The symptoms experienced during seizures tend to vary greatly from person to person, but each individual tends to experience only a few symptoms, and these usually occur in a stereotyped manner with each attack. It is true that persons with partial complex seizure disorder often have a deja vu feeling (a sense of familiarity with unfamiliar surroundings) associated with their seizures. However, this feeling usually consists of a vague awareness that the same sensations have occurred during previous attacks. ViOSe 18.2
Unlike partial complex seizures, the content of Ellen White’s visions varied on each occasion and often included many complex subjects. These visions, which she usually could recall subsequently with great vividness, provided material for her to write about for many days, in some cases many weeks. This alone rules out partial complex seizures as the cause of her visions. ViOSe 18.3