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Mon, 03/13/2017 - 18:14
I am new to this forum. I recently have been told I should probably see a neurologist. I started doing neurofeedback/biofeedback about a month ago to help with anxiety, depression, focus and other issues. I have been seeing psychiatrist and psychologists for over 10 years about this stuff with no solution. When I did the initial brain scan they told me i was having these "blips" in my wernicke area of my brain. Then I saw my psychiatrist for the last time today and told him how the neurofeedback was working, but also told him about the neurofeedback people telling me i had a blip along with a weird sensation that i had for so long attributed to anxiety and/or blood sugar. He said it could be "absence seizures" and that i should see a neurologist. The weird sensation is where everything gets brighter and brighter, an extreme feeling of fear/anxiety, kind of like a weird feeling that i am not myself and i completely forget what i was talking about. It only lasts a few seconds though. Sometimes it may be up to like 15seconds or so, but it definitely is not a panic attack. It happens at least a couple times a week and sometimes daily but I have started noticing it doesn't matter what my blood sugar is. It happens at any time during the day and really doesn't seem to be triggered by anything. One thing I do notice is that it affects my mood directly. Sometimes when I am in a really good mood it will happen and I am irritable and angry after. That made me think I was bipolar for the longest time, but 3 different psychiatrists told me I am not. Just wondering if anyone else has had something like this. I am going to find a neurologist and see them. But, wanted to see if this is common or anyone else experienced this.

Comments

it could be a seizure. there

Submitted by Amy Jo on Mon, 2017-03-13 - 18:43
it could be a seizure. there is a lot of misdiagnosis that occurs because people don't recognize such as possible seizures. but it's probably not an absence, absences are generalized seizures and for typical absences one would have no memory of anything. if you really have a 'blip' that's epilepsy related activity (may not be a seizure but could be discharges associated with seizures) occurring in a specific area then it's likely to be a focal epilepsy.your primary care doc can probably set up a first EEG (may not be enough) and possibly MRI imaging if there are focal issues that show up on the EEG. seizure specializing neurologists are called epileptologists, get a referral to see one even if the EEG is clear to begin with. get documentation/copies of what your neurofeedback place saw.

those could be seizures. If

Submitted by just_joe on Mon, 2017-03-13 - 21:35
those could be seizures. If the guy told you you need to see a neurologist then get him to refer you to one that specializes in epilepsy. There are other seizures that are short where the person is conscious. In absence seizures they are nor conscious. Simple partial or could land in partial seizures. If they go father then what you posted they would be generalized.Your PC can also refer you to one they know 

Just joined today. I'm

Submitted by Brazil12 on Mon, 2017-03-13 - 23:31
Just joined today. I'm Epileptic. I have had  2 seizures at work in the last 4 months. The last one being March 9th. I was in denial after the first one,  on Nov. 21st 2016 at work. Luckily both times I have had someone there to  lay me down and call ambulances. I have no history of  epilepsy growing up. But I will say I was a bit of a wild kid. Skateboarding and playing full contact sports probably didn't help the ol noodle either. In my 20's I enjoyed concerts/music festivals but never saw any signs that would trigger a seizure. I have had panic attacks on a minor scale but besides this nothing that ever prepared me for a life changing diagnosis like epilepsy. Im  going to have to adjust my life to this one day at a time

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