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Anyone with a listening ear?
Thu, 09/08/2016 - 17:01hello everyone,
Any help would be appreciated! :)
I'm a 25 year old female and as far back as I can remember I've had these "episodes" I call them.
It starts with a strange feeling. A weird feeling that starts in my stomach and rises up into my chest and throat. Accompanied with extreme fear, sweating, flushed face, my vision goes funny, sometimes black spots or things that seem to distort my vision, hearing is difficult, I can hear people talking but no idea what they are saying and it sounds muffled. Complete body tingles like ants or something crawling around everywhere. Constant swallowing or licking lips. Funny smell and taste and If intense enough I'll completely blackout and fall to the ground.
I've been to doctors but they are running me in circles. Normal MRI and EEG. They are saying I have anxiety but I KNOW that's not what this is. I feel as though it's simple partial and complex seizures. I've done so much research and the symptoms sound exactly like what I experience.
Please if you have anything like this let me know, I feel like everyone thinks I'm crazy.
Comments
This is my big worry about
Submitted by abifae on Fri, 2016-09-30 - 23:19
This is my big worry about starting the process.
unless the doctors you have
Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2016-09-09 - 16:24
unless the doctors you have seen is a specialist in epilepsy they may not know everything they need to know..