Hi everyone,
I went to the doctors today and have been told that I'm to be passed through to a neurologist, and that some 'experiences' I've had in the past may be signs that I have frontal lobe epilepsy. Essentially, I was just curious as to know the various ways in which people with this form of epilepsy are affected? I mean, honestly, I know very little about any sort of epilepsy, and was just wondering whether what I experience is even vaguely similar?
I've had these 'experiences' since I was very young (I'm 22 now). Infact, one of my earliest memories is actually having one of these things happen. They tend to last between 5 - 20 minutes, and come on quite quickly, and go within seconds when they do go. When I was young, I noticed that when they were happening, I would feel sounds in my head grow with increasing loudness, and also the feeling of certain materials would bounce around in my head. It's a tough one to describe, but essentially it's as if certain objects take on two opposite properties. A good one is something like if I was to think of clothing during these moments, both the fact that they were smooth and 'spiky' would pop in my mind. Another one would be sand, the fact that it filters through your fingers, and also is composed of huge rocks (on a small scale).
As I've grown older, I've noticed a few more things, and generally it's that time seems to go noticeably slower, and again, this is most noticeable when I'm listening to music. It's also apparent when I move, so normally I make an effort to move 'slower', to make up for the apparent way in which I seem to move 'quicker' when these times come. My sense of touch also seems heightened, and my sense of sound, although sight isn't affected. I haven't ever really been in a place to try out smell...
Sometimes I won't get one of these for months, and sometimes I'll get three in a week. I had one on Monday of this week, but before then I hadn't had one for a good couple of months. They're not unpleasant feelings at all, but I wanted to talk to someone about it just in case it was related to something serious, hence my visit to the doctor. They've given me some information on Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in general, but don't really know all too much about it.
Mainly, I was just seeing whether my experiences were in any way similar to other people with TLE? Again, it's a hard one to describe, but hopefully something is clear in there, or something relatable!
I went to the doctors today and have been told that I'm to be passed through to a neurologist, and that some 'experiences' I've had in the past may be signs that I have frontal lobe epilepsy. Essentially, I was just curious as to know the various ways in which people with this form of epilepsy are affected? I mean, honestly, I know very little about any sort of epilepsy, and was just wondering whether what I experience is even vaguely similar?
I've had these 'experiences' since I was very young (I'm 22 now). Infact, one of my earliest memories is actually having one of these things happen. They tend to last between 5 - 20 minutes, and come on quite quickly, and go within seconds when they do go. When I was young, I noticed that when they were happening, I would feel sounds in my head grow with increasing loudness, and also the feeling of certain materials would bounce around in my head. It's a tough one to describe, but essentially it's as if certain objects take on two opposite properties. A good one is something like if I was to think of clothing during these moments, both the fact that they were smooth and 'spiky' would pop in my mind. Another one would be sand, the fact that it filters through your fingers, and also is composed of huge rocks (on a small scale).
As I've grown older, I've noticed a few more things, and generally it's that time seems to go noticeably slower, and again, this is most noticeable when I'm listening to music. It's also apparent when I move, so normally I make an effort to move 'slower', to make up for the apparent way in which I seem to move 'quicker' when these times come. My sense of touch also seems heightened, and my sense of sound, although sight isn't affected. I haven't ever really been in a place to try out smell...
Sometimes I won't get one of these for months, and sometimes I'll get three in a week. I had one on Monday of this week, but before then I hadn't had one for a good couple of months. They're not unpleasant feelings at all, but I wanted to talk to someone about it just in case it was related to something serious, hence my visit to the doctor. They've given me some information on Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in general, but don't really know all too much about it.
Mainly, I was just seeing whether my experiences were in any way similar to other people with TLE? Again, it's a hard one to describe, but hopefully something is clear in there, or something relatable!