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Déjà Vu or Prescience?

August 1, 2018
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Think of it as knowing something from the past…or feeling a premonition of the future.

Those who have experienced the déjà vu feeling describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity, with something that shouldn’t be familiar at all.

Those who experience prescience, feel they have the ability to see into the future in some way.

Posted in Epilepsy, Research
Tags: aura, deja vu, future, ictal, past, prescience, temporal-lobe epilepsy

Seizures…Memory…Depression. YES, They Are Linked!

November 17, 2016
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At least one in every eight people with epilepsy also has depression.

Epilepsy can have different effects on memory functions and depression for various reasons.

Because the portion of the brain where memory and emotions are stored — the limbic system — can be disturbed by epileptic seizures.

In fact, memory problems are one of the most reported problems that coincide with epilepsy.

Posted in Epilepsy, Research
Tags: depression, disabling, emotions, Epilepsy, limbic system, medication resistant, memory, physiological issues, seizures, side effects, temporal-lobe epilepsy, under-recognized, under-treated

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