Posted by Mitch on July 28, 2001, at 19:28:48
In reply to Re: Obsessive Musical Tunes » Mitch, posted by MB on July 25, 2001, at 16:22:31
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> > Yes, in my case it does sound very much like that. I don't get the facial corollary, however I DID used to (and still do at times) have echolalia when I was a teenager , also about the time the "scale illusions" started-which is very suspicious for temporal lobe epilepsy. We may not be talking about exactly the "same" thing, but I believe it is coming from the same part of the brain. Oh another thing I found out from a little researching-people with TLE may sometimes have "echopraxia" which is imitation of another person's behaviour (sometimes unconsciously), I also have done that. It is like instead of repeating the last word of someone's else's sentence, you start talking like them (mannerisms and accents, etc.) or posturing like them-I have done that too....
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> > I will look through any followups when I get back on Sunday,
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> > Mitch
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> When you talk about "scale illusions, are you talking about illusions about the sizes of things (like putting on the wrong glasses? If so, I don't think I've had that (yet, thank God!).Well, not exactly (although it is a little like that). It is more like sitting on a couch or something and suddenly the room seems very very large and you feel very very large as well. I guess it can go the other way-but I have always had the "huge" or "cavernous" type illusions. Mostly inside, but sometimes outside.
Mitch
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