Has anyone ever experienced a focal seizure on the face only? This last few months I have been experiencing brief episodes of pins and needles /tingling around my left eye area, left temple. Sometimes it spreads down my cheek slightly. I have been to my gp and we are both in agreement something is annoying the nerves in that area. So starting from scratch to suss out what is causing it.
Thank you.
hi my daughter mainly has focal seizures on face only. Sometimes pins and needles in hands. They use to appear regularly when anxious and stressed and overthinking negative thoughts. Meditation and grounding has helped together with the anti-epileptic meds. She is taking cbd drops and bought over the counter from Holland and Barrett. This was agreed by neurologist
Morning, I had a similar thing with tingling all over my face. It's the only time I've had it but afterwards I felt like I'd had a seizure and had also gone the pale colour I do when I've had a seizure. My consultant wasn't sure whether it was a seizure or not but described it in my notes as "seizure activity". It has just been a one off for me.
Hello, I have frequent focal seizures and very occasionally, pins and needles of the face only. I look upon them as a sort of aura.
hello all. I have Trigeminal Neuralgia and am wondering if the experience is actually this rather than a seizure. What each of you say is not specific enough to know but, I’d suggest looking this condition up. It can manifest in a variety of ways and on different parts of the face, numbness, pain, etc and, as the name suggests - it has 3 branches. I’m affected by pain caused from the ophthalmic branch this can also cause deep pain. In all cases the attack may often last no longer than 5 seconds but you can have many attacks each hour.
The treatment is Carbamazepine which might explain the confusion with epilepsy, if any confusion exists at all.
Diagnosis of Trigeminal Neuralgia is generally done by an MRI scan in combination with Carbamazepine. The theory being that if there appears to be a clear incidence of a blood vessel or tumour pressing on the nerve and Carbamazepine provides relief then it is most likely Trigeminal Neuralgia. This is no exact science.
Thank you for your reply. I have had cluster headaches in this area but on verapamil 160mg three times a day and it has really helped with the severe pain and episodes so thinking now is the nerve affected in cluster headache damaged. Its not sore like neuralgia is, just annoying, numb, pins and needles etc. It also lasts longer than neuralgia. Myself and my gp believe the nerve is annoyed. If it isn't that, (waiting for my neurologist to get back to me) i was wondering was it focal seizure, as i have focal seizures on the left side of my body. Altered sensation in my limbs for a very brief period very rarely now after years of increasing keppra to 2g BD and lamical 200mg bd. Thank you for your advice though.😊
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