Adults with Epilepsy
I do have a history as an infant having seizures, but I later grew out of them within the year. I was also retested again with an EEG at the age of 7 or 8 because they thought I may have been having them again, but nothing showed up. I am now 21 years old. (My brother was recently diagnosed with Epilepsy last December.) Anyways, lately I have been able to smell things during the day, for example the other day I asked if someone made popcorn at work, and my co-worker told me no one had. I have smelt strange things, and I usually will have that a few times a day, and I also will have some involuntary "ticks" a few times a day. Not very often. That is all I can think of, but I was wondering if those may be related? Could I be having seizures and not know it?
I have also read this:
Temporal lobe epilepsy (the most common type of epilepsy in adults), which causes smacking of the lips or rubbing the hands together, emotional or thought disturbances, and hallucinations of sounds, smells, or tastes.
** And what do they mean by thought disturbances?
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I do not have epilepsy but have worked with people who did have it. What you describe does sound much like a partial seizure common in temporal lobe epilepsy. It is entirely possible you have seizures without realizing it at all, and people can experience what are called “silent seizures”. Not all seizures involved the generalized jerking spasms people tend to think of when they hear the word seizure. Your tics and odd smells would certainly fit the description. When they say thought disturbances, they can mean a few things. It can mean an interruption in your thought sequence, where you sort of temporarily forget what you were thinking or saying momentarily. It can also mean your thoughts jump around subjects in the middle of things. You can be speaking, go silent for a few moments, and then get the feeling you’ve “checked back in”, and are unaware of what it was you were discussing or thinking at the time. You can also find yourself staring at folks, after having been silent for a few moments, and have no idea that there’s been a time gap. To find out if this is the explanation, you will need to see the neurologist again, and have more testing done. Depending on how you feel about asking your co-workers, you can even ask them if they notice you doing these sorts of things. Either way, it sounds like you need to see your doctor again.
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