Posted by IsoM on December 8, 2001, at 22:39:19
In reply to Re: Sub. Epilepsy Questionnaire - Follow-up?, posted by dreamer on December 8, 2001, at 19:05:44
The lights & coloured patterns can be very interesting. As they're much more noticable in the dark, at night when I have trouble falling asleep, I just watch the colours & patterns till I fall asleep. Same with the voices - I've learned to basically ignore the mental voices (they're not like sound but like all the sounds I've heard recently played back as bits of thoughts & sometimes I can even recognise different voices) but at night when I'm tired, they're more noticable so I'll listem to the snatches of conversations till I fall asleep.
Neither the 'sounds' or lights & patterns disturb me. I've realised long ago that they were just random neural firings in my brain but the moving spots & blurs can make it difficult to read in the evenings. I've had my eyes checked by an opthamologist & there's no organic eye disorders. Also the tactile feelings (I'm super-sensitive to touch) are irritating. I hate the feel of clothes & many fabrics are definitely out. All tags need to be removed from my clothes. Always being unpleasantly aware of clothes touching your skin is bothersome, hardly life-threatening but I dislike it.
In the questionnaire it asks if "I bump into or drop things. I'm accident-prone or absent-minded. I lose track of my place in tasks." I'm covered in bruises to prove how much of a klutz I am. I can even run over my own feet with a grocery cart. I frequently bang into the doorway, not quite making it through, trip over things, make an absolute mess when I cook, etc; I dislike my clumsiness. I suppose it's almost comical to watch me. Even in typing this up, I'm continously going back & editing, not because I spell incorrectly, but from my fingers hitting the wrong keys or in the wrong order - AND I've used a computer for years & can type 'well'.
Anyway, it's those sort of things that bother me & I'd love to see go. I do enjoy the perspective I have on life. I love the intensity of life that I feel & would rather have all the nuisances if it meant I'd have to lose my intensity too.
I use to have migraines frequently - either visual auras, or smells & intense feelings of irritation, but now they've faded & I'll occasionally get a visual aura but rarely will a full-blown headache with nausea develop. Why the question about migraines?
I'm taking Dr. Bob's suggestion & will e-mail the maker of the questionnaire for more info.
> Hello.....
> Can't find any info on web.
> Some drugs used for epilepsy are now being used here in uk for bipolar such as depakote .
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> I think some weird but pleasant symptoms I xperience is due to the effexor I take (the only med at the moment) without it it's bigtime scarey.
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> Why would you want to treat the sensations if you kinda~sorta enjoy them?
> What are the unpleasant ones do you get migraines
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> dreamer astronaunt
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