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How exactly do aura's feel
Mon, 05/15/2006 - 11:30Comments
Re: your description of Auras
Submitted by cateh on Tue, 2008-11-04 - 06:10
Graham, this is brilliant, I am going to forward it to my neurologist and GP, because I have had so much trouble describing my auras to them. I was having them for 3 years before I had my first fit and nobody could diagnose them, the closest we got was post natal psychosis at first and I thought I was losing my mind and was so scared.
My auras scare me rigid, I go cold with fear and find myself looking at people next to me on a train or in a work meeting and think for a split second - "Who are you? Where the h*** am I?" and then think something lawful is going to happen - I know what you mean about the black hole. Also I can't believe that nobody notices what I am going through - if I look half as scared as I feel it should be obvious but apparently not. The ridiculous memory thing is so true, I hear sounds in my head like a section of dialogue from a TV programme, or have deja vu feelings - somebody putting an item of clothing back on a rack on a shop - trivial bizarre memories.
They also happen in my sleep when I am particularly bad and I wake up with a mouth full of saliva and feeling sick. Afterwards my stomach has filled with acid because of the fear and I have stomach ache and headache for hours afterwards. Sleep is the only way to recover.
I am on Epilim 500 for my fits (which are only in my sleep) and these auras don't occur when I am super diligent about taking them but if I am under great stress and forget a tablet or two they come flying in from nowhere.
Interesting to hear you had encephalitis that started your fits - my auras started at 37 soon after giving birth to my second child who was a challenging baby and I was under a lot of stress at home and at work - then my first fit happened out of the blue at 40 years old after a temperature and tummy bug.
I would love to understand more about why I develped this so late in life and also whether anybody feels like this.. It doesn't always follow that I end up having a fit.
Graham, this is brilliant, I am going to forward it to my neurologist and GP, because I have had so much trouble describing my auras to them. I was having them for 3 years before I had my first fit and nobody could diagnose them, the closest we got was post natal psychosis at first and I thought I was losing my mind and was so scared.
My auras scare me rigid, I go cold with fear and find myself looking at people next to me on a train or in a work meeting and think for a split second - "Who are you? Where the h*** am I?" and then think something lawful is going to happen - I know what you mean about the black hole. Also I can't believe that nobody notices what I am going through - if I look half as scared as I feel it should be obvious but apparently not. The ridiculous memory thing is so true, I hear sounds in my head like a section of dialogue from a TV programme, or have deja vu feelings - somebody putting an item of clothing back on a rack on a shop - trivial bizarre memories.
They also happen in my sleep when I am particularly bad and I wake up with a mouth full of saliva and feeling sick. Afterwards my stomach has filled with acid because of the fear and I have stomach ache and headache for hours afterwards. Sleep is the only way to recover.
I am on Epilim 500 for my fits (which are only in my sleep) and these auras don't occur when I am super diligent about taking them but if I am under great stress and forget a tablet or two they come flying in from nowhere.
Interesting to hear you had encephalitis that started your fits - my auras started at 37 soon after giving birth to my second child who was a challenging baby and I was under a lot of stress at home and at work - then my first fit happened out of the blue at 40 years old after a temperature and tummy bug.
I would love to understand more about why I develped this so late in life and also whether anybody feels like this.. It doesn't always follow that I end up having a fit.
Re: Deja vu feeling
Submitted by bjr on Fri, 2008-10-24 - 21:04
BJR - having it is certanly strange. the first thing i do is put somthing in my mouth, sit down and hope i don't bite my tounge off. once i had one i fell over, wiped out a rocking chair, broke my glasses and put a scar under my eye it looks just like a tattoo. people sometimes look at me thinking i killed someone. what a bummer.