Am I having seizures?

Posted by mayalluision @mayalluision, Jul 9, 2019

Hay, im Maya. i am at a lost and i need some type lf help. Im afraid to talk to my mom about letting me ask a doctor but im afriad she’ll think im faking it, but you cant fake this.
So a little about me. Im 16 going on 17 and im and im active meaning that ive hurt my self numerous of times mostly my head. This msy be funny but the first time that ive hurt my head was when i got tackled but this big guy(he was twice my size) in gym class, this was when i was 13-14(weighed less than 100), and i smacked my head on the hard floor, i thought i was fine but apparently i wasnt. by the time turn 15 over the year i would notice i would stared off a lot, and i had an accident where i was running in the dark outside in a field and got choked by rope and knocked out, automatic concussion and again,i thought i was okay, but then when i got to high school it got worst.i was 16 by this time and I would have pounding headaches that would cause me to pass out on numerous occasions and i was honestly scared. but then something happened one day i’m class. i woke up that day feeling draggy and thought nothing of it, throughout the day i was becoming dizzy and barely understanding things. 4th period last class of the day around 2:30, I had this unbearable headache and I was so dizzy, I don’t remember much by my friends told me that I fell out the chair onto the floor and started shaking, and I was like so weird and it freaked me out. Went to the er and they didn’t do anything, fast forward to 3-4weeks ago, I went to my boyfriends friends house for a pool party and they’re dog didn’t like me and so it lunged at me but I ran away back downstairs and I was panicky and then my boyfriend came down an tried to calm me down, it worked but after I had the pounding headace and I fell down on the bed cupping my head I was so bad and then I sat up and I was so confused everything was like foggy like not double vision but close and my leg which was hanging off the bed began to shake violently and I got this taste i my mouth and I knew i did cuz you know when you eat something that’s nasty and I make that face and taste your tongue idk how to explain and it went on for a couple of minutes and my boyfriend kept me in sitting position, I was like I was aware it was happening but I couldn’t respond to the questions he would ask and afterwards he layed me down cuz remember feeling so wore and so I fell asleep just like that.
Then after that I’ve just been staring off out of nowhere then I get these headaches all the time now and I’ve never stuttered in my life but everytime I stare off and come back it like I barely can talk cuz my stuttering is so bad now. And now I’m starting to have dreams about having seizures..
Does anyone know something about this cuz I don’t know what else to do

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Hi @larry68
I hope your EEG went well!
For me, the MRI is actually one of the least stressful exams. While I'm in the machine, I practice some deep breathing techniques I've learned through yoga — and sometimes I even fall asleep, despite all the noise!
Wishing you a smooth MRI this coming Monday. 😊
Chris

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@santosha I have to take a pill as i am claustrophobic so i usually do ok with that pill.For some reason today i am dizzy as heck.More so than usual.

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@santosha I have to take a pill as i am claustrophobic so i usually do ok with that pill.For some reason today i am dizzy as heck.More so than usual.

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Hi @larry68
I hope your MRI today went well and brings your doctor the information needed to move toward a diagnosis. 🙏
Keep me posted!
Chris

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Hi @larry68
I hope your MRI today went well and brings your doctor the information needed to move toward a diagnosis. 🙏
Keep me posted!
Chris

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@santosha I am claustrophobic in that machine so i took my pills they give me for it and got there but was late so they rescheduled till tomorrow.I still have a big buzz from them pills.Called Dr. and gotta take 2 more tomorrow 1pm MRI.I guess i will be bombed out again.I sure don't like the feeling of walking around on these pills.I did talk to my dr. about times i am supposed to be taking my prescrip drugs and he changed my Pantaprozole to Famotodine 20 mg twice a day.I don't get it but he is my GP.Time will tell i suppose .More news to come.I don't go back to neurologist till end of next month.I sure wish i could make these crickets in my head shut up.

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@santosha I am claustrophobic in that machine so i took my pills they give me for it and got there but was late so they rescheduled till tomorrow.I still have a big buzz from them pills.Called Dr. and gotta take 2 more tomorrow 1pm MRI.I guess i will be bombed out again.I sure don't like the feeling of walking around on these pills.I did talk to my dr. about times i am supposed to be taking my prescrip drugs and he changed my Pantaprozole to Famotodine 20 mg twice a day.I don't get it but he is my GP.Time will tell i suppose .More news to come.I don't go back to neurologist till end of next month.I sure wish i could make these crickets in my head shut up.

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Hi @larry68
I'm so sorry to hear your MRI had to be rescheduled — I know how frustrating that can be, especially after having taken medication for claustrophobia. I can relate: just back from vacation myself, I learned that I will need to repeat an exam for verification purposes.
I hope everything goes smoothly with your MRI tomorrow and that you can finally put this behind you! Fingers crossed!
Chris

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@larry68
Do these Cricket noises last very long? It may be a focal seizure.
Do you ever see things, experience odd smells, have any other type of symptoms?
Take care,
Jake

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@larry68
Do these Cricket noises last very long? It may be a focal seizure.
Do you ever see things, experience odd smells, have any other type of symptoms?
Take care,
Jake

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@jakedduck1 most all the dang time except a little in the morning.I do smell things like something is burning and it stinks.I don't see aliens or anything.It seams like i see something moving outside but nothing

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@larry68
I was just curious if any doctor may have mentioned the possibility of Trigeminal or Occipital neuralgia. Have your doctors mentioned the type of epilepsy or seizure type they may suspect. If in fact they suspect a seizure disorder.
Have you actually had a
tonic-clonic or other type of seizure??
Take care,
Jake

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@larry68
I was just curious if any doctor may have mentioned the possibility of Trigeminal or Occipital neuralgia. Have your doctors mentioned the type of epilepsy or seizure type they may suspect. If in fact they suspect a seizure disorder.
Have you actually had a
tonic-clonic or other type of seizure??
Take care,
Jake

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@jakedduck1 Neurologist hasn't made any comments yet.I talked to them,filled out paperwork and now got the testing done and don't see Neurologist again till May 29th.I have been dizzy today but no head pain.Took Claritin in case it was allergies but it didn't help.As far as i know i have never had a seizure.I have had maybe a couple TIA's and a Afib attack.

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