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Deja vu/panic attacks - Very tired of being undiagnosed

Thu, 11/01/2012 - 18:14
Hi all, I'm very new to thinking that I possibly have simple partial seizures, however after looking through many posts here, it could possibly explain my symptoms. Over the last few months I have started having these very brief episodes of intense deja vu/flashbacks, and have realised that they mostly revolve around dreams I've had. I usually have the worst ones in the morning, and lead to what I thought was a panic attack. Then, through the rest of the day, I have extremely brief (less than half a second) deja vu flashes, that actually feel like my brain jolts somehow. I initially thought there was something wrong with my heart (as the panic attacks initially started with severe heart palpitations), however these have stopped, and after doing an ECG, EEG, and a holter test, nothing wrong at all. I'm getting to the point where I am so over the whole thing and starting to think that I'm losing my mind, and also that this will never stop. Does anyone have a similar thing happening, particularly with the brain 'jolts'? Any help would be really appreciated, I don't know how much longer I can keep feeling like I'm losing the plot! Thanks in advance, Gemma

Comments

I have this too!!

Submitted by retzp@yahoo.com on Tue, 2014-11-25 - 12:38
I have this too!!

Hello I'm a 28 yr old male

Submitted by Countryboyy88 on Tue, 2017-03-21 - 22:29
Hello I'm a 28 yr old male and for the past year I had a panic attack every since then I been fearing of death,chest pain,confusion,severe dejavu,and severe bloating and  much more been to er and nothing doctors know nothing can someone with bout the same problems help me out here 

I've been experiencing the

Submitted by Hayles_59fc5df7a102e on Fri, 2017-11-03 - 08:15
I've been experiencing the exact same thing for the past 6 months or so. Sometimes I go a few weeks with out an attack them boom 3 today (lasting about a minute each). The feeling of utter dread is terrifying and I feel like I'm burning up then it passes. I try and think of the memory but just get the feeling it's a past dream. My Dr is doing blood tests and will book me in for a CT. Glad to know I'm not alone. 

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