I used to get pseudo seizures. They weren't grand mal or anything, but stiffening of my muscles and difficulty breathing. Everyone thought I was faking them, but I really had no control over it. My friend really did have seizures that were similar, so I think my body mirrored it due to extreme stress I was under at college. That's why they thought I was faking, to mimic my friend. But seriously, even though they are "pseudo" which means "fake" they really are NOT. It just means there is no evidence in the brain that a real seizure occurred. I was put on depakote for them and it helped a lot, except it made me tired. A year later I decided to go off of depakote and surprisingly I did not have problems with the pseudo seizures anymore. Sometimes I feel one wants to happen but it doesn't.