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Does Anybody Experience Extreme Fear As An Aura?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question πŸ’­
San Antonio, TX

For most of my life I've been having these episodes that I thought were panic attacks, but I think they may be partial seizures. I had a major attack right before my first tonic clonic three years ago. I'll get extremely nervous and tingling in my stomach. I had another tonic clonic a few weeks ago and when I was coming out of it, I felt the same extreme fear I felt before and after my first tonic clonic (I was asleep so I didn't feel anything before hand, but I woke everybody up because I was… read more

March 2, 2016
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes extreme fear can be an aura. That's the main feeling I get when a seizure is coming.

March 3, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

this sounds so much like what I experience. thanks for sharing.

June 10, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I noticed this after a night of drinking more than I should have (before I knew I had epilepsy). It was almost every 30 min or so. Not very fun. From the outside it looks like I'm fine. A few times other people have felt my nervousness when it's a real bad one.

May 15, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

This is exactly how my daughter describes it, she sometimes gets an overwhelming feeling of fear, nearly manic, it might last for just a few minutes, sometimes over an hour (coming and going throughout the hour). To an onlooker, it looks like a panic attack, without the hyperventilating. She can also hear sounds/voices/buzzes, all giving a dark and negative feeling. Another symptom she gets is the sensation of De Ja Vous, which again gives her the fear of dread.

May 12, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Some times my postals can be panic attackish

March 7, 2016

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