For about 4 years now I've been dealing with the health complications. My doctors first thought it was PTSD due to being raped. At first I refused to take anti-depressant medication and just wanted to use psychological therapy to help me cope with the trauma and daily stress. Just last year I finally gave anti-depressiant a chance but they didn't help. The syptoms I experience are, my surroundings suddenly closing in on me, I feel my heart beat rushing and the feeling of something horrible is about to happen and then I black out. These episodes last for about 5-10 mintues but they feel like hours. When I'm able to come back to myself I experience tremendous muscle weakness and become emotionally distraught to the point where I dont know what time or day it is or where I'm at. This could last up to 2-4 hours each time. These episodes started to happen more often and I wouldn't have to be provoked to have an episode. that was when I started to question my doctor and ask if my health complications could be more then just PTSD. Now my doctors say that it could be seziures. I"m on seziure medications since Feb 2006 and have done so many blood test, EEG testing and MRIs. Through it all there are no concrete signs that it is seizures but as I tell them my symptoms it sounds so much like seizures. It hurts and frustrates me to hear them that they may have to settle to diagnoised me with PTSD because I was a survior of rape. I don't want to carry on with this title that I have PTSD because I was a victim of rape and now I've become a survior of rape. I no longer want to be reminded of that horrible night.