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Recently Diagnosed with GCE
Sun, 02/26/2017 - 13:02Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
I am a 42 year old male, never had a seizure in my life, then last year (May 2016) I had my first seizure at work. I had another in July in which I fractured my back, another in August in which a formal diagnosis was given and I was put on seizure medication. Things were fine for a while until I had 2 more in October, 2 in December, and 2 in January of 2017 and so far 1 in February this year. My medication has been changed and increased and I have been keeping track of the seizures. My question is my doctor say I also have migraine aura's but I have never had a migraine. These migraine auras include vision changes, speech issues, balance problems but absolutely no headache. These aura's can last from 3 minutes to 30 minutes and I have had them several times but never before the seizures began. Has anyone else had these aura symptoms and may they be apart of the seizures? Grasping for straws here...