Possible Seizures

Hi Everyone.  Last summer I came to the realization that I might be having simple partial seizures.  I have these episodes of extremely strong deja vu and nausea, and in fact have been having them for several years and never questioned it.  I always chalked it up to a hormone thing.  After a particularly intense episode that drove me out of bed in the middle of the night, ending up with me dry heaving in the bathroom, I thought "You know...this probably isn't normal".  Following that for about twenty minutes I was very weirded out - everything in my house was recognizable but it seemed wrong.  After Googling "deja vu and nausea" I came across information on simple partials and realized holy cow, I think I'm having seizures.

But then I reasoned it doesn't happen that often.  Every two or three months maybe and it only lasts a minute or two, only happens at night when I'm sleeping.  They seem to cluster - I'll have several little events over the course of a week or two, and then nothing for a few months.  It sounds like it's pretty difficult to diagnose and very expensive if you don't have insurance (which I don't).  It's probably not a big deal, not worth mentioning to the doctor...besides I tried to imagine myself going in to complain of deja vu and it just sounded silly to me.

However ever since then I've been paying attention to other things that happen.  It's quite a list.  Some of them I was aware of and wrote off as a thyroid issue, others I hadn't been paying attention to at all.  Like:

- Sometimes in the middle of the night I wake up suddenly, and I hear music playing, or some white noise.  Literally hear it in my ears.  I don't really mind it, I find it rather curious.

- My husband has been mentioning for the last year how oddly I've been behaving in my sleep.  He hears me issue a very eerie moan (which wakes him up), and says I then start thrashing and grunting for a few minutes.  He's always thought it was bad dreams so he never really took a good look at me or tried to wake me up.  I don't remember any of this but on those mornings I wake up feeling like I'd spent the night wrestling with something.  It's weird behavior for me because it used to be I'd sleep like I was in a coma - no noise, I'd barely move. 

- Sometimes when I'm awake I'll get random smells or tastes.  Nothing bad I don't think, and it only lasts a couple of seconds.  Always feels like a memory if that makes sense.

- My cognition is just shot.  On my "spacey" days I feel like I can barely think.  I forget really commons words, I'll stop in the middle of speaking because my mind suddenly goes blank and I forget what I'm saying.  Or at times my husband will be telling me something, and I'm actively trying to listen, but it's like I can't retain the words or their meaning.  It doesn't make sense, I can't understand what he saying.  This is getting really frustrating for both of us. 

- Once in awhile I see odd things in my field of vision.  Like last night I was taking a shower and blue spot just appeared in my left eye, lasted a couple of seconds, and then went away.  

- Sometimes I get very sudden vertigo while doing nothing - sitting still or laying down.  Feels like the fluid around my brain suddenly starts spinning, and I get this cold crawling pins and needles sensation on my scalp, with butterflies in my stomach.

- Also sometimes it feels like I'm "off" by like half an inch...Like I go to set the cup down on the table.  I see the cup, I see the table, but somehow I just barely miss.  I'll walk past tables or such with corners, and somehow I manage to bang into the corner every time.  Those are my clumsy days...I don't know if this is related or not.

- If I'm already borderline spacy and I go somewhere super busy (like a large grocery store)...it's like my brain starts shutting down after a few minutes.  It feels like my mind is stuffed with cotton, I can barely think, everything sounds muffled, and I'm SO TIRED.  I have to immediately go home and sleep for several hours.

That's just some of it, what I can remember off the top of my head.  I have a general appointment with my doctor next week and that would be the time to mention all of this to her.  I'm starting to think I really should but I know that's going to involve a lot of expensive tests that I can't really afford right now.  I guess I just wanted to write it all down and see what you guys think.  I appreciate any feedback!