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Apr 24, 2010, 11:55 PM
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Yesterday I was sitting on the couch waiting for my wife to get out of the bathroom before we went to get me a hair cut. I looked out behind our apartment at an abandond building. Nothing particularly appealing about it, but I was just looking at it. Then my vision seemed to be like the tv trying to tune in a channel and started flipping. I heard my wife's voice and my sons were trying to talk to me. I looked at her and said, "What?". She stated that she had been talking to me for several minutes and my eyes were rolling and I had a frightened look on my face. The truth is I remember hearing something and my vision had started flipping. Then my wife talking to me. I wasn't frightened nor had anything triggered it. Just looking across the way.
Has this happened to anyone else? Is it possible that there is something really really wrong? I threw the trigger icon, just to be safe. |
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Apr 24, 2010, 11:58 PM
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Personally, I have not had anything like this happen to me. Is there any history of seizures or anything like that? I know sometimes my wife with her seizures has those, spaced out/blacked out moments.
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Apr 25, 2010, 12:06 AM
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Seizures was the first thing that came to mind with me too. Also PTSD. And Dissociation.
If it only happened a single time I would not worry terribly but if it repeats I would be concerned. Particularly if it happened while driving a car could be troublesome.
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Apr 25, 2010, 02:27 PM
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I agree with the others, I thought of seizures and PTSD also...if it were me I'd get in to see my doctor (medical doc, not pdoc) to rule out any physical conditions. Take care and let us know how you are doing!
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Apr 25, 2010, 09:58 PM
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regular docs scare me something awful. I didn't wanna go to pdocs for a long time cause they're still docs, but after a while my wife convinced to finally go.
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Apr 25, 2010, 10:32 PM
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Please let us know how things go.
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Apr 25, 2010, 11:09 PM
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My academic advisor, who I was really close with, often had partial seizures. He said that things looked "funny" and then sounds were funny and then he would come out of it. They only lasted a few minutes. He was usually depressed afterwards.
He could actually talk and teach class while having a seizure and "fake it", most people in the room had no idea what was going on. I could always tell, even on the phone because his voice was 'distant'. It's hard to describe but he just sounded different. I know at least Lamictal is also an epilepsy medication and I believe some of our other mood stabilizers are as well. Look up the side effects of what you are taking, there might be a connection there. |
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Apr 26, 2010, 09:30 AM
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hmm when I was younger I was an inhalant addict. When combined with weed it caused me to have a minor seizure. The doctors said that it shouldn't come back. A few years after that I had a cat scan and they said everything seemed normal. I am taking Lamictal, but I don't use recreational drugs anymore and my pdoc says I have to stop drinking.
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