It took a year in a half to be diagnosed. I had 2 EEG's both negative. But, my neuro dr believed something was going on based on what I have shared with him and primary dr. He knew it from the first visit I believe, but wanted to be certain before prescribing meds, the first med he prescribed was lyrica on that first visit after telling him that my hand and head felt like they were crawling and that my legs didnt want to work when I wanted them to do so and a few other things as well. As months went on, new symptoms arose and here I am. I joined CWE 6 months after I started feeling like they (dr's) where giving me the run around. They stopped listening and went into a whole new direction. They thought it was anxiety or PTSD (post tramatic stress disorder) due to having an aneurysm. I have learned so much about epililepsy. I have days when I feel so wonderful, that I start believing that it was all in my head, that perhaps they were right. I go for 2 maybe 3 weeks and then...whammmy! Some strange things happen, for instants, this morning. I lost 10 to 15 min. I dont know what I was doing? when I suddenly realized that I had some place to be, I looked at the clock and time had lasped. The last thing I remember was brushing my teeth. It was 7:30 and I was suppose to be walking out the door, but I was standing in front of the tv with pj's still on. ? Oh well. sorry, didnt mean to drift off. This scares me. I find myself standing or just frozen, totally un-aware of anything. I hear sounds but cant associate with them, and I smell stuff alot. Amonia, flowers, rotten garbage, funky feet, pundgently horrible smell. it only last for seconds but grabs my breath. hmmmm, oh well...