Posted by Thrud on June 21, 2001, at 7:40:10
In reply to partial seizures and panic, posted by Thrud on June 21, 2001, at 6:19:41
Does this sound like PD or partial seizure?
When I am unmedicated, this is what my life is like. It begins with a pounding headache and dizzyness which usually lasts for a few hours. Then on top of this I get stiffness and pins and needless in the back of my neck. Finally I have an "attack" where I feel like I've "locked up" for a few moments; I feel unable to move or think or do anything. At this time I feel absolutely *extreme* anxiety, not about anything in particular. It feels like I am drowning in mid air. No hallucinations of any kind associated with it and I do not lose conciousness. After a few seconds this "locked up" feeling will subside and I will feel weak and dizzy again. The cycle will repeat, with the "lock ups" and associated feelings becoming more frequent and intense in the evenings.By late evening I will be very tortured indeed and finally collapse into an exhausted sleep. Next morning I will still feel weak and dizzy and the whole cycle begins again. Without some sort of medication I am in this cycle all my waking hours and will sleep about 18 hours a day. I feel unable to eat, get bags under my eyes and basically become a skeleton. There is no doubt that without medication I would die of malnutrition (ironic that ADs make me swing the other way and give me too much of an appetite). I have found that I can anticipate lock-ups and intercept them with benzos but I will still feel profoundly unwell. The pdoc diagnosed me with PD and put me on the first of a long, long list of ADs. With the right ADs I can feel okay, but I never have felt well for ten years (the wrong AD will not prevent my lock-ups).
The reason I am interested in the possibility of partial seizure is the choice of medication: anti-convulsants rather than ADs. Maybe I've been barking up the wrong tree medication wise? I did develop major depression after becoming a tortured skeleton but it was the cart, not the horse. I had an EEG done all those years ago but results were apparently normal. I was on an AD at the time though and did not have an attack while being measured.
Any inputs would be most appreciated.Thrud
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