Hi,
I am new to this forum. For the last 8 years I have been suffering from crippling symptoms. They are not so easy to describe - which is part of the problem when I talk to doctors. Out of nowhere (no trigger whatsoever) I feel a strange feeling in my head. It takes a few seconds at most and it is not really unpleasant. Unfortunately, this feeling is soon after followed with cognitive impairment - inability to focus, memory impairment, and general confusion. This impairment can last two to four days and it gets progressively better. I am perfectly fine for another one to two weeks until I get another episode. The symptoms have been neither getting worse not better over the years.
I went through countless tests and evaluation (MRI, EEG, allergy, endocrinological tests to name a few) over the past years, all negative. Diagnosis varied from anxiety, depression to ADHD. I actually think I do suffer some sort of anxiety but that seems secondary, I can't imagine that anxiety would manifest with sudden "attacks". I have also been seeing a migraine doctor but it does not really fit the bill as I don't get headaches.
My question is this - does that sound like I could be suffering from simple partial seizures ? The migraine doctor put me on a few anticonvulsants (Lamictal, Depakote) but they did not seem to decrease the frequency of the episodes. Not sure if this is important or not but the episodes started after having too many drinks eight years ago.
Thank you,
DM
I am new to this forum. For the last 8 years I have been suffering from crippling symptoms. They are not so easy to describe - which is part of the problem when I talk to doctors. Out of nowhere (no trigger whatsoever) I feel a strange feeling in my head. It takes a few seconds at most and it is not really unpleasant. Unfortunately, this feeling is soon after followed with cognitive impairment - inability to focus, memory impairment, and general confusion. This impairment can last two to four days and it gets progressively better. I am perfectly fine for another one to two weeks until I get another episode. The symptoms have been neither getting worse not better over the years.
I went through countless tests and evaluation (MRI, EEG, allergy, endocrinological tests to name a few) over the past years, all negative. Diagnosis varied from anxiety, depression to ADHD. I actually think I do suffer some sort of anxiety but that seems secondary, I can't imagine that anxiety would manifest with sudden "attacks". I have also been seeing a migraine doctor but it does not really fit the bill as I don't get headaches.
My question is this - does that sound like I could be suffering from simple partial seizures ? The migraine doctor put me on a few anticonvulsants (Lamictal, Depakote) but they did not seem to decrease the frequency of the episodes. Not sure if this is important or not but the episodes started after having too many drinks eight years ago.
Thank you,
DM