Thank you Cavaliers for your very kind response. I have never had that happen before and so far no one has reported seeing this happen to me again. Perhaps talking with my primary about this first to rule out any physical issues or my neurologist. Will be seeing my primary care doc before the neurologist.
There has always been a suspicion that I have had Absonse Seizure episodes, since I have always had abnormal EEG's, but never one lasting that long. And............. in the back of my mind, I live with alot of elderly here and they were the ones that reported this to me, I hope they are not just playing around with me.
However, there was something odd about that auction, as if a veil has dropped over a memory, it's all kinda cloudy. Usually when I dissociate, it's fleeting and I don't remember most of it, but to go on for several hours, is just weird and scary too.
I usually don't talk about dissociation with anyone due to scaring folks. Like to take it slow and let them get to know me first, but only to trained professionals. When I first shared this with my new psych doc, he asked me if I owned a gun. With all the gun violence here, I'm sure that is first on his mind with me now. I walk with a rollator and his nurse prohibits me from taking it into the room with him. Last time I left, I discovered my pack bags had been opened, so someone searched my rollator very well. I think it muddied the water with him too.
I have never injured anyone, never been homicidal nor arrested, nor own a gun. However, when I went to the hospital via the police (after my hotline called them) 4 years ago, I got a copy of the police report on me and it classified me as being a "mental case". I called the police dept and asked if that classification could be taken off and they said it's the only mental classification they can use in my county. Great, just great !!
Birdie
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Hi hummingbird. Love your name!
I'd check out with your regular GP just to make sure it's not physical. Somethings meds combined with well almost anything...heat, stress, diet etc. can cause a weird reaction. Even, in fact, sleepwalking! I learned not to self dx. So you really don't absolutely 100% know you were dissociating. So you don't have to describe it as such to your new therapist. Could be a one off even if it were. May never happen again. Know it's upsetting & scary but unless it becomes a problem or frequent or is a medical issue not something that needs reporting on the first visit. Normally I'm a tell T everything person. Experience taught me that if T doesn't know what's wrong, can't help fix it. Like taking car into mechanic & only telling him 'it's broken'! It can be expensive too, I learned! But I seem to prefer to do things the hard way!! Good luck with your first appointment. Hope it goes well.
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