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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: After reading the replies, I

Submitted by faerietygers on Fri, 2007-03-02 - 19:53
I totally understand that. I had no idea that I was having any type of auras, but I thought wow, I have done this before, and I would feel spacy and my body would shiver. I found out later that they were affiliated with the epilepsy. Wow, a yes song...I grew up on YES.

Coop, Some of U are so lucky

Submitted by anniemarie on Mon, 2007-04-09 - 04:49
Coop, Some of U are so lucky that U get warning sign which I use to get. I get no odor or deja v, I just hit the floor and go into Jerking and tightening and they say i stop breathing for a few sec and make weird gurgling sounds and it lasts only 4 to 5 mins and then, when I wake up I dont know nobody or myself. I even forget my name, Iam totally confused for an hr afterwards.

Re: How exactly do aura's feel

Submitted by cindym on Tue, 2006-09-05 - 09:39
I get auras with the complex-partial seizures, but not the drop seizures. When I was really young and had the petit mal seizures I my auras seem to follow a certain smell. Today, it's usually color or things I see that seem to trigger it. With the auras I get, they aren't always the same. Sometimes I get a dejuvu feeling like something is familiar. Other ones are triggered by color usually. I could be on the computer, reading print, or doing beadwork and have a feeling like a seizure is going to start. It's kind of the beginning of the seizure. During the aura, I usually have enough time to quick sit down if I feel like one is about to start. It isn't a whole lot of time though. A few times I moved things away while cooking and came out of it and my arm was laying on the burner or I was holding a hot fry pan on myself. Sometimes I get a panicky feeling where I get scared and need to get away from everything and run into the bathroom and quick shut the door. I don't know if those ones are panic attacks or a combination of both. Does anyone else get the feeling like they need to run or get away during an aura? Anyways,... that's what my auras are like.

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