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Music and Epilepsy

Wed, 07/21/2010 - 13:27
Topic: Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies
This may be an off the wall question, but does anyone with E. has strong emotional reactions (or seem to be VIVIDLY transported to the past) when listening music.  It seems like some songs that I listen to (like songs I used to listen to a lot in my younger days) seem to have this VERY STRONG emotional affect on me and I instantly start feeling all the old emotions I used to have when I was younger listening to the same music.  I have asked my non-E. friends and they think I am crazy... I know that music is therapeutic and all that stuff, however, why such strong emotional reactions?

Comments

Re: Music and Epilepsy

Submitted by ian_s on Fri, 2010-08-06 - 19:35

does anyone ever get this feeling?

they pop some ecstacy and all of the sudden the music gets really really good.

even though they are listening to some shitty techno.

and the colors very bright.

i know it's a bad idea, but is it unsafe to take ecstacy if i have generalized epilepsy??

i took ecstacy all the time before i got diagnosed and i was wondering is it still cool?

 

you might like this song "hold on. wait a minute let me put a roll in it!!!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4kgCZAHB4&feature=related

 

does anyone ever get this feeling?

they pop some ecstacy and all of the sudden the music gets really really good.

even though they are listening to some shitty techno.

and the colors very bright.

i know it's a bad idea, but is it unsafe to take ecstacy if i have generalized epilepsy??

i took ecstacy all the time before i got diagnosed and i was wondering is it still cool?

 

you might like this song "hold on. wait a minute let me put a roll in it!!!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4kgCZAHB4&feature=related

 

Re: Music and Epilepsy

Submitted by Jk606 on Mon, 2010-08-09 - 09:08
Taking E is like taking gaint scoops out of your brain with an ice scream scoop, it causes brain damage.  It doesn't matter if you have epilepsy or not.

Re: Music and Epilepsy

Submitted by tonialpha on Mon, 2010-08-09 - 12:04

Ditto! 

When I was in the monitoring unit one time I plugged my ears to rest and they said I was having a seizure.  I told them I was in a different plane of thought but comfortable.  I couldn't understand them but the music made me feel great and that was the last I remembered anything of the situation!

Ditto! 

When I was in the monitoring unit one time I plugged my ears to rest and they said I was having a seizure.  I told them I was in a different plane of thought but comfortable.  I couldn't understand them but the music made me feel great and that was the last I remembered anything of the situation!

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