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Please Help Me !

Wed, 05/02/2018 - 13:58
Okay so I’m new to this site. I’m a 20yr old female. No history of seizures, no seizures in my family, never had a head injury, healthy for the most part. For some background on what’s going on, I’ve had severe anxiety since October 2015. So bad that I never get a break from my own mind. It’s deliberating and I sometimes don’t leave the house for days. I also have very bad panic attacks. I’ve had maybe 10 since I first developed anxiety. So here’s what’s happening now. I found out I was pregnant November of 2016. My baby’s dad didn’t want me to go through with the pregnancy and he broke up with me. I was under so much stress for months. In February of 2017 I started having random bouts of déjà vu. They were just mild but then it started happening a lot. Sometimes a couple times a day for a week. And then not for a month. I googled and googled for hours causing extreme anxiety. All that came up was TLE (temporal lobe epilepsy). I never had the fear or sore tummy or anything after. But YESTERDAY I had the worst bout of déjà vu in a long time. I hadn’t had it for a month or so and I honestly forgot all about it. I was standing at Niagara Falls with my son and boyfriend when he said something that sounded EXTREMELY familiar and I started getting the déjà vu feeling, I tried to ignore it and turn on music but that didn’t help. After the dejavu which only lasted 10ish seconds, I started to panic. Now my problem is, I can’t tell if it was a panic attack or TLE symptoms. I started to feel nauseous but not enough to throw up. And then I felt tired and out of it, which happens after my panic attacks. But then I stayed up for 5 hours googling what it could be. Nothing else pops up except TLE. I’m beyond stressed. Someone please relate to this... I don’t need more health problems right now.

Comments

Cheryl, were you diagnosed

Submitted by I worry too much on Sat, 2018-08-11 - 00:13
Cheryl, were you diagnosed with epilepsy? If so, have you ever had a grand mal?

I've been experiencing

Submitted by Nitasha on Fri, 2018-10-12 - 21:27
I've been experiencing similar moments for almost a year now. It begins with a gush of a fear-like sensation (almost like you're approaching the top of a roller coaster in anticipation of the drop), then I have these deja-vu moments (that vary in intensity). They tend to trigger familiar smells, sounds or visuals but i can't exactly put my finger on what seems familiar which leaves me in a confused state for several seconds. I also experience this kind of "uplifting" feeling which sometimes makes me feel rather happy. I am still aware of my surroundings when these incidents occur. I am on anti-epileptic medication such as Keppra.  

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