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Not sure if it is auras
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:33Hello,
I'm not sure if this is an aura since I've had these several times and didn't have a seizure. I get a strange feeling in the brain and I'm not exactly sure what it is. I told my friend and parents it felt sorta like a brain freeze without the coldness, if that makes sense to anyone else. I just had a seizure this past monday. This is the first time I have had a seizure with that 'aura' feeling.
I'm not sure what to think of this feeling and to be honest its kinda hard to explain it's really uncomfortable, but I've never had a seizure with it so I do not know what to think of it. I just thought it was just a nuissance. I'm going to speak to my doctor about it, but does anyone else get this feeling. It feels like my brain is kinda tightening.
Help?
Comments
Re: Not sure if it is auras
Submitted by mauthhausen on Wed, 2010-02-24 - 16:37
Re: Not sure if it is auras
Submitted by Azari on Mon, 2010-07-05 - 19:53
That almost sounds like a panic attack.
On topic, it could have been an aura, but dissipated before you had a seizure. I've read about people talking themselves out of seizures, but I suggest you keep track of when this happens; times, dates, if anything in particular happened that day or before you got that feeling.
As everyone always suggests, talk to a doctor-it'll definitely make you feel better.
That almost sounds like a panic attack.
On topic, it could have been an aura, but dissipated before you had a seizure. I've read about people talking themselves out of seizures, but I suggest you keep track of when this happens; times, dates, if anything in particular happened that day or before you got that feeling.
As everyone always suggests, talk to a doctor-it'll definitely make you feel better.
Re: Not sure if it is auras
Submitted by Psyche on Tue, 2009-12-01 - 18:03
write it down or talk through it. it doesn't have to be a seizure, but it could be interesting to you, your neurologist and your health. i get many type of seizures. i write down my usual, sometimes new or uncertain events in case they start to increase and i want to discuss them with my doctor. i try to describe all events upon my cell phone or my email (the easiest place for me to access) while they are occurring so i can be sure later that i was completely unimpaired and able to write or talk. (then there is a list for the doctor of events i was aware/ curious of) it doesn't hurt to describe what you are experiencing and then not see them upon your calendar ever again.