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Would really love some input(sorry it's a little long)

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 13:13
So about 2 months ago I experienced what my neurologist says was most likely a simple partial seizure. I was sweating and felt like I was replaying a dream in my mind that I couldn't put my finger on, everything looked weird and I felt like I wasn't speaking properly. This lasted about 2 minutes and then passed. After this happened I kept replaying it in my head trying to make sense of it and this led to multiple anxiety attacks that night. Now I keep over analyzing every thought or feeling I have thinking it's an aura. Throughout the day I have thousands of "flashbacks" of random memories or feelings which I'm sure I've always had but now I pay attention to all of them. They are usually upsetting or make me feel uncomfortable. Like it's a feeling more than a thought. I get random rushes or adrenaline that last a second and then go. These things are all triggered out of the random and can happen from looking at a word or smelling something. I also have been having anxiety attacks that will last hours on end out of the blue or random depressive episodes that make me feel like I'm losing it. This all started after the one episode. I guess my question is..I havent had an episode like the first again. Do these little flashbacks all day sound related or more like post traumatic stress and over analyzing?. And are simple partials usually always the same experience usually for each individual person? Like when it happens again will it follow the same pattern? Thank you so much for any input.

Comments

I'd like to add that these

Submitted by JO2114 on Thu, 2017-10-26 - 13:15
I'd like to add that these rushes/ flashbacks happen multiple times a day..especially when I try to avoid them

Your neurologist could be

Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2017-10-27 - 13:17
Your neurologist could be right. He is a doctor and knows a little more about seizures then the average guy.I had weird feeling in my right hand. That happened a few times a month. THen they happened a few times a week. Then a few times a day. Until I had my grand mal. So if the neurologist you are talking about is your neurologist that treats your epilepsy then discuss this issue with them. If he doesn't treat your epilepsy then get them to refer you to one that does treat epilepsy.

Read the book Epilepsy 101,

Submitted by jesgal on Wed, 2017-11-08 - 15:27
Read the book Epilepsy 101, especially chapter 11.  A seizure doesn't just end, there are postictal psychiatric symptoms that can last up to 24 hours.  That is the source of your anxiety being amplified.  All of it turns into a wheel spinning in your head, it’s hard and it's challenging. Who I am:  lived with epilepsy since I was 13.  I have complex partial seizures of the temporal lobe, caused by poly-microgyria of both the left and right temporal lobes.  It took 31 years to find the diagnosis and a drug regimen that worked. I have been seizure free for about 5 years on Lamictal ER, (AKA lamotrigine)300 mg in AM/300mg in PM. 

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