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Fear is my Trigger?
Tue, 05/01/2007 - 11:13Does anyone have anything similar to this: I only have a seizure if I hurt myself...I get so scared of the pain and the consequences afterward, that I can't handle the emotions. I get a fuzzy head, spots in front of my eyes, and then a seizure.
Sometimes I can totally control it, and talk myself out of having a seizure. But other times, the whole thing happens so quickly, and I can't control it at all.
It seems like this passing out has been getting worse for me, I have about one episode a year. But I can't remember having them as severe in my teens, as I do now. I know that I used to "go out" just being in a doctors office, hearing the word needle, a procedure. Now, thank God, I can handle that...But cutting myself, or banging my finger on the door or having severe pain triggers it, and I lose control. My husband described what I look like when I am unconscious. I have never been to a doctor, but he basically described everything in a grand mal seizure.
I am just curious to hear if anybody have anything similar?
Thank you!