Posted by lawrence S. on June 30, 2001, at 8:24:46
In reply to Re: aha! Deja Vu, posted by Elizabeth on June 29, 2001, at 8:56:29
> > . . is a classic Temporal Lobe Epilepsy seizure. . .
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> Partial seizures with temporal foci come in so many flavours that it's hard to imagine any one sort that could be called "classic!" :-) (One could say that some symptoms are "classic," though, such as olfactory hallucinations and deja vu.)
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> Lawrence, could you say more about what you describe as "deja vu" feelings? The dream flashbacks are interesting. Anybody else have these, and if so, what causes them?
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> > I'll try. This is difficult to put into words. And I've been trying to forget these horible feelings. When I get these episodes It feels as if I'm slipping into a coma. But I've never been in one. I don't know why I choose that word. And it's like half of my brain is awake and the other half is sleeping. Fragments of dreams come out of the blue. but there all jumbled together like a radio thats pulling in several stations at once with a lot of static mixed in.
The deja-vu is so intense that time doesn't seem to exist and reality is like a skipping record that has been skipping for eternity.
These symptoms began when I started taking Halcion (bezodiazepine sleeping pill). Which I only took for 3weeks.
A.Ds and Klonopin have almost eliminated these bizarre experiences.
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>Lawrence S.
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> > And one is aware, one does not blank out.
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> In simple partial seizures, yes. Complex partial seizures (which can be localised in the temporal lobe) do include changes in level of consciousness.
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> -elizabeth
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