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Déjà Vu
I feel I must express my disquiet on reading your short, unattributed article in the February edition of the Star, titled “Deja Vu”. I am especially concerned with the last sentence, “researchers say that it is a good sign indicating that your facilities (sic) are in good working order.”
Deja vu is a common early sign, and in some people the ONLY symptom of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. It can, in some cases, lead on to the tonic/clonic seizures typical of epilepsy. It is classed as an ‘aura’ by some neurologists, and as a seizure in itself by others.
A diagnosis of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy means taking long term medication, and loss of your driver’s licence until you have been symptom – free for 12 months.
I urge anyone suffering from deja vu more than a couple of times to seek a medical opinion.
I have recently been diagnosed with TLE and face having to take medication for the rest of my life and the instruction that I must not drive for 12 months. I live rurally outside of Martinborough and this is going to be a major disruption to my life. My only symptom was deja vu, there was no loss of awareness, or absence, or “fit.”
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