having deja vu or auras don't always mean you have Epile. does it?

[jyearta]

A friend ask me about my seizures. When I explained the deja vu coming on first then the details of my seizure, I think I scared her. She said that she herself has had deja vu did that mean she was going to have a seizure.

I hope I wasn't wrong in telling her that (I guess) just about everyone has deja vu/aura at some time in their life, but that does not mean she is going to have a seizure.

I told her that if she were to have a seizure, she would know something was WRONG, even if she didn't have the words for it.

[Krista2882]

I've been wondering about that, too. Deja Vu is such a well known term, so lots and lots of people must have experienced it before. They can't all be having an aura, can they?
I remember in the movie "Matrix", experiencing deja vu meant there was a glitch in the program. haha.

[epileric]

Deja vus are very common & don't necessarily imply in any way that someone has any sort of disorder.

Of course that doesn't mean they aren't associated with certain disorders.

[petero]

having deja vu is an atypical brainwave as far as I know - otherwise they would be more common - but by itself, no - a deja vu or few doesn't mean you have epilepsy
having tonic-clonic seizures is more indicative of epilepsy - although tonic clonic seizures don't necessarily mean you have epilepsy either as they could indicate another disorder

[morkys]

Although I feel "deja vu" before the times I have blacked out, it's much stronger and much more unique feeling. When I have had what I believe is a regular deja vu, it's a bit of a mysterious feeling, like you feel "as if" you have experienced this before and you feel sort of confused. When I have what I believe is an aura, it does "feel" like deja vu, but it is categorically different because it involves a memory and doesn't so much involve me feeling that I have done something or been somewhere before that I am actually doing at the moment. It's usually only loosly related to what I am experiencing at the moment. The strong deja vu feeling is more focussed in my mind involving a memory that feels as though it was placed there without much of my help. It is like I am thinking about something, or remembering, and then my mind has a deja vu about the memory. Often the memory I am having the deja vu feeling connected to, is a memory which is not something I chose to think about. It may be related to what I was deliberately thinking about, but often it feels like the final thought is placed there without my participation. This is my personal experience, and deja vu vs aura may differ for other people.

I think there is a difference between the common deja vu that most people experience, and the "deja vu" or "deja vu feeling" that is evidentally an aura for those of us who experience blackouts and/or seizures.

[petero]

wow morkys - this is right on
especially about the feeling like it's an implanted memory
lately I've been categorizing experiences I have as "deja vu" associated with epilepsy
when I'd grown up I'd associated deja vu (non-epilepsy use of the term) with a pleasant spooky feeling

diagnosed with epilepsy now since 2008 I've been trying to categorize what I experience using epilepsy terminologies, and only lately have I been categorizing what I feel are a type of mind-control-memory-implant with the common epilepsy term deja vu
it's more like an 'iconography' for a memory, iconography for what I'm experiencing
non-ictal "deja vu" had always been a pleasant experience
what I'm interpreting as the ictal-deja-vu is NOT a pleasant experience
it seems invasive to present reality, although not really disjunctive, because the memory superimposes itself onto reality
I had a bad sleep/wake tonic-clonic cluster about two weeks ago now, and I'd experienced the ictal-dejas through the days after, so this is clearer in my mind
but it's still hard to explain

Although I feel "deja vu" before the times I have blacked out, it's much stronger and much more unique feeling. When I have had what I believe is a regular deja vu, it's a bit of a mysterious feeling, like you feel "as if" you have experienced this before and you feel sort of confused. When I have what I believe is an aura, it does "feel" like deja vu, but it is categorically different because it involves a memory and doesn't so much involve me feeling that I have done something or been somewhere before that I am actually doing at the moment. It's usually only loosly related to what I am experiencing at the moment. The strong deja vu feeling is more focussed in my mind involving a memory that feels as though it was placed there without much of my help. It is like I am thinking about something, or remembering, and then my mind has a deja vu about the memory. Often the memory I am having the deja vu feeling connected to, is a memory which is not something I chose to think about. It may be related to what I was deliberately thinking about, but often it feels like the final thought is placed there without my participation. This is my personal experience, and deja vu vs aura may differ for other people.

I think there is a difference between the common deja vu that most people experience, and the "deja vu" or "deja vu feeling" that is evidentally an aura for those of us who experience blackouts and/or seizures.

[morkys]

wow morkys - this is right on
especially about the feeling like it's an implanted memory
lately I've been categorizing experiences I have as "deja vu" associated with epilepsy
when I'd grown up I'd associated deja vu (non-epilepsy use of the term) with a pleasant spooky feeling

diagnosed with epilepsy now since 2008 I've been trying to categorize what I experience using epilepsy terminologies, and only lately have I been categorizing what I feel are a type of mind-control-memory-implant with the common epilepsy term deja vu
it's more like an 'iconography' for a memory, iconography for what I'm experiencing
non-ictal "deja vu" had always been a pleasant experience
what I'm interpreting as the ictal-deja-vu is NOT a pleasant experience
it seems invasive to present reality, although not really disjunctive, because the memory superimposes itself onto reality
I had a bad sleep/wake tonic-clonic cluster about two weeks ago now, and I'd experienced the ictal-dejas through the days after, so this is clearer in my mind
but it's still hard to explain

Yep. The deja vu aura I have is strong and like a taste or smell in the brain. It's has the feeling of emotion but it's all about memory and remembering. The thing you are remembering involuntarily can be related in some loose way to something you were thinking about just before the intrusive deja vu memory experience. It's so bizzare because it is not usually brought on by yourself deliberately.