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I'm not familiar with
Submitted by birdman on Sun, 2018-11-18 - 20:35
I'm not familiar with seizures that would cause visual distortions. But I'm reading a new book, Brainstorm (O'Sullivan, Suzanne) which tells of the many ways epilepsy can present itself. Starting on page 36 she writes about Amy who has visual distortions and a "rare manifestation called hippus". I hope that someone visiting this forum can share with your experience, but you may also find reading Brainstorm as well as several other epilepsy books helpful. A much older book, by Schachter is Epilepsy in our Words which has many short, true stories of different epilepsy experiences. Reading these has proven interesting for me and it may help you ask your doctor better questions to help you in your search for answers.