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New to Forum, first episode ever

Thu, 06/19/2014 - 20:14

Hello all, 

I am a 22 year old male, two nights ago as i was getting ready for bed when i felt a sense of anxiety come over me, while it was happening I thought it might be a panic attack, but i was not nervous or anxious about anything. It felt like something needed to change so after finding that i did not need to throw up i tried to will  myself to relax, controlled breathing focused thoughts, this momentarily helped and i thought i was better, so i stood up and tried to make it to my room. I fell down in the hallway while still fully conscious and i saw my body convulse, or rather it looked like i was trying to roll from side to side. I can't honestly say how long it lasted i think it was no more than ten to fifteen seconds. This is the first time anything like this has happened to me, including the sense of anxiety out of no where

Additional possibly irrelevant, I have been having stomach issues for over a year now, diagnosed as IBS after every negative medical test ruled everything else out. On top of this i have constant muscle twitching in both calves, which has gotten more active in the past quarter year, diagnosed as benign fasciculations, two years ago.     

Any information of similar experiences and what you did about it would be helpful, thank you

Comments

  I fell down in the hallway

Submitted by just_joe on Sat, 2014-06-21 - 12:37
  I fell down in the hallway while still fully conscious and i saw my body convulse  I posted that because I was having twitches in my arm now and then. SOme people have stomach issues and those were seizures.I am no doctor but I would suggest you get your doctor to listen to you andtry and set up an appointment with a neuro who specializes in epilepsy. I do hope you get this issue resolved Joe

This was not everything I

Submitted by just_joe on Sat, 2014-06-21 - 19:03
This was not everything I posted on this comment.

What you posted could be

Submitted by just_joe on Sat, 2014-06-21 - 19:12
What you posted could be parts of different seizures. In a focal seizure that generalizes you go into a convulsion but do not lose conciousness. So if you were near a mirror then you might have been in a seizure. Muscles twitching can be several things and one of then is also a focal seizure. You might check with your PCP and discuss this with him and ask him if if he thinks you need to see a sepcailist in epilepsy. If you do that the tests you had done can be looked at by the specialist. I hope this helps and you do get this issue resolved Joe

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