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feelings of terror with seizures

Thu, 04/20/2006 - 08:32
The main symptoms of my seizures were awful feelings of terror. Along with that, I had some memory loss. My seizures would last about 1 minute and I would get about 20 a day. They would last 2 to 3 days and not come back for a few months. I was extremely tired on days with awful headaches. Clonazepam has helped a lot. I just want to know if anyone out there has seizures like I experienced especially the terror feelings. First I was told it was panic attacks, but they are seizures. I do not lose consciousness.

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My seizures happen only while

Submitted by Chris88 on Wed, 2017-06-21 - 00:57
My seizures happen only while I'm sleeping. I wake up directly after the seizure with so much terror that I am running around the house in fear of death or something unknown chasing me. Would take about 10 mins for all that to settle.... Absolute nightmare!

Yes, My feelings of terror

Submitted by Branburle31 on Sun, 2017-10-01 - 13:25
Yes, My feelings of terror are tremendous. I can go months without a single episode. I will typically have a week of seizures, 2-4 a day will be long, then I will just have several episodes of dejavu. The big ones will last about 3 min. My heart races so bad. I will be exhausted after just one. I wish I could explain the fear. I feel as if I should be in an institution until it passes. I feel like am stuck in some sort of continuous loop of fear. Everything startles me, everything looks so vivid and dark at the same time. It's almost like my brain is in some sort of overdrive mode, that cannot stop. 

Re: feelings of terror with seizures

Submitted by Jana33 on Thu, 2006-04-20 - 08:44
YES I KOW THE FEELING I HAVE THEM ALSO OF TERROR RIGHT BEFORE I HAVE THE SEIZURES. I NEVER LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS I ALWAYS KNOW I'M HAVING ONE. THEN AFTER I HAVE THEM I GO TO SLEEP AND WHEN I WAKE UP I FEEL WEAK AND HAVE A BAD HEADACHE.

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