something that anybody can claim to know everything about. Good luck, Rebecca

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