Hi,
Since I was a young boy, I have been having the following symptoms:
1)Visions (always the same scenes, never triggered by anything external that I am aware of). Once the visions are over, I can hardly remember them, but I know that I have the same ones each time.
2)Brief memory loss of my actions for the entire day (but if I think really hard the events will come back to me)
3)A feeling of euphoria during the entire episode. I remain completely aware of my surroundings and can talk, but I prefer that who ever I am with remain quiet so I can enjoy the experience.
4)A feeling of deja vu. I really cant describe this but during the episode it seems like thinks make more since because I have done them before. But since I really cant remember the exact deja vu experience afterwards, it is only a 'feeling' I have.
The episodes that I have are very rare and last less than a minute. I may have them only twice a year or less than that. But I know that if I have one episode, I will have another that very same day. Then a very long time will pass before I will have another. Also, I know when I am going to have one because I get this weird feeling like I am on the brink of having one and this will last all day until it finally occurs. And, like I say, once I have the first episode, I know a second will happen again that same day.
I am now 36 years old and these episodes have been a complete mystery to me my entire life. I have tried to explain the symptoms to people close to me but no one I know has ever experienced anything like it. If I feel I am going to have one, I let people around me know, so that when I say "Shh, I am having one" they know to just leave me be for a few minutes.
I happen to be reading a book of fiction where a character had some of the same symptoms, so I started browsing the internet.
Maybe what I have been experiencing my entire life have been simple seizures? It would be a relief to at least know that I am not alone in what has been happening to me. And I know this sounds crazy, but, because of the euphoria, I love when it happens. It is like a little bit of blissful pleasure for a few seconds.
Do my symptoms resemble anyone elses?
Thanks to anyone who responds and who might be able to shed some light on my lifelong mystery.
Joseph
Since I was a young boy, I have been having the following symptoms:
1)Visions (always the same scenes, never triggered by anything external that I am aware of). Once the visions are over, I can hardly remember them, but I know that I have the same ones each time.
2)Brief memory loss of my actions for the entire day (but if I think really hard the events will come back to me)
3)A feeling of euphoria during the entire episode. I remain completely aware of my surroundings and can talk, but I prefer that who ever I am with remain quiet so I can enjoy the experience.
4)A feeling of deja vu. I really cant describe this but during the episode it seems like thinks make more since because I have done them before. But since I really cant remember the exact deja vu experience afterwards, it is only a 'feeling' I have.
The episodes that I have are very rare and last less than a minute. I may have them only twice a year or less than that. But I know that if I have one episode, I will have another that very same day. Then a very long time will pass before I will have another. Also, I know when I am going to have one because I get this weird feeling like I am on the brink of having one and this will last all day until it finally occurs. And, like I say, once I have the first episode, I know a second will happen again that same day.
I am now 36 years old and these episodes have been a complete mystery to me my entire life. I have tried to explain the symptoms to people close to me but no one I know has ever experienced anything like it. If I feel I am going to have one, I let people around me know, so that when I say "Shh, I am having one" they know to just leave me be for a few minutes.
I happen to be reading a book of fiction where a character had some of the same symptoms, so I started browsing the internet.
Maybe what I have been experiencing my entire life have been simple seizures? It would be a relief to at least know that I am not alone in what has been happening to me. And I know this sounds crazy, but, because of the euphoria, I love when it happens. It is like a little bit of blissful pleasure for a few seconds.
Do my symptoms resemble anyone elses?
Thanks to anyone who responds and who might be able to shed some light on my lifelong mystery.
Joseph