Epilepsy :: Seizures, And Fainting

I think I been having seizures, I fall to the ground and start shaking a lot, when I was a child I did have seizure I did faint a lot but that had stop at the age of five, I told my mom because one time my friend was about to call 911, is it possible for me to start having seizures again?

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Blacking Out? Fainting Spells? Or Something More?

Ive had two fainting spells, both completely different, and I'm only positive one was fainting. when i was 14, i was baking a cake and got really hot clammy and light headed. I just thought it had to do with the oven being on, so i left the room and sat down. my mom was in sitting in the chair next to me and told me i was pale white. a few seconds later my vision started kinda blacking out, you know when you stand up to fast and your vision goes black... well kinda like that but i could still see just not well because there were black spots and lines and my heart was racing. i felt sick to my stomach so i got up and stumbled through the hallway to the bathroom. i was standing over the toilet, then the next thing i know i hear like high pitch singing, then my mom and sister trying to get into the bathroom asking if i'm okay, i opened my eyes and i had fallen backwards and had no recollection of it. after that i was fine... shaken but fine so i didn't go see a doctor, but mentioned it to him when i went in a couple of months later. the second time was 3 days ago. i got up to go to the bathroom and stood up too fast, my vision did the blackout thingy and i had to hold onto the wall, which happens, but this time was different, i felt like i was gonna fall even holding myself up so i leaned with my back on one wall and my hand on the other.. it kinda felt like i had fallen asleep and was dreaming for a split second or too, i still couldn't see but i felt my body shaking uncontrollably. when i finally could see again the shaking stopped and i was a bit clammy but other than that i was fine. i don't know what happened, i checked my blood sugar  (i'm not diabetic or anything but my dad is) it was 81, completely normal. i have no idea what happened. the only times ive ive ever came close to either one of these experiences was when i was making thanksgiving dinner in 2011 i didn't sleep well the night before and got up early.. i got super hot and felt sick and my heart races so i went into my room and layed down and opened the window. after a few minutes i felt completely fine just a bit of ringing in my ears. and sometimes when im in the shower ill start feeling the exact same way. again i haven't been to the doctor.. and my parents only know about the two i guess they were fainting spells, but i don't know.

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Cervical Spondylosis :: Dizziness And Fainting Spells

anyone tell me if they suffer dizziness and fainting spells with this condition

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Hip Replacement :: Fainting Spells, Extreme Tiredness And Back Pain

had my THR on Jan 25th. The op went well but when I came home the slightest thing i did made me feel faint and dizzy. I ended up back in hospital as my doctor said i was dehydrated. I am fully hydrated now and home but am wiped out all the time and still feel faint . I could cope with the mobility problems and pain if i felt better and had some energy. Did anyone else have this problem? How long did it last? Also sleep is impossible due to a stabbing pain in my lower back.  I'm worried now that all the pain i had previously wasn't coming from my hip but some from my back. I feel miserable and tearful all the time, just hope this is normal .

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Anxiety :: Dizzy Spells

I was wondering if anyone else suffers from dizzy spells? I was sat down in work yesterday (I work in a bank so I stare at a screen all day) and I just couldn't look at the screen for long periods of time it made me feel quite dizzy but when I walked I was okay, was wondering if anyone else also feels like their anxiety never goes away like it feels as though there is something always there, whether it's feeling sick having a panic attack or just a feeling of unease 

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Anxiety :: Dizzy Spells / Sensations

I've been trying to control my anxiety and doing well but I keep getting weird dizzy sensations not where the room is spinning more like I'm moving when I'm not and it's scaring me I feel like I'm going to faint because of it I don't know whether it's pregnancy related or anxiety or something serious it's making me worry and causing me to have anxiety when I'm trying to get on with things but I have a lot going on at the moment and my heads a bit all all over I don't know where that is it as well? Like stress related anyone else experience it I'm eating and drinking fine etc I don't take no medication I'm 27 weeks pregnant

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Anxiety :: Dizzy Spells Related?

I've had anxiety for maybe 8 years now and Health Anxiety since last year (probably longer but that's when I was diagnosed). I don't tend to get severe panic attacks anymore in the sense where I can't breathe and in a full state of panic etc, but I do seem to be in a constant anxiety attack. I keep getting a lot of dizziness, sometimes just generally lightheaded, but I also get random bouts of feeling like the floor or chair has been taken from beneath me, almost like I'm falling, but only for a second. I then go into a bit of a panic. Does anyone else get these sensations?

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Anxiety :: Dizzy Spells And Feeling Panicky

I am not sure what is wrong with me and I don't know where else to turn.

I have clinical depression with high daily levels of stress and anxiety (excluding panic attacks). I do not have any energy or motivation to exercise and am eating a very unhealthy diet which I have tried to correct some many times and have failed.

Every day for nearly a week now, I have been having these dizzy spells when walking down the street, I feel as though I am going to collapse and have to walk slowly, keep stopping and holding onto something for support as well as feeling panicky and having a high temperature at the same time and I am not sure why this is. I am also terrified of dying and keep thinking that I will end up being buried alive or something, I cannot get my head around that I am going to die one day, the thought of it terrifies me so much.

I also feel under a lot of pressure from work and from my Access course and trying to decide on what career path to choose and putting a lot of pressure on myself.

I have asthma and get out of breath a lot and also have mild tinnitus (ringing of the ears).

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Horrific Stories Of Ladies Being On Cerazette

I went straight into it so I went from one pill, to another without a break for a period as my doctor suggested and I am 10 days into cerazette and have been bleeding for 8 of these days, I'm very worried as I have read up on it and all I've heard is horrific stories of ladies being on cerazette.

I've now completely convinced myself I'm going to bleed for the rest of my life ( can anyone give me some reassurance on this pill at all? (

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Postherpetic Neuralgia After Shingles - Horrific Pain

I had shingles in October 2013 followed by what was assumed to be postherpetic neuralgia. I have tried all the various medication prescribed but appear to be allergic or react to all of them and none take you pain away. I don't know what to do next, seem to go from pillar to post. 

I had an xray done about a year ago as, (because I was involved in a car accident 3 months prior to the attack of shingles) it was thought the pain could be due to something else. It wasn't but the radiologist said that if I had a certain nerve 'snipped' in my back (left hand side) all should be well. Has anyone else heard of this. My doctor said they didn't have anything in writing from the radiologist to confirm this. I really feel as if nobody is much bothered about this sort of pain.

I do know for a fact that having nerve ends burnt off can stop pain. I had this done (privately when I was covered through work) in my neck which stopped the migraines I had suffered badly with for years. I no longer have private medical cover unfortunately. 

I can can only sympathise with others who have suffered following shingles. The pain is HORRIFIC but the advice seems to be to take pill after pill and then If that doesn't dork have another ruddy pill.

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Cervical Spondylosis :: Horrific Migraines And Loss Of Balance

I was diagnosed with CS about 12 years ago after having had problems with pain in my shoulder and pins and needles in my hands at night. I was referred to my neurologist in Leeds, (I'd already had discs out at L5/S1 in 1996 which caused me to go numb all below the waist. Had an emergency operation to relieve it, my right leg is still numb.) had an MRI and nerve conduction tests, slight carpal tunnel syndrome was diagnosed. However, I developed awful pain down my left arm and re-referred, another MRI revealed further degeneration showed but he is reluctant to operate. In the meantime, I get horrific migraines lasting 24 hours at a time, radiating from the back of my head to the front, my eyeballs feel like they are literally being pushed out of my skull! I have also noticed a sore area on the bulbous part of my head just at the top of my left ear :? I lose my balance frequently too...is it time I went back to the doctors?

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Alcohol :: I Am A Blackout Drinker - Ends In Something Horrific, Embarrassing And Shameful

I am a blackout drinker. i can go months without a drink, but all it takes is that one time, that one day, and self awareness and self control are not present. it almost always ends in something horrific, embarrassing and shameful. i spend the entire day after in bed, with my face in the pillow as bits and pieces of the night before begin coming to the surface and sheer panic and anxiety sets in. the " omg, i did it again, have i not learned from last time" .. and then i go into a deeper, darker place of self hatred and deep shame and guilt. this is usually where i say" ok, that is the LAST time!". AND .. it is again, a lie. there is no end to the things i can do while drunk. i can kiss a married man in front of his wife, i can get into the bed of a stranger, i can run in traffic, i can get physical. i am scared and i need help. i'm shocked of who i am, what i am. i don't want to be a bad person anymore. 100 % of bad, is when i drink. i am so disgusted with me. today is day 2 of being sober. the next drink i have will kill me. please help point me in the direction i need to go in because i'm really scared. my children have seen and heard enough, my marriage is over. i can't live this 1 step forward when that drink throws me 2 steps back.

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Fainting With Sertraline

After trying to not take my prescribed sertraline until I was so bad I felt I had to, within a week I had an awful experience work. I am a support worker (needing support myself!) and whilst with a client sitting on a chair I fainted or something worse and came too finding myself on the floor. I went back to my GP and she said to stick with tablets. I told them I was worried about fainting again especially as I drive. They said stop driving. I said I need to drive for my work. They said stop the tablets. I am so low. Damned if I do, damned if I don't. I got very anxious about all this and went back to the GP who signed me off for two weeks. I've looked at the DVLA Guidelines and for 'dizziness' it said I MUST tell the DVLA. I do want to be responsible to others as well as for myself, but this is driving me crazy!

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Polymyalgia Rheumatica And GCA :: Fainting Fits

Do any of you faint?  I've collapsed 3 times in the last month - always in public!  Very embarrassing!

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Fainting And Vertigo - Multiple Sclerosis Or Migraine?

It all started in December last year I woke during the night to go to the toilet and next thing I knew my husband was calling my name I had fainted. I didn't pass much remarks just thought I had stood up to quickly, I went to work the next day but I felt dizzy and my colleague's were talking to me but I couldn't process what the were saying. I went to the doctor who gave me serc and said I had vertigo. Fast forward to the new year still feeling dizzy confused and also a stiff neck but decided to go back to work but by lunchtime I was wrecked and worse than ever. Went back to the doctor and asked to see a neurologists when I went to him he said I had migraine and put me on amitriptyline starting at 10mg but slowly working up to 50 mg but I still feel like crap(sorry for the language )

Symptoms:-

Dizzy
Stiff neck and shoulders
Numbness in face
Right hand numb from little finger up to shoulder
Stiff ankles in the morning
Knee joints make crackling noise and are sore.
Iv to meet my neurologists again in November and a neurophysiologist in February next year.
Also forgot to mention all my blood work is good
The checked thyroid Lyme and vitamin deficiency

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Panic Attack? Shaky And Fainting During Shower

This morning I got up to take a shower and as I was taking my clothes off I felt really tired and I had to sit down for a few minutes. After that I returned to my bathroom to take a shower. As I was showering I felt fine until I got out. As I got out of the shower I started feeling sick. I felt like I was going to faint and vomit. I put clothes on quickly and I just wanted to leave my bathroom. It's currently Summer and it's hot everywhere. I felt liked I was trapped. I didn't know what to do. I quickly left my bathroom and I sat in a chair near the kitchen and I wanted to cry but I couldn't. I felt so sick and dizzy. I started to find breathing hard. I closed my eyes and tried to focus on my breathing because I was breathing hard but it didn't really help. Then I did it a second time and it worked. I started to calm down and I felt a lot better. I was a bit shaky for a few minutes but now I'm fine. I'm at home by myself and it was in the morning.

I was just wondering is this a panic attack or something else? I've never had a panic attack before and I don't know what else it could be.

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Epilepsy :: Are These Seizures Or Something Else?

For nearly a year now I have been having these symptoms, which are really starting to affect my life and college work.

Start off first with zoning out of conversations and just not being quite with it.

Then comes loss of consciousness and eyelid fluttering.

Then confusion, wandering round, verbal aggression (not screaming or anything, but apparently I can be quite rude)

Then I come round, just feeling tired.

Altogether (apart from tiredness) this can last anything up to an hour. I don't remember anything of these, and all the information has come from witnesses. I have had an EEG and MRI, which were clear. So why am I still having these?

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I Have Non Epileptic Seizures

im getting frustrated because i have these seizures and when i go to hospital  all i get is tests. after that i get appointment after appointment

and referrals. but still the seizures keep going on and no solutions.

my husband has put numerous complaints in and get more appointments. 

this has gone on for quite some time.  i stopped breathing twice during the seizures and was in hospital for 5 hours unconscious and on razapan all that time.  so i need to get this sorted as soon as i can. the paramedics that took me to hospital thought i had epilepsy but consultants assumed different

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Epilepsy :: Are These Seizures?

About 10 years ago I had something that resembled a stroke. I felt really strange that day and thought I needed to dilate my veins, i reasoned a run might help. After running about half a mile half the side of my body tensed or stiffened up; my head locked to one side, my arm curled in, my fingers curled in, the same side's leg stiffened and it was hard to walk. This lasted for something like 4 hours, and since then I've had trouble concentrating on things and the left side of my head/brain feels like numb/inflamed. I went to the ER and they gave me an MRI and said I had a brain cyst.

I always thought it was a stroke and I got some degree of damage, but a recent MRI doesn't show evidence of a stroke (but the pineal cyst is still there). So if it wasn't a stroke then what was it? Does this sound like an asymmetric tonic seizure?

I've had some other incidents that I thought were panic attacks where my vision goes dark, my hearing goes away and have to fight to not black out. Is my pineal cyst causing me seizures? I don't shake though.

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