Wondering about Epilepsy symptoms - Epilepsy Message Board

aspidites · 08-16-2006, 11:08 AM

Hi. I have never been diagnosed with epilepsy nor ever mentioned this to my doctor, but I was thinking about it again when it happened today, the trees were casting shadows on the ground, and as I drove under them and the light on my windshield was flickering because of the breaks in the trees I thought I was going to throw up. I was just wondering what range of symtoms and degree of intensity people experience with epilepsy. I was drinving home one night and there were some police cars on the side of the road and the lights flashing I almost threw up. Could this be attributed to my thyroid condition or can this possibly be epilepsy. I get frequent headaches, very vivid dreams, which I heard can be a sign of epilepsy and I just was wondering if you have to experience seizures to be epileptic, or if there are mild froms of epilepsy with the symptoms as mild as nausea and head pain. Thanks.

bettyst · 08-16-2006, 05:44 PM

Could it be that you just need glasses or sunglasses? I don't have E but I do sometimes have very vivid dreams if I sleep deeply.

neurowreck · 08-17-2006, 06:59 PM

Yeah- either way, it's worth mentioning to your MD, and getting checked out. Everyone has different seizure symptoms- some similar, some not- it might be your eyes, but worth looking into....

aspidites · 08-18-2006, 11:33 AM

I have read that people have different seizure symptoms that they wouldn't even attribute to a seizure. Does anyone know if this is true. I have read that people can just have intense mood changes. Is that true???

neurowreck · 08-18-2006, 05:44 PM

Yeah, there are some symptoms that can be seizures that people wouldn't normally think of as seizures. Some mood changes can come with seizures, some with meds, some before seizures, some because of other things going on. This is something to mention to the doc- it's not too weird to ask about.