I had an odd episode this morning...

[crazychick10793]

this morning, shortly after i woke up, i had what my school nurse believes to be an odd episode.

it started off like any normal morning, i felt totally fine when i woke up. i went to the kitchen, ate some oatmeal, and was walking around the house with my ipod, just getting all my stuff ready for school.

suddenly, i felt numb all over (like when your hand or foot falls asleep, that kind of feeling), my vision blurred a little (i could still see, but it was kind of fuzzy) i dropped my ipod on the floor accidentally and i started running up the hall involuntarily, i remember it and i could feel myself running, but i couldn't stop, it almost felt like i was a robot being controlled by someone else.
i felt completely normal a few minutes after the episode ended
i have no idea if this is seizure activity, or a side effect of lamictal, or even just something random.
has this happened to anyone else?

 

[Nakamova]

It's sounds much more like seizure activity then Lamictal side effect. (I've never experienced anything like that on Lamictal). Tingling, numbness, and automatic behaviors can be symptoms of simple/complex partial seizures.

 

[Meetz1064]

I have to agree. That sounds like a breakthrough seizure--whether it's a simple or complex seizure, you need to let your doc know. Time for a check up.

 

[Endless]

I'll add a third yes to that - sounds like it could be a seizure and it's time to go see your doc.

I've had similar but not the same experience, where I felt and watched myself turn and walk across the yard, and couldn't stop myself. I was fully concious, but felt like I was in kind of a dream state. At the other end of the yard I just stopped, kinda woke up and said "huh?"

I'm editing to see if I can explain this better, which I didn't the first time. It's more like I couldn't try to stop myself, nor could that have even occurred to me. I was on autopilot. I was vaguely aware of what was happening, but using any of my free will just wasn't a possibility - again, autopilot. When I snapped out of it I was vaguely aware of what happened, and was rather confused by it all. I guess the big difference between this and my usual complex partial is that I was concious during it. It's the only time I've had that happen. Other times, unconcious and zero recall.

 

[occb]

Running for no reason is known to happen with frontal lobe seizures. My partner experienced these in his youth, and later during panic attacks. So it sounds like a breakthrough seizure.

 

[drarvindr]

While i agree that it may be seizure related , the visual blurring is a bit disconcerting , and the "running about" symptom is frankly something i've never seen or heard of before. It's time to visit the neuro , and ASAP.