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What do you feel?
Sat, 12/24/2005 - 12:21Topic: Family & Friends
I am very sorry to ask, and I apologise if this is too personal. I would just like to ask what do you actually feel during a seizure. How do you know when you have a seizure - I hear that epileptics can smell rotten eggs, or burnt rubber. Are you concious during a seizure, and do you realise that you are having one.
Thank you, from Amrou
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Hi I’m sorry if this upsets
Submitted by ryankendra135 on Mon, 2019-04-29 - 06:41
Hi I’m sorry if this upsets anyone but I would like to know if what I experienced was some sort of seizure. I woke up to experience a noise in my ear similar to someone blowing into it, I sat upright and my vision was double and sort of staggered. The best way to describe the pain in my head was a bomb about to blow up and there was a pain beeping quicker and quicker in the middle of my brain and it felt like it was ready to explode. I found it hard to breathe and my significant other could hear my heart beating from the other side of the bed and I could barely move. When I was able to move it was hard to see and my eyes were very droopy still seeing double. I sat beside the door to get fresh air struggling to snap out of it and trying to get to grips with what was going on. I then proceeded to throw up and my head was still in immense pain. It calmed down a slight bit so I tried to sleep it off, I woke up in the morning and up until midday I had a headache and felt tired. Thanks to anyone who lets me know
May I speak with you
Submitted by Sheojin on Wed, 2018-10-10 - 00:05
May I speak with you privately?
I feel like im falling super
Submitted by Jamesedwardfraser on Sun, 2019-03-03 - 00:57
I feel like im falling super fast. Ive been skydiving a few times and when i have an episode. I feel like im falling at first. But faster than a free fall......Then i stiffen up and cant move for about 10 seconds. I seem to be able to pull myself back but that is hard to explain.Every event i have starts with me feeling like im falling........