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How exactly do aura's feel

Mon, 05/15/2006 - 11:30
How exactly do aura's feel? Can you have aura's and not have an actual seizure? I think I had some this weekend. I went off into like a "spacy" feeling. Like I was tingling and I couldn't make myself snap out of it for a few seconds. I have had a headache since I has these feelings. I have had E a long time, but I am new to all the terminology and so forth. Thanks.

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Re: Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by susieq on Thu, 2006-09-21 - 10:54
Just another example of aura's - mine are the deja vu, along with the spacing staring. I also have a feeling of my brain swelling like my skull isn't big enough, but no pain. They don't always precurse a seizure. I have the complex partial seizures that are related to the hormonal fluctuation of the female body (especially during pregnancy)

Re: Re: Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by malissa72 on Thu, 2006-09-21 - 12:53
Hi susie q!!!!!!! My name is malissa, I have auras that start at my feet and tingle all the way up my body plus there is times that I have a funny taste in my mouth, then I have a real bad headache, then there is the times that I don't even feel the dang things coming on that is when I hate them because of the fact that I can't stop them. I have a VNS, so usually i can stop them but when I can't stop them I have them and my husband or kids stop them. Anyway write me back at my e-mail address ok, annemax4@msn.com. Thank you...................

Re: Re: Re: Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by epl_controller on Thu, 2006-09-21 - 14:28
Interesting reading, certainly, this! Whether some Aura's are partial/complex seizures I cannot say, but its good to see the consistency in others' experiences. I have had an aura twice (that I can recognize/recall). Both times it was a feeling of depression, of having made bad choices. While having an aura, whatever I thought of would seem to be totally useless, wrong, unethical, etc etc! The first time I had NO idea what was going on. Probably just stood around like a zombie for a couple of seconds (minutes?) till it passed. 10 minutes later, I had a tonic-clonic. The second time (2 weeks ago), I began to get a similar feeling while in the shower, so went and lay down on the couch. 6 hours of sleep later, I woke up only to have a seizure and go back to sleep!! Having read up on this topic by now, the brain cells get over-excited and fire uncontrollably. The tingling sensation in my head was exactly that. I can recognize it clearly. I think positive thoughts and soothing music can prevent a seizure after an aura. Cant prove this, but I know it works for me.

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