Epilepsy/Seizure Caused Hallucinations?

<strong> <strong>Sure,,, Hallucinations, confusions, disorientations, memory lose &amp; the urge to know what's happening to you &amp; why, desperately feeling "LOSING CONTROL &amp; TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING RIGHT" is part of the seizures or Epilepsy.</strong> <strong>And having tried Keppra &amp; Lamictal before finally ending up with Dilantin,,, the Hallucinations, confusions, disorientations &amp; the urge to know what's happening to ME &amp; why,,, has NOT changed at all, making the seizures DIFFICULT TO TRACE &amp; LIVE WITH.</strong> <strong>While I'm sure, there are many experts who can DEFINE the symptoms &amp; answer your questions better than I can, from 10 years of experience with all kinds of seizures &amp; "few" Epileptic medications, I've come to realize &amp; accept that the symptoms you defined are just part of my seizures (Epilepsy).</strong> <strong></strong> <strong>Therefore, I learned to just simply get over it,,, RELAX, SIT-DOWN, SLOWLY &amp; GRADUALLY GO ON WITH THE STRIKES, till everything feels back to normal again.</strong> <strong></strong> <strong>I hope this makes sense to you &amp; help you to understand that Epilepsy is a whole LOT of package of more "DIFFICULTIES" than just SEIZURES &amp; shaking on the ground.</strong> <strong>Wishing you recovery &amp; good health.</strong> <strong>Ghebr</strong><strong> </strong> <strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/myseizures">www.myspace.com/myseizures</a></strong> </strong>

Hallucinations can totally happen during a seizure. There are multiple types of hallucinations even that can happen during the seizure. These hallucinations include, but are not limited to derealization, depersonalization, feeling like things are bigger than you, or smaller, feeling like everything is moving fast and blurry around you, or feeling like everything is moving in slow motion. There are many different parts of the brain that a seizure can affect. The seizure can affect multiple parts at once, or a single part of the brain. The seizure can even spread out over a period of time and you can have multiple different types of seizures in the same day I recently had a complex partial seizure (I made a post about it in this forum, it's at the top of the page at least currently). The seizure was extremely bizarre. I felt like I was in a dream, or a nightmare. But I thought I was just laying in my bed. In reality I was walking around in a trance-like state, saying things relevant to the things going on in my mind, but made absolutely no sense to anyone around me. Three days after this, I came back into full consciousness where I could actually talk to people and make sense. So, to answer your question, seizures can definitely be accompanied by hallucinations. I know this for a fact due to personal experience. Epilepsy is a very frightening and uncertain thing you can be diagnosed with. When you are first diagnosed, you try to pinpoint the source of where the condition could have come from. That can be a source of stress that can precipitate seizures. I have been trying to focus on ways to relax my mind and body since this has all started. Really the only option is to take tings into your own hands and try your very hardest to be proactive ad positive about everything around you. Well, maybe not the ONLY option, but that is what I have been doing. I want to be certain about life and try to let the people I care about know that this is a condition I cannot fully control and to not let it effect them emotionally as much as it possibly has been. Reaching out for help is a very important thing to do if you have epilepsy. Even if you feel you can just do everything for yourself by yourself, this is simply not true. Try your best to positively reinforce yourself and know that there are people who care about you, even during those times where it might feel you are absolutely alone. Life is a test of fate where you can choose to drop it and give up, or you can believe the truth that there are people love you and there are people who are completely willing to help. Sorry for the huge post. I just want people to know that you are definitely not alone in life, and in your personal experiences. Though you might think that sounds ignorant or only specific to my own life, please trust me that it absolutely is not. If you want to talk about epilepsy or other stuff about your experiences, please feel free to message me

It is a real blessing to hear that other people experience hallucinations etc. My daughter who is 10 years old has just recently been experiencing new things such as seeing and hearing voices that aren't there...as well as smelling things right before she has a seizure. This has been a scary experience for all of us and it is comforting to know that we are not alone. Thank you to all of you for making our situation slightly more normal!