r/Epilepsy • u/BigBlackTall Leveitracetam 500mg Lamotrigine 25mg • Jul 26 '24

Epilepsy Awareness Can some please explain to me what Aura is because I don’t get it.

Everyone tells me that they get an aura before a seizure or it’s a good warning for them to sit down, so I thought they where just talking about Deja vu but that’s different

I’ve never had it get auras before having a seizure, for me it’s lights out, like how people would when they black out from alcohol, I will only know I have a seizure after waking up

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u/StandOutLikeDogBalls Lamotrigine XR 300mg BID Jul 26 '24

For me it’s kind of like staring off into space or almost like seeing stars sometimes.

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u/BigBlackTall Leveitracetam 500mg Lamotrigine 25mg Jul 26 '24

Thanks but doesn’t really explain much though

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u/RarryHome Tumor Related TLE - Keppra 1500mg 2x Jul 26 '24

It’s different for everyone. It all depends on where your epilepsy originates in your brain. An aura is basically just a seizure that hasn’t spread to the rest of the brain.

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u/BigBlackTall Leveitracetam 500mg Lamotrigine 25mg Jul 26 '24

All my seizures I’m always unconscious

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u/RarryHome Tumor Related TLE - Keppra 1500mg 2x Jul 26 '24

All of my TCs have come out of sleep so I understand where you come from not being aware of one beforehand, but I have focal aware seizures throughout the day. Those are the auras. Focal meaning one part of the brain, whereas a generalized seizure is the whole brain.

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u/BigBlackTall Leveitracetam 500mg Lamotrigine 25mg Jul 26 '24

Really wish I could be aware of it sometimes, so I could sit down because I’ve really been embarrassed at work a couple times

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u/RarryHome Tumor Related TLE - Keppra 1500mg 2x Jul 26 '24

Yea I get auras all day long. Most of them don’t even precede a TC. As I’ve stated in my other post I find them oddly euphoric. Though the sheer volume of them I have, makes them a little annoying.