Changing Auras

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Has anyone who has always has the same auras (simple-partials) throughout their Epilepsy have their auras suddenly change, I still get Deja Vu, but now I also get a sensation like being startled. However, it never last for more than a second or two. I don't always remember my auras especially if they continue on to become Complex Partials.
 
I have had change in my seizures.

My seizures used to always be the same, same aura (simple partial) which was dream like vision & the feeling that I needed to go to the bathroom then I'd lose awareness and not remember anything until I came out of the seizure.

I had surgery in 2011, I was 2 years surgery free but started having partial seizures again in 2013. After my seizures returned the aura had changed as I started hearing a noise, which is hard to describe but similar to a tapping or clicking noise. Then they changed, I'd hear the noise then start hearing voices like people talking then eventually also have dream like visions again.

When I checked with the neuros they said the noises was simple partial then when I started hearing the other noises the neuro said they are also related to my partial seizures but more complex. My neuropsych told me it's not uncommon for your seizures to change.

More recently with my last couple of seizures I've not had the 'strange noise' aura, instead heard the voices or had the dream and lost awareness so assume I’ve not had an aura but gone straight into a complex.
 
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Hi rock and roll,

My auras changed over the yrs. I used to get just a nervous feeling in my stomach but now I see colors of the rainbow flashing back and forth in a zig zag pattern in my eyes along with the nervous feeling in my stomach.
You might want to try what my neuro told me back in the 1970's which stopped many of the aura seizures from going into complex partial and that is the moment you feel a aura seizure start tighten up all the muscles in your body and make your hands into tight fists for a few seconds, if you do it quick enough it will stop the seizure. It has stopped many of my seizures over the yrs. I wish you the best of luck and May God Bless You!

Sue
 
Yep, my auras have changed, 10 years ago, it was a feeling like I was going to throw up. Now they are like a strange headache that stands out from any other ones I get. Unfortunately my last few seizures didn't have this aura and the seizures hit me like a brick wall.
 
I've always had the same simple partials since I was a kid. They aren't an aura to my complex partials. The complex partials, though, can vary. That's another reason its so important for someone to witness those.
 
Has anyone who has always has the same auras (simple-partials) throughout their Epilepsy have their auras suddenly change, I still get Deja Vu, but now I also get a sensation like being startled. However, it never last for more than a second or two. I don't always remember my auras especially if they continue on to become Complex Partials.

I have experienced this a few times. In my case, I originally was having auras for complex partials many years and the activity actually changed in not how they acted but what took place when the aura came about. An example i can give you is during the aura I would get bad tastes in my mouth frequently along with the deja vu then it fell into this odd scent along with the deja vue.

As of now the seizures have changed to abscense seizures and with that the auras have changed slightly once again as I am no longer getting the deja vue just an odd scent warning that is coming about because everything is so quick. The seizures are rare at this point because of my control with the devices being used but I know when something is about to take place still.

Regards,
Suebear
 
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