Could this be epilepsy?

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Hi everyone! I've had numerous tests to try to figure out what's causing me to pass out, but no doctor can give me an answer. As I was doing research on this, I came to the conclusion that what I might be experiencing could be seizures. Here's some background info: I'm a relatively healthy, 24y.o. woman, but have had unexplainable health issues. In 2011, I had a stroke/seizure-like episode where I had an awful headache and later started to twitch on one side of my body, which made me completely paralyzed/unable to speak for hours. Doctors said I had conversion disorder because I had depression and anxiety. All the tests came back negative and I was told everything was all in my head. Flash forward to 2016 and I started working 50+ hours while going to school full time (not my smartest descision). At the beginning of this year, I started having episodes where I would pass out/slump over. I thought it was because of lack of sleep/sleep issues but my sleep study came back negative. I also thought it was due to a heart issue as I would experience palpitations and my body is sensitive to my heart rate increasing too quickly. I have had so many tests and only have answers about what it isn't. When I pass out, it's like I'm mentally there, but out of it. I can't talk, I'm slumped over, and my eyes close. I can hear what's going on once I come to, but it take like 20 seconds for that to happen and I feel really weak afterwards. I always get a feeling before they happen. I get internally shaky/dizzy, but it's nothing like a panic attack (doctors keep blaming all of this on my anxiety). I've passed out while sitting, laying down, and standing. I've also been know to "space out" my entire life. I have no nutrient deficiencies or anything, just a lot of anxiety because this happens at least once a week even after I quit my job. There's no distinct trigger that links all the episodes I've had and I've had them during various times of the day. I saw my PCP, pulmonologist, a sleep specialist, and a cardiologist. Any advice would be helpful. I need to get closer to finding answers so I can get help.

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You've seen several different

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2017-04-09 - 16:31

You've seen several different doctors that have told you what it isn't. Did they refer you to another doctor? If they did I wonder why they didn't refer you to a neurologist. A neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. In an absence seizure the person looks like they are day dreaming. So those times you were spaced out welllllll. Many of the things you posted could be partial seizures. Where you slump and can't respond but you hear everything.I had a stroke/seizure-like episode where I had an awful headache and later started to twitch on one side of my body, which made me completely paralyzed/unable to speak for hours. <<< twitching on one side of your body could be a clonic seizure Clonic means sustained rhythmical jerking. During a clonic seizure, jerking of the body or parts of the body are the main symptom. Headaches can land in several different seizures. As for unable to speak or lack of energy in a seizure the body is using energy fast. Each of those twitches or jerks is moving at rates stronger then you could normally move. I tossed my step father across my body with one hand when I was 13. I couldn't pick up a bar bell set that weighed 110 lbs. He only weighed 235 lbs.Please get your PCP to refer you to a neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. They will generally do 2 tests. One is an EEG which is a brain wave test showing the electrical output coming from your brain. The other would be an MRI.What a seizure is is an electrical impulse hitting wrong in the brain causing a chain reaction. Abnormalities will be what the neurologist is looking for. If seen the neurologist will know where in your brain they came from. By knowing that they know where in the brain to loo to see id there is anything different in that area of your brain. For me the abnormalities came from the left lobes of my brain. The MRI showed scar tissue in the left lobes of my brain. It also showed them it was there when I was between 6-8 yoa. When I was 7 I had the top rung of the bunk bed ladder come out while I was on it. in that fall I hit my head which spun around slamming my mouth into the bottom rail of the bunk bed. It put a gash in my tongue and the inside of my jaw. Technology wasn't like it is today in 1957 so the doctors were more worried about the 32-36 stiches they put in my mouth then the big bump on my head. Oh and it knocked out 4 teeth.

You've seen several different doctors that have told you what it isn't. Did they refer you to another doctor? If they did I wonder why they didn't refer you to a neurologist. A neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. In an absence seizure the person looks like they are day dreaming. So those times you were spaced out welllllll.  Many of the things you posted could be partial seizures. Where you slump and can't respond but you hear everything.I had a stroke/seizure-like episode where I had an awful headache and later started to twitch on one side of my body, which made me completely paralyzed/unable to speak for hours.  <<< twitching on one side of your body could be a clonic seizure Clonic means sustained rhythmical jerking. During a clonic seizure, jerking of the body or parts of the body are the main symptom. Headaches can land in several different seizures. As for unable to speak or lack of energy in a seizure the body is using energy fast. Each of those twitches or jerks is moving at rates stronger then you could normally move. I tossed my step father across my body with one hand when I was 13. I couldn't pick up a bar bell set that weighed 110 lbs. He only weighed 235 lbs.Please get your PCP to refer you to a neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. They will generally do 2 tests. One is an EEG which is a brain wave test showing the electrical output coming from your brain. The other would be an MRI.What a seizure is is an electrical impulse hitting wrong in the brain causing a chain reaction. Abnormalities will be what the neurologist is looking for. If seen the neurologist will know where in your brain they came from. By knowing that they know where in the brain to loo to see id there is anything different in that area of your brain. For me the abnormalities came from the left lobes of my brain. The MRI showed scar tissue in the left lobes of my brain. It also showed them it was there when I was between 6-8 yoa.    When I was 7 I had the top rung of the bunk bed ladder come out while I was on it. in that fall I hit my head which spun around slamming my mouth into the bottom rail of the bunk bed. It put a gash in my tongue and the inside of my jaw. Technology wasn't like it is today in 1957 so the doctors were more worried about the 32-36 stiches they put in my mouth then the big bump on my head. Oh and it knocked out 4 teeth.

You've seen several different doctors that have told you what it isn't. Did they refer you to another doctor? If they did I wonder why they didn't refer you to a neurologist. A neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. In an absence seizure the person looks like they are day dreaming. So those times you were spaced out welllllll. Many of the things you posted could be partial seizures. Where you slump and can't respond but you hear everything.I had a stroke/seizure-like episode where I had an awful headache and later started to twitch on one side of my body, which made me completely paralyzed/unable to speak for hours. <<< twitching on one side of your body could be a clonic seizure Clonic means sustained rhythmical jerking. During a clonic seizure, jerking of the body or parts of the body are the main symptom. Headaches can land in several different seizures. As for unable to speak or lack of energy in a seizure the body is using energy fast. Each of those twitches or jerks is moving at rates stronger then you could normally move. I tossed my step father across my body with one hand when I was 13. I couldn't pick up a bar bell set that weighed 110 lbs. He only weighed 235 lbs.Please get your PCP to refer you to a neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. They will generally do 2 tests. One is an EEG which is a brain wave test showing the electrical output coming from your brain. The other would be an MRI.What a seizure is is an electrical impulse hitting wrong in the brain causing a chain reaction. Abnormalities will be what the neurologist is looking for. If seen the neurologist will know where in your brain they came from. By knowing that they know where in the brain to loo to see id there is anything different in that area of your brain. For me the abnormalities came from the left lobes of my brain. The MRI showed scar tissue in the left lobes of my brain. It also showed them it was there when I was between 6-8 yoa. When I was 7 I had the top rung of the bunk bed ladder come out while I was on it. in that fall I hit my head which spun around slamming my mouth into the bottom rail of the bunk bed. It put a gash in my tongue and the inside of my jaw. Technology wasn't like it is today in 1957 so the doctors were more worried about the 32-36 stiches they put in my mouth then the big bump on my head. Oh and it knocked out 4 teeth.

Could this be epilepsy?

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You've seen several different

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2017-04-09 - 16:31

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