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1-2 Second Seizures? Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Fri, 05/22/2020 - 11:34
One year ago, I was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Prior to starting Lamictal (200mg) I experienced deja-vu / sense of familiarity / dual consciousness episodes which lasted between 3-6 minutes. They were followed by foggy / memory and cognition deficiencies that would last a few hours. My question. Since starting Lamictal, these episodes have been kept under control, but recently (after engaging with psychedelics) I have started experiencing brief glimpses of these episodes. They only last 1-2 seconds. I get the initial sense of it coming on, the familiar scene getting ready to play itself out, but then it's gone. Has anyone else experienced such short episodes? I am wondering how concerned I should be. My guess is the longer the duration, the more impact it will have on my brain functioning. I would love to hear anyone's thoughts or experiences.

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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy -

Submitted by irangel on Mon, 2020-05-25 - 22:39
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - Epilepsy is idiopathic, so please take my words with a grain of salt.....Please educate yourself about hypercalcemia and how 'doctors are now learning' about those with the illness will see evidence that their body will deposit calcium in their cordial arteries....and have no evidence in their kidneys, liver nor pancreas.   It

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