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Fear of Seizures

Tue, 03/07/2017 - 23:42
Hi! I have been suffering with anxiety disorder and panic attacks since 2011 specifically. That's when it got the worst. Anyways, around 2013 I went cold turkey in my anxiety medication and when I discovered it could cause seizures going cold turkey on certain medications, I discovered my newly found fear. It comes and it goes but recently it's been so bad it happens every time I leave my house and got real bad at work today, I've never had a seizure, I am very healthy, no head injuries, no family history. Last year when I was in the hospital for not eating properly due to stress, I had a panic attack from my fear of seizures because I saw online electrolyte imbalances can cause seizures. So the next morning I had asked the nurse and doctor if I should be concerned. They said no and that unless I got a head injury I won't get any seizures. They've never exactly tested me for seizures but they aren't concerned. Anyways, when the fear kicks in and I get a panic attack, what happens is sometimes I'll be daydreaming hard or I'll start to feel lightheaded, and then I immediately think I'm going to have a seizure and I fall into a panic attack. This lasts from ether 10 minutes or three hours. I start to tremble my knees shake I get twitchy but not bad but that's always been a symptom of my anxiety attacks, I day dream but I can break out of it, my heart races and I get heart palpitations, I start crying really hard and feel like I'm gonna lose control and get scared. My therapist says because I'm learning to control my anxiety it's trying to find new ways to get to me. Does any of this sound like seizure activity? I don't know much about seizures so I'm trying to get rid of this fear and talking it out seems to be the only way that helps.

Comments

some seizures can appear/feel

Submitted by Amy Jo on Wed, 2017-03-08 - 12:20
some seizures can appear/feel like panic attacks and can easily be misdiagnosed (each as the other btw) so you need to talk to someone who really specializes in seizures, aka an epileptologist. some testing would help but no testing is perfect for epilepsy so that's why you need to see someone who knows this really well.

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