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Panic attack versus seizure
Sat, 02/28/2009 - 06:08What is the difference between a panic attack and a seizure? The seizure I had this evening started with a sheer panic attack and progressed into a complex partial seizure. I felt sheer terror at first working up my spine and then it generalized into a true seizure, where I lost consciousness.
Has anybody else had this happen to them? Any information or response would be grateful.
Re: Panic attack versus seizure
Submitted by Jdewberry on Sun, 2013-02-24 - 04:49
I was feeling the same way not too long ago. Having to deal with the horrible anxiety/panic attacks and the doctors and try's. it's just all so overwhelming. I am still coping with my diagnosis, but learning how it doesn't bedding me every day. I'm sorry your going through this. Into was driving when I had my second grand mal. It was terrifying and I pulled over, called my boyfriend, and tried to tell him where I was but it was too late: I couldn't read the street sign and was really confused by then and dropped the phone. There goes another 6 months of driving. It's hard to be isolated and have to rely on someone to take you everywhere! I am a nurse and it's been hard for me to be on the patient side of things. I'm always scared that I may have another one, but as time goes on I think of it less and less. After I was diagnosed, I felt with a significant amount of depression. I have daelt with anxiety and panic my whole life so that just got twice as bad. I felt like I had my life taken away: I can't practice as an RN in the ER or ICU like I've always wanted to because they are high stress areas and I can't physically handle that without having a seizure right now. My epilepsy is fully under control with meds now but it's still the chronic illness I have to deal with each day. I have a significant amount of memory loss. It has come back slowly (some of it) and I hope yours has too. I can't think as quick as a could before either. I've struggled a lot in my life as well with depression and anxiety/panic and now epilepsy. We all have to just stick together though this. It's hard, but it gets earlier once they get your meds done and figured out. You will feel so much better :)