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What the hell is going on with me?!

Sun, 09/18/2016 - 01:51
Hi, I'm 17. Basically, since a few months ago (around april) I have experienced this weird dejavu attacks. It first happened when I was doing some work on my laptop, its like my brain just threw me a 2-3 "deja-vu flashback". It's not that the flash backs that were scary, it was how my body would react. The normal symptoms would include: 1) Feeling paralysed, 2)I automatically stop breathing, but my heart beat is through the roof, 3)A super sick feeling in my stomach, 4)Feeling like I'm about to pass out if I didn't snap out of it. It would typically last for a little less than a minute. This one time, it happened while I was driving home at night.. I had to pull over and collect myself or I felt like I would of lost it. After the 7th time it happened, I saw a doctor. The doctor told me I had anxiety, and put me through a blood test. The blood test showed that I had insanley low iron, b12, and vitamin D levels and so i'm being treated for that now. (vitamin supplements). Anxiety might have something to do with it, but i am 100% sure that there is something else going on.. These devaju attacks would be about something completely random and had nothing to do with any existing fears. The flash backs aren't scary... its so hard to explain and it's stressing me out. I've always had depression and this has just increased it. (I'm not on any medication apart from iron, vitamin D and b12 supplements. I know that it's not just anxiety.. theres something else. I am asking for help. Is there anyone out there who has been through this, or is currently going through this? Am I suffering from an actual medical disorder or am I just losing my mind? :(

Comments

What you experienced could be

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2016-09-18 - 11:59
What you experienced could be auras which some people with epilepsy get before a stronger seizure happens. All of those things you posted could be parts of or other seizures themselves. But yes body chemistry can affect someone. Try and get a referral to a neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. Before neurologists went into specialties they took care of everything stemming from your central nervous system. Be it epilepsy Parkinson's ADHD and there are many more disorders. So try and see a specialist and tell them everything you posted here..

Do not let them tell you you

Submitted by dantelucia89 on Sun, 2017-05-21 - 17:39
Do not let them tell you you have just anxiety. I was told that for years and suffered from my epilepsy the whole time I could have been helped. Please see a neurologist!! This is exactly what my auras are like!! 

Deja Vu followed by one of

Submitted by morrigan067@gmail.com on Fri, 2017-06-30 - 18:26
Deja Vu followed by one of these other feelings is usually a Seizure Aura.  I'd say get a referral for a Neurologist. Oh and I'd stop driving for now if I were you just to be safe.. 

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