What is this??? Please help

[sjconner]

I have been under a lot of stress lately. I am taking Topamax 100mg/day. I have my second neurology appointment tomorrow. My seizures before have been seeing and hearing people who weren't there and smelling things that weren't there.

Last night I was sleeping with my 7 year old daughter. DH opted to sleep in his recliner (he needs to go get a sleep study but won't). I woke up and a few minutes later thought "I am going to have a seizure." A few moments later I felt like I was sucked down a vortex. I felt really heavy like I couldn't move. I was waiting for TC's to start. I don't know why because I have never had them. After a while it went a way. It was scary but I don't think I was scared. I don't know if this makes sense to anyone but me. It didn't last very long.
:dontknow: Is it just stress?

 

[Nakamova]

It can be hard to tell the effects of stress/anxiety from certain kinds of seizures. Any unusual sensory experiences (like the hallucinations and phantom smells you've had) can potentially be simple partial seizures. At night it gets a little trickier, because our dream states can give rise to parasomnisas (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasomnia), which, like seizures, feature disorienting sensations.

Make a note of what happened in your seizure diary, maybe with an asterisk to indicate that you're not sure which category it falls into (stress, seizure, or odd sleep state)...

 

[jenn2482]

hi

hi , I actually had seizures that I saw flashing stars that took over all my right vision and part of my left, in the middle there was a person in the middle with no features . With in 30 seconds I would be out of it and not know what was going on . Those have stopped because of a variety of med. changes . I also smell things that are not there . Not the nicest things , urine,bowel movement smell , vomit and gas and tar .

Stress is deffinitly something that can provoct seizures .
When I was young I used to have seizures 1/2 hour prior to going to sleep and waking up . I now think I have seizures at night but am not aware of it . I am single and live on my own , so who knows . jenn

 

[sjconner]

I just don't know. I am so tired. My DH is taking me to my appt tomorrow. We live in the middle of nowhere in Montana so its a 2 hour drive to the neuro. I finally got all my lesson plans set up for my substitute teacher for tomorrow.

 

[qtowngirl]

hi sj,
wondering, the things you see and hear that are not there, are they literally in front of you or is this in your 'mind's eye' ?

 

[sjconner]

I see them in front of me. The people are right there in the room talking to me. I can't tell what they are saying.