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Ok, so Ive been thinking alot about what this neurologist of mine is "Thinking". If he thinks the "episodes" I had during my VEEG were "Anxiety Attacks"... Im trying to see where he is getting this answer....
To give you the details of what the "episodes" were like....
It first started out with a feeling of Fear, or sadness.... sometimes alittle of both....
Then, would come the numbness in my hands and feet.....
The numbess would work its way up my leg, and my upper body, where my head would then turn to my right. I remember at times trying to fight it off... but I couldnt. With my head now turned to my right, the numbness then went into my face, and the intensity of the numbness went into my nose and mouth area, where i remember having a very weird very numb feeling in the roof of my mouth.
During this, my right side would stiffen, and would start to jerk.
These would last between a minute to 2-3 minutes.
Now during this whole time this is going on, I can still hear people talking, and depending on how intense the numbness and stiffenting and jerking are, I remember at times trying to communicate with the nurses when they would ask me questions. But there were other times i couldnt respond back.
The only time I remember it being really intense during the VEEG was on the 4th day. That morning around 7am, I woke up, and all of what I described above took place, only this time I remember the room going black for a few seconds, not hearing or knowing what took place, and then coming to, to see the nurses face and them giving me adivan in my IV.
So, because my dr is thinking these episodes I described to you are "Anxiety attacks", would you describe them as Anxiety Attacks or Simple Partial Seizures?
The weird thing about it is that Ive never before experienced these in my life til he took me off Cold Turkey off my medications for this VEEG.
Before, I was experiencing complex partial seizures, where I would go unconsious and not know what happened during the seizures.
Im just trying to figure this all out. If he really thinks these are not seizures, Then why is he leaving me on Keppra? A antiseizure medication? It just doesnt make sense.
To give you the details of what the "episodes" were like....
It first started out with a feeling of Fear, or sadness.... sometimes alittle of both....
Then, would come the numbness in my hands and feet.....
The numbess would work its way up my leg, and my upper body, where my head would then turn to my right. I remember at times trying to fight it off... but I couldnt. With my head now turned to my right, the numbness then went into my face, and the intensity of the numbness went into my nose and mouth area, where i remember having a very weird very numb feeling in the roof of my mouth.
During this, my right side would stiffen, and would start to jerk.
These would last between a minute to 2-3 minutes.
Now during this whole time this is going on, I can still hear people talking, and depending on how intense the numbness and stiffenting and jerking are, I remember at times trying to communicate with the nurses when they would ask me questions. But there were other times i couldnt respond back.
The only time I remember it being really intense during the VEEG was on the 4th day. That morning around 7am, I woke up, and all of what I described above took place, only this time I remember the room going black for a few seconds, not hearing or knowing what took place, and then coming to, to see the nurses face and them giving me adivan in my IV.
So, because my dr is thinking these episodes I described to you are "Anxiety attacks", would you describe them as Anxiety Attacks or Simple Partial Seizures?
The weird thing about it is that Ive never before experienced these in my life til he took me off Cold Turkey off my medications for this VEEG.
Before, I was experiencing complex partial seizures, where I would go unconsious and not know what happened during the seizures.
Im just trying to figure this all out. If he really thinks these are not seizures, Then why is he leaving me on Keppra? A antiseizure medication? It just doesnt make sense.
