Hey all 
I've been having a bunch of medical issues for the past couple years, and no diagnosis yet (doctors keep giving up!), but recently, read some stuff about folks real life experiences with seizures...and it really caught my attention, as much of what they were describing sounded like stuff I've been experiencing for 5+ years! I remember once asking a GP about my experiences, and she kinda fobbed it all off and just said it was something about blood pressure - despite not taking my blood pressure, or doing any other kind of test (another GP did take my pressure and said it was completely normal, btw)
But yeah, it was kind of a 'whoa' when I read about this stuff as, I'll be completely honest, being pretty naive, when someone said 'seizure', I immediately thought to the stereotypical passed out and convulsing sort of thing. I had no idea there were different types. Just wondering, if I post my experience, if any of you knowledgeable folks think I should actually bring this up with my Doctor as a concern, or as a possible 'another symptom' to baffle the docs with? LOL
OK...I experience instances with severe dizziness where I'm standing, knees feel like they're gonna buckle underneath me, visual disturbances (fuzzy and light), weird ear sounds kinda like ringing, and this numb, tingly sensation in my arms/fingers/head...I can hear people around me, but trying to keep control of my body takes all my energy so i can't reply with more than a grunt or 'yeah'. once it was so bad, I managed to sit down (before I fell down), with my arms outstretched infront of me, my whole family was there, they said it looked like I was just sitting there motionless, but to me it felt like I was shaking uncontrollably. My GP just said it was 'getting up too fast' and something about blood pressure, but there's plenty of times I get up fast and it never happens (I have even tried recreating it many times!), and it's happened many times where I have deliberately taken my time to get up from sitting position?
There's also been 4-5 instances over the past year or so where my brain has completely shut-off in the space of a second. All but one of those times, I had just gotten into my car and turned the ignition on. Then I was immediately confused, like, where am I? What am I doing? I honestly have no idea what's happening at such times. Takes me a bit, then I realise I have to drive, so I go to turn the key but because it's already started, it makes that horrible screeching noise, which totally freaks me out because I have no idea where I am or what's going on. After a bit I realise the car's already on, and I have to put it in gear (then the confusion about clutch and gears ensues lol)...finally, (No idea how long it all takes, feels like it's all in slow motion to me) my brain starts 'clearing' and I'm able to drive off without problem - albeit quite freaked out about what's just happened.
Does any of this sound like seizures???
I've been having a bunch of medical issues for the past couple years, and no diagnosis yet (doctors keep giving up!), but recently, read some stuff about folks real life experiences with seizures...and it really caught my attention, as much of what they were describing sounded like stuff I've been experiencing for 5+ years! I remember once asking a GP about my experiences, and she kinda fobbed it all off and just said it was something about blood pressure - despite not taking my blood pressure, or doing any other kind of test (another GP did take my pressure and said it was completely normal, btw)
But yeah, it was kind of a 'whoa' when I read about this stuff as, I'll be completely honest, being pretty naive, when someone said 'seizure', I immediately thought to the stereotypical passed out and convulsing sort of thing. I had no idea there were different types. Just wondering, if I post my experience, if any of you knowledgeable folks think I should actually bring this up with my Doctor as a concern, or as a possible 'another symptom' to baffle the docs with? LOL
OK...I experience instances with severe dizziness where I'm standing, knees feel like they're gonna buckle underneath me, visual disturbances (fuzzy and light), weird ear sounds kinda like ringing, and this numb, tingly sensation in my arms/fingers/head...I can hear people around me, but trying to keep control of my body takes all my energy so i can't reply with more than a grunt or 'yeah'. once it was so bad, I managed to sit down (before I fell down), with my arms outstretched infront of me, my whole family was there, they said it looked like I was just sitting there motionless, but to me it felt like I was shaking uncontrollably. My GP just said it was 'getting up too fast' and something about blood pressure, but there's plenty of times I get up fast and it never happens (I have even tried recreating it many times!), and it's happened many times where I have deliberately taken my time to get up from sitting position?
There's also been 4-5 instances over the past year or so where my brain has completely shut-off in the space of a second. All but one of those times, I had just gotten into my car and turned the ignition on. Then I was immediately confused, like, where am I? What am I doing? I honestly have no idea what's happening at such times. Takes me a bit, then I realise I have to drive, so I go to turn the key but because it's already started, it makes that horrible screeching noise, which totally freaks me out because I have no idea where I am or what's going on. After a bit I realise the car's already on, and I have to put it in gear (then the confusion about clutch and gears ensues lol)...finally, (No idea how long it all takes, feels like it's all in slow motion to me) my brain starts 'clearing' and I'm able to drive off without problem - albeit quite freaked out about what's just happened.
Does any of this sound like seizures???
