cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/38619026

Lifelong migraineur, chronic for the last eight years. Last week, I had an aura come on hard and fast then lost about two minutes of time. Very unsettling to say the least, but thankfully my partner was there to witness it.

My neuro set me up with an awake/drowsy EEG at the end of the month. They put "behavioral arrest epileptic seizure" on the order. Depending on how it goes, I may need to go to an epilepsy monitoring unit for further testing.

So for those who have both migraine and epilepsy, especially if migraine was diagnosed first, what was it like getting diagnosed?

"This study unveils, for the first time, a potential protective mechanism, 'wake' slow waves, employed by the brain to counteract epileptic activity. This mechanism takes advantage of protective brain activity that normally occurs during sleep, but in people with epilepsy, can occur during wakefulness."

As part of the research, the team also wanted to test whether the occurrence of "wake" slow waves had any negative effects on cognitive function. During the memory task, researchers found that the "wake" slow waves reduced nerve cell activity and so affected cognitive performance—increasing the length of time required by patients to complete the task.

The team reported that for each increase of one slow wave per second, the reaction time increased by 0.56 seconds.

Professor Walker said, "This observation suggests that the cognitive difficulties—in particularly, memory deficits—experienced by individuals with epilepsy may be attributed, in part, to the brief impairments induced by these slow waves."

The team hope that future studies will be able to increase such activity as a potential novel treatment for people with epilepsy.

I like to pretend I'm surfing time and space, communing with the Universe...

[ Image - A white-robed, light-skinned, white haired and bearded figure, resembling a wizard/druid/viking, kneels against a large, forest tree; their head lain against the bark, their eyes closed.

Text - " transcending the fabric of reality (getting dizzy from standing up too fast) " ]

How do you guys deal with memory loss? I have around 4 TV sezuire a year, and multiple absences which have definitely got better with medication, however my long term memory is terrible, I've forgotten a lot from growing up and even though less frequent I still forget more recent things, such as names.

Google photos giving picture memories has been really useful remembering the last 7 years, I wish I had more, there is Facebook but I mostly want to forget those mostly drunkard photos from my youth.

Any other tips maybe noted of some type?