u/steezy_miata

Hi guys.

Before I begin I’d just like to say that I’m new to this sub. I’ve been having one of my “bad days” today as I like to call them so I decided to join and to hopefully talk with people who experience what I do.

I am a 26 y/o male, healthy from what I know and what my last doctors appointment said. But I experience very scary episodes of what I believe are Temporal Lobe Focal Seizures. These came on very suddenly around a year ago, never experienced them before then.

Some days worse than others, like today. I’ve probably experienced three or four “episodes” but can also sometimes go weeks or months without ever having symptoms.

Speaking of symptoms, they are always the same. I could be doing anything (like today I was just washing a dish for lunch), and all of a sudden there’s a creeping feeling of dread in my stomach, intense nausea, and a intense déjà vu and fuzzy feeling in my head. I can “see” things that feel like I’ve definitely seen or experienced before, dream, tv show, movie, general life, etc..

These attacks probably only last 10-20 seconds. In that time I have to stop everything that I’m doing and just get through it, although I can carry conversations well enough while these are happening that nobody knows what’s happening unless I tell them what I just experienced.

It’s very scary when these happen and I’m always left feeling drained and tired afterwards, like I need a nap or I’ve just worked really hard all day. I don’t really have the kind of money for a professional diagnosis and medication so for now I just have to go through it. But hopefully you guys in this sub can give me some advice on dealing with this new unpleasant thing in my life.

Thanks

Hi guys.

Before I begin I’d just like to say that I’m new to this sub. I’ve been having one of my “bad days” today as I like to call them so I decided to join and to hopefully talk with people who experience what I do.

I am a 26 y/o male, healthy from what I know and what my last doctors appointment said. But I experience very scary episodes of what I believe are Temporal Lobe Seizures. These came on very suddenly around a year ago, never experienced them before then.

Some days worse than others, like today. I’ve probably experienced three or four “episodes” but can also sometimes go weeks or months without ever having symptoms.

Speaking of symptoms, they are always the same. I could be doing anything (like today I was just washing a dish for lunch), and all of a sudden there’s a creeping feeling of dread in my stomach, intense nausea, and a intense déjà vu and fuzzy feeling in my head. I can “see” things that feel like I’ve definitely seen or experienced before, dream, tv show, movie, general life, etc..

These attacks probably only last 10-20 seconds. In that time I have to stop everything that I’m doing and just get through it, although I can carry conversations well enough while these are happening that nobody knows what’s happening unless I tell them what I just experienced.

It’s very scary when these happen and I’m always left feeling drained and tired afterwards, like I need a nap or I’ve just worked really hard all day. I don’t really have the kind of money for a professional diagnosis and medication so for now I just have to go through it. But hopefully you guys in this sub can give me some advice on dealing with this new unpleasant thing in my life.

Thanks