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Deja vu/panic attacks - Very tired of being undiagnosed
Thu, 11/01/2012 - 18:14Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
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 been having these deja
Submitted by PrinceD\ on Fri, 2018-07-13 - 17:21
I have been having these deja vu panic attacks starting a few months ago. It starts with a chemical smell & then an intense feeling of dread and deja vu. Everytime it happens I feel like I am so close to understanding the cause, but it always eludes me. So far all my "deja vu" memories seem to be from the same dream, but I can't fully remember the dream. Today I was triggered by someone giving me a beef stick. They handed it to me & I immediately had a panci attack, at the office. It was my first one at the office & had to think quick on my feet and say I got lightheaded because it was an immediate noticeable change.
What I have been experiencing
Submitted by PrinceD\ on Fri, 2018-07-13 - 17:22
What I have been experiencing sounds similar to that. I get a chemical smell, hot and instant fear of dread. They just started a few months ago, and seemingly random things trigger them. Today someone in my office handed me a beef stick & it hit me instantly. I had to play it off like I just got lightheaded.
Those jolts in your brain are
Submitted by Vick on Mon, 2018-04-30 - 05:34
Those jolts in your brain are most likely from fear or anxiety. Panic attacks may be normal for you, but you are panicking none the less. Try to think of an incident in which you felt that same jolt without the same provocation. I often get jolts in my brain when someone makes me jump or I'll have an almost electric buzz in my head when I'm feeling tense. They happen a lot after an episode of deja vu as well, which I read to be linked to anxiety. Just some food for thought.