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UPDATED: Mon, 11/17/2008 - 4:32pm
paulqueen
What the hell happened to me?
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I just had a strange experience minutes ago, it goes like this...
I was sitting reclined in a chair with my laptop, and half watching TV when all of a sudden i started to feel jittery. Then my jaw started trembling in a teeth chattering type action. My arm muscles then started to feel clumsy and slow to respond, like being extremely exhausted and falling asleep somewhere and not having the energy to move to a bed. Then i started to feel mild 'pulse' type feelings in my brain which i can't really described much better than that. Then I had a feeling to want to close my eyes or pass out or something but i didn't and I started to feel very strange. Next, everything stopped happening for a moment. About 30 seconds after the arm muscle thing started happening again and suddenly things became REALLY intense. I can't explain very well, it was like a sort of high feeling like when you get the gas at the dentist only not all giggly, and i then had some brief hallucinations out of the corner of my perception. It was sort of like seeing a person or a face the way you do in a dream when you dont exactly 'see' them, but its more of in your minds eye i guess(?). i had a somewhat heavy head buzz, then some fuzzy and warm feeling waves passed through my body and i came back to normal. the whole thing lasted about 8 or 9 minutes.
i have no bruises or physical signs or after effects and feel rather awake.
aside from needing to go see a doctor about this, what can you tell me from what i described about the possibilities of what happened to me? was this an epileptic seizure or what?
i am 24 years old, a male, and have undiagnosed/untreated sleep apnea of some form which wakes me up about every 60 to 90 minutes.
Thanks for your time
By paulqueen at Mon, 11/17/2008 - 4:32pm | 48 views | 4 comments
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It certainly sounds like it could have been seizure activity, possibly a simple partial seizure. Symptoms of a simple partial seizure may be motor, sensory, psychic (states of consciousness), and/or autonomic (involuntary activity controlled by the autonomic nervous system). There are some types of seizures that are non-convulsive.
I have read that some sleep disorders can lower the seizure threshold. However, diagnostic tests could help confirm this.
If you don't already have a neurologist, I would urge you to see your general practitioner who can recommend one to you. Unless, of course, you're able to see a neurologist without a referral. Don't wait on this. I'd be sure to call and make an appointment as soon as possible.
~Karen
Thanks, Karen. I plan to get checked out ASAP. I'm waiting on my health insurance to start and then I will go... otherwise I'd almost rather end up dead than be living to pay off a hospital debt lol
I'm hoping for the best, but something is definetely wrong somewhere 'cause it happened again tonight, only much milder.
Three things I'd like to recommend if you have these episodes again. The first thing is to think if there is any kind of trigger such as certain things on TV, flickering lights, some kind of game on the computer...things that can present you with some type of sensory stimulus. I would suspect that if what you've been doing all along hasn't changed, it may not be a sensory trigger, although that can't be ruled out. Most often an EEG will confirm this.
Second, sometimes new medications (prescription and over the counter) can lower the seizure threshold, so that's a possibility.
Third and most important, if you feel an episode coming on, especially if you are driving, pull over, turn your car off and set the emergency brake and try to do some relaxation exercises or just try and make yourself calm. The relaxation exercises may sound a bit absurd but if you are having a simple partial seizure, it might help to ward off the event. This is called biofeedback and can be very effective for some people. If these episodes are indeed seizures, there is a possibility that it could develop into a generalized seizure, thus rendering you unconscious.
Keep us posted.
~Karen
Thanks again. I'll post in a month or so after I get professional help.
-Paul