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How exactly do aura's feel
Mon, 05/15/2006 - 11:30How 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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Amen
Submitted by Nikkirippy87 on Sat, 2017-04-08 - 01:39
Amen
I have recently been
Submitted by Bethany432 on Sun, 2019-05-26 - 12:17
I have recently been diagnosed with epilepsy after having 3 grand mal seizures in 6 months at the age of 46. I have not had a seizure for 3 years now on lamotrigine. What I do have is these weird episodes which I call word salad. I cannot speak in intelligible sentences. Pleople talk to me but I can’t understand what they are saying and sometimes my vision goes all wavy. It seems to correspond to periods of stress and my menstrual cycle. It is very debilitating at work and quite frightening. Is this part of my epilepsy? If so how can I stop it happening?
Re: How exactly do aura's feel
Submitted by beryl gilmore on Wed, 2010-04-14 - 19:27
There have been tons of descriptions of how auras feel so I won't add to it :)
Just to say that auras do not always result in seizures and you can fight the onset of a seizure if you feel it coming on by concentrating on something abstract - a spot on the wall etc.
And also to say -
I did yoga on and off for several years but it is only in the past two - three years - since I started practising regularly (3-4 times a week) that I have experienced a significant reduction in seizures and auras. My epilepsy was always quite well controlled but stress was always a huge trigger for me and the yoga has eliminated ALL stress. I have not had a seizure or aura in over three years. I am convinced that this is all down to the regular practice of yoga and yoga meditation.
Yoga has also boosted my immune system considerably and it is over three years since I have had a cold, flu or infection. In fact I feel REALLY well better than I ever have.
I go to one class a week and perhaps every second day do some yoga at home - sometimes this is as short as 20-30 minutes and sometimes as much as 60 minutes - it all really depends on how much time I have available.
I also try to exercise regularly - exercise bike and trail walking. It is true that the more exercise you do the better you feel.
Beryl
There have been tons of descriptions of how auras feel so I won't add to it :)
Just to say that auras do not always result in seizures and you can fight the onset of a seizure if you feel it coming on by concentrating on something abstract - a spot on the wall etc.
And also to say -
I did yoga on and off for several years but it is only in the past two - three years - since I started practising regularly (3-4 times a week) that I have experienced a significant reduction in seizures and auras. My epilepsy was always quite well controlled but stress was always a huge trigger for me and the yoga has eliminated ALL stress. I have not had a seizure or aura in over three years. I am convinced that this is all down to the regular practice of yoga and yoga meditation.
Yoga has also boosted my immune system considerably and it is over three years since I have had a cold, flu or infection. In fact I feel REALLY well better than I ever have.
I go to one class a week and perhaps every second day do some yoga at home - sometimes this is as short as 20-30 minutes and sometimes as much as 60 minutes - it all really depends on how much time I have available.
I also try to exercise regularly - exercise bike and trail walking. It is true that the more exercise you do the better you feel.
Beryl