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Is it possible that the sensation of being to close to the left edge of the bed, even when I'm in the middle or on the right side of the bed a body orientation thing caused by epilepsy? I never experienced it until I had a stroke that causes my seizures. My seizures originate in the part of the brain that affect body orientation but I am not sure what I described above is a body orientation thing or something different.
 
I did more research and it is called spatial disorientation and can have neurological causes.
 
Does the sensation go away if you open your eyes and look? Do your seizures originate on primarily one side of the brain and/or in a particular lobe?

It could be what's called a "somatosensory aura". This category of aura can include tingling or feelings of heat/cold, but it can also include "somatosensory illusions", where you might feel (falsely) that your limbs are swelling, shrinking, or moving. These somatosensory illusions tend to originate in the inferior parietal lobe or in the area where the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes meet.
 
No the feeling doesn't go away if my eyes are open.

All of my seizures are sensory and they originate in the right parietal lobe. I had a stroke that damaged the right parietal lobe, and the stroke was entirely sensory. Probably why the EMT's and ER doctor didn't think I was having a stroke until the CT scan showed the stroke.
 
That makes sense then. Somatosensory aura tend to be "contralateral" -- the sensation shows up on the opposite side of the body from the seizure focus. So right-sided parietal focus creates a left-sided sensation. Could definitely be epilepsy-related.
 
I think I will mention it to the neuro when I see her in December. I doesn't happen as frequently as it did before I started AED's, nor do the phantom odors. I still experience a feeling of weakness or heaviness in my left arm and sometimes my leg during seizures.

I have foot surgery Wednesday. I hope it doesn't bring on a wave of seizures.
 
Thanks, kind of scared about the surgery. Hard cast and crutches for at least 2 months.
 
Make sure you ask for a purple cast (in honor of national epilepsy awareness month)!
 
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