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Atypical Seizures?
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Atypical Seizures?
by Patient117, Mar 18, 2004 12:00AM
First I had auditory pseudohallucinations, accompanied by "trances". During the first month of this I didn't realize it was happening because of the trances.
As it progressed it went to olfactory hallucinations during the day at home.
Now I hear music. Beethoven's Fur Elise. Same piece every time.
If I go to a place where I have never been before, the pseudohallucinations wont happen. They are likely to occur at a place that I have been to so many times, such as at home. If I focus on something, such as watching a movie, they wont happen, and wont happen at school.
When I am tired at night or right when I am about to fall asleep, they are worse in that they are loud muffled or garbled words, or loud sounds such as a metal sound, a car horn, or a dog bark, and when that happens I can't think or move for a couple of seconds while it happens. It's like I am in some sort of a trance, but when it's over, I have memory of it.
I get a lot of spots and light in my field of vision. Black spots that dart from one side to the other. Colored spots of blue and green that appear from time to time. And now I see specks of white light that zigzag.
One time when my eyes were closed and I was extremely tired I saw what looked like a bright light similar to a firework that lasted for several seconds. I couldn't move or think when it happened.
Had vertigo and dizziness several times.
Normal MRI and EEG.
Lower lip now twitches when I hear something loud.
My eyes will now roll around during the trance.
3 psychiatrists say its neurological.
Energy can affect it
As it progressed it went to olfactory hallucinations during the day at home.
Now I hear music. Beethoven's Fur Elise. Same piece every time.
If I go to a place where I have never been before, the pseudohallucinations wont happen. They are likely to occur at a place that I have been to so many times, such as at home. If I focus on something, such as watching a movie, they wont happen, and wont happen at school.
When I am tired at night or right when I am about to fall asleep, they are worse in that they are loud muffled or garbled words, or loud sounds such as a metal sound, a car horn, or a dog bark, and when that happens I can't think or move for a couple of seconds while it happens. It's like I am in some sort of a trance, but when it's over, I have memory of it.
I get a lot of spots and light in my field of vision. Black spots that dart from one side to the other. Colored spots of blue and green that appear from time to time. And now I see specks of white light that zigzag.
One time when my eyes were closed and I was extremely tired I saw what looked like a bright light similar to a firework that lasted for several seconds. I couldn't move or think when it happened.
Had vertigo and dizziness several times.
Normal MRI and EEG.
Lower lip now twitches when I hear something loud.
My eyes will now roll around during the trance.
3 psychiatrists say its neurological.
Energy can affect it
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-CS, Mar 21, 2004 12:00AM
Some of these spells could represent seizures. Even if the initial EEG is normal, it does not exclude seizures as a possibility. What I would recommend is that you see a neurologist who specializes in epilepsy. If you are in the area we have an excellent epilepsy section.
