Symptoms reported from questionnaire based study
| Nine subjects | Mean |
|---|---|
| Age at interview | 12.7 years |
| Gender | |
| Male | 4 |
| Female | 5 |
| Age onset illusions | 8.4 years |
| Age onset headaches | 9.4 years |
| Hearing voices when no-one is around (hallucination) | 6 (67%) |
| Hearing noise with nothing to explain it (hallucination) | 4 (44%) |
| Seeing things that no-one else can see (hallucination) | 7 (78%) |
| Smelling things with no explanation (hallucination) | 0 |
| Feeling things touch you when there is nothing to explain it (hallucination) | 4 (44%) |
| Seeing things that become distorted (illusion) | 7 (78%) |
| Things seeming much bigger than they really are (illusion) | 5 (55%) |
| Things seeming much smaller than they really are (illusion) | 3 (33%) |
| A sensation that time is going very slowly (illusion) | 3 (33%) |
| A sensation that time is going very quickly (illusion) | 5 (55%) |
| A sensation that colours are much brighter than they should be (illusion) | 4 (44%) |
| A sensation that colours are much dimmer than they usually are (illusion) | 4 (44%) |
| A sensation that you are outside your body (illusion) | 6 (67%) |
| A feeling that the world is not real (illusion) | 5 (55%) |
| A feeling that you are not real (illusion) | 4 (44%) |
| A feeling of fear for no reason | 6 (67%) |
| A feeling that people are being sarcastic when you don't really think they are | 2 (22%) |
| A feeling that parts of your body change in size (illusion) | 55% |
| Have you experienced any other unusual symptoms | 44% |
| Hyperacusis (illusion) | 55% |
| Object moving (illusion) | 78% |
| Number of different illusions | 10.5 (range 7–15) |
| Full fills ICH diagnostic criteria for migraine | 100% |
| First degree relative with migraine | 78% |
| First degree relative with AIWS like symptoms | 22% |
| Normal CNS examination | 100% |
| EEG (all normal) | 44% |
| MRI (all normal) | 55% |
AIWS, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome; CNS, central nervous system.