Posted by lawrence S. on June 29, 2001, at 2:34:01
In reply to Re: aha! Deja Vu, posted by Zo on June 28, 2001, at 2:04:54
> . . is a classic Temporal Lobe Epilepsy seizure. . .as are many frightening, nearly "psychedelic" perceptions, sometimes called Big & Small. . .feeling at a strange literal distance from everything. And one is aware, one does not blank out. It can feel like you must be crazy. . .but it's only TLE, and nothing to be overly concerned with if the symptoms are managealbe, as are mine, by a fairly innocuous med like Neurontin.
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> TLE often does not show up on EEG. . .An epileptologist is a better bet than plain neuro.
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> Good luck,
> Zo
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> Thank you Zo for that invaluble info. For years I was sure that I was going crazy. When I told my psychiatrist about the Deja Vu feeling he looked like he was about to call the men in the white suits. I will look into this more. Hopefully it is something benign like TLE.
Can you tell me more about the symptoms you had?
>Lawrence S.
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