Hello
i am not diagnosed with any kind of epilepsy, but i am very worried about some events ive had in recent years and am trying to get as much info as possible as to what is wrong with me. In 2005 i started getting dizzy spells, where i'd feel light headed and my eye sight would dim and go fuzzy and i sometimes get pins and needles through my body. I also started getting really tired all the time and got bad headaches. The doctors eventually sent me to hospital for tests and they said i just have migraines. One day in nov 05 i felt strange and lost consciousness and fell backwards onto a table, which woke me and i had a massive headache and went to bed. Then about a year ago (stilll frequently having the dizzy spells) i was sitting down and i got a sudden strange feeling through my body and i thought i was going to be sick so i got up to go the bathroom and i got pins and needles through my whole body and couldnt control my body properly and my eye sight went dim and i managed to get myself on the ground before i colapsed.
Around 9.30 wednesday evening I walked my boyfriend to the bus stop and we were talking. I was sitting down at the time and I suddenly got a really strange feeling through my body and felt like I was going to be sick. My eye sight went dim and fuzzy, my whole body got pins and needles and started going numb.. I remember thinking to myself I have to focus, and I started punching the glass of the bus shelter (and apparently biting my lip) then I lost consciousness. I woke as my boyfriend was trying to lift me up, he got me on my feet and I lost consciousness again for a brief second. The only thing I can compare how I was feeling to is that second after you awake from an general anesthetic and you don’t know anything, who you are, where you are and you have no control of your body. It was just like that.. My boyfriend was holding me up and he told me to give him my hand and I became aware that I couldn’t move my hands, they a were clenched up and no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t move them. Eventually I got really bad pins and needles through my hands and the feeling came back. He walked me back home as I wasn’t really able to get back alone. I ended up crying because i was so frightened then i got a bad headache and felt tired. Felt quite strange most of the day after.
I asked him what happened to me and he said that I went really quiet and was punching the glass and biting my lip then I slumped down on the seat and he thought I was messing around then realised I wasn’t so he put his hands under my legs to get me up, I was apparently making weird noises. Then he got me up on my feet which was when I regained consciousness. My parents refuse to believe anything is wrong with me and wont take me to the doctors. As my boyfriend said the only time hes seen anything like what happened to me was when his friend with epilepsy had a seizure. Does this sound like a seizure to any of you?
Thank you for reading
Lily
i am not diagnosed with any kind of epilepsy, but i am very worried about some events ive had in recent years and am trying to get as much info as possible as to what is wrong with me. In 2005 i started getting dizzy spells, where i'd feel light headed and my eye sight would dim and go fuzzy and i sometimes get pins and needles through my body. I also started getting really tired all the time and got bad headaches. The doctors eventually sent me to hospital for tests and they said i just have migraines. One day in nov 05 i felt strange and lost consciousness and fell backwards onto a table, which woke me and i had a massive headache and went to bed. Then about a year ago (stilll frequently having the dizzy spells) i was sitting down and i got a sudden strange feeling through my body and i thought i was going to be sick so i got up to go the bathroom and i got pins and needles through my whole body and couldnt control my body properly and my eye sight went dim and i managed to get myself on the ground before i colapsed.
Around 9.30 wednesday evening I walked my boyfriend to the bus stop and we were talking. I was sitting down at the time and I suddenly got a really strange feeling through my body and felt like I was going to be sick. My eye sight went dim and fuzzy, my whole body got pins and needles and started going numb.. I remember thinking to myself I have to focus, and I started punching the glass of the bus shelter (and apparently biting my lip) then I lost consciousness. I woke as my boyfriend was trying to lift me up, he got me on my feet and I lost consciousness again for a brief second. The only thing I can compare how I was feeling to is that second after you awake from an general anesthetic and you don’t know anything, who you are, where you are and you have no control of your body. It was just like that.. My boyfriend was holding me up and he told me to give him my hand and I became aware that I couldn’t move my hands, they a were clenched up and no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t move them. Eventually I got really bad pins and needles through my hands and the feeling came back. He walked me back home as I wasn’t really able to get back alone. I ended up crying because i was so frightened then i got a bad headache and felt tired. Felt quite strange most of the day after.
I asked him what happened to me and he said that I went really quiet and was punching the glass and biting my lip then I slumped down on the seat and he thought I was messing around then realised I wasn’t so he put his hands under my legs to get me up, I was apparently making weird noises. Then he got me up on my feet which was when I regained consciousness. My parents refuse to believe anything is wrong with me and wont take me to the doctors. As my boyfriend said the only time hes seen anything like what happened to me was when his friend with epilepsy had a seizure. Does this sound like a seizure to any of you?
Thank you for reading
Lily
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