[oceaneyes]

I grew with occasional fainting/seizures I had a eeg which showed nothing so it was diagnosed as just a nerve thing. They most always had some type of trigger mostly pain but sometimes emotions. At 19 they stopped for 5 years as I became a parent but just recently I started dealing with my past and I had another one dor the first time in awhile. Does anyone have information on dissociative suizures? I would appreciate.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by oceaneyes

I grew with occasional fainting/seizures I had a eeg which showed nothing so it was diagnosed as just a nerve thing. They most always had some type of trigger mostly pain but sometimes emotions. At 19 they stopped for 5 years as I became a parent but just recently I started dealing with my past and I had another one dor the first time in awhile. Does anyone have information on dissociative suizures? I would appreciate.

here in america there is no such thing as a dissociative seizure. in fact the diagnostic criteria in the DSM 5 (which is the standard America USA uses)requires treatment providers to rule out seizure disorders before diagnosing someone with a dissociative disorder...

that said there are things like pseudo- seizures here in america which are having what appears to be a seizure brought on by stress /anxiety/ and many other mental/physical problems.

another term for these kinds of seizures is called non epileptic seizure..appears to be an epileptic seizure without the tell tale physical signs of epilepsy type seizure.

there is also a problem called conversion disorder (some locations include this in with dissociative disorders, america does not, here in america conversion disorder is categorized in with the somatic symptom and related disorders) you might check that forum board.

[CANDC]

Hi oceaneyes, welcome to Psych Central. I know there is info out there.

Here is an interesting link I came across and just quickly browsed
http://forums.psychcentral.com/disso...s-attacks.html

[oceaneyes]

Thank you guys!