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"weird" feelings- are they seizures?
Tue, 08/26/2014 - 19:22i've had seizures in my sleep for about 5 years now and my doctor has me on lamictal. ive never had a seizure while ive been awake-only in my sleep! about a year and a half ago i started to have these strange feelings come over me and ive never been able to really describe them but i get a weird deja vu feeling and its like this heat wave comes across my body. it only lasts about a minute and i know who i am and where i am but i just feel kind of out of touch with reality for a mi ute. after it goes away, i usually feel super tired and kind of spacey the rest of the day. they seem to happen more and more. sometimes i go months without one and sometimes i will have 2 in one day :( they are starting to scare me! i just got diagnosed with an under active thyroid so im not sure if they would have anything to do with that or if they are in fact mini seizures! does anyone else have them? and do you think a dr would take your license away?
If these weird things are
Submitted by just_joe on Tue, 2014-08-26 - 21:03
If these weird things are scaring you then by all means talk to your neuro about them. I am no doctor but I do know that thre are many different types of seizures and some of them have feelings like you posted. As for what your dr might do or is requierd to do by law I can not say. Generally states have time periods for a person to be without a seizure before they can drive. If you have had your seizures at night only I do not know if those count but they should since sometimes people with nocturnal seizures have them after waking up or right before going to sleep. Some even have them before taking a nap or in and comming out of maps If it were me I would be calling Doc and discussing this with him. As for driving. Which would you rather have control of your epilepsy and not having these episodes or drive and have one while driving? I hope this helps and you get the assistance you need