Do describe what you wrote to your psychiatrist, SorryShaped. It could be useful information.

I have indeed experienced something similar to what you described. Could it have been dissociative symptoms? Migraine auras? Seizure or pseudo seizure activity (there are seizures that do not include convulsions)? Something psychiatric-based, or something else? I've had doctors consider all of the mentioned. Luckily, I haven't experienced these things for quite a while, other than a clear-cut manic episode, with psychosis, in late May. Either my medications finally became just right, I mastered grounding/coping tools, and/or something else.

I have done a bit of research in the past on all of the above-mentioned (dissociative symptoms, migraines, bipolar disorder, seizure disorders or pseudo seizures). There is an uncanny number of associations or similarities between them all in some peoples' experiences. Just a few include:

• Many are sometimes treated with anticonvulsants
• Many sometimes include "aura-like" beginnings before "episodes" begin
• The "Kindling Effect" is relevant to many of these conditions
• "Out of body experiences" may be had as part of many of these
• Various types of hallucinations may be experienced as part of many of these (i.e. visual, auditory, space-time distortions, deja vu, oflactory, musical, etc.)
• Types of amnesia (like en block or fragmentary blackouts) or memory issues, as part of many for some
• Many have similar stressors (i.e. light, emotional stress, others)
• Anxiety and/or depression may occur as part of many of the mentioned
• Sleep disturbances (insomnia, hypersomnia) may play a role in many of these
• In some cases, stuttering? Or rapid repetition of words/phrases.
• In some of these cases, people with one (or more) of the above-mentioned conditions, also frequently have a higher percent chance of having another, than the general public (for example, people with bipolar disorder have a higher incidence of migraines)

The brain is a very interesting organ!