Was this a non epileptic seizure or panic attack or what?
Over the summer I would wake up with bruises on my arm that would appear overnight when i knew i had done no physical activity to make them. I went through very mild depression,but still depression.
Then one day ,it was picture day at my school so i was happy and with absolutely no worries,then all of a sudden in the last class , i was standing up leanning against the desk ,and i felt that was my legs weaken immediately , my jaw and my entire body started trembling , i couldn’t breath well so i was hyperventilating ,my head was extremely light headed and it moved roughly and introntrollably from side to side ,and i felt in extreme discomfort in the upper half of my body ,though i was conscious the whole time.They checked my pulse and it was okay . At that time time i was taking an anti depresant ,a pill for epilepsy and another pill for anxiety , im 14 years old. When i got to the emergency room they told me it was the medication, but i had the opinions of 2 neurologists and they agreed that it couldn’t of been the medication at all because they will never "meet"in my system. After that , they ran some tests and discovered i wasnt epileptic after alll, but my lordosis (the bone that connects the the head with your body ) was absolutely straight .when its supposed to be in a "c" shape. Ive had more than 1 panic attacks after that ,but with the usual panic attacks symptoms.
My questions are the following
what could it have been ? why?
why the incotrolable head movements?
why the bruises if i have no epilepsy ?
I thank you very much whoever answers.
ps: if you are going to put a stupid and non logical answer id be less offfended if you just wrote 2 points
That sounds like a really bad panic attack to me. I have them from PTSD and some of them can be that bad. As far as waking up with bruises, you could just move or jerk your arms in your sleep. You could also sleepwalk. I have a friend who sleepwalks and he always ends back up in his bed and never knows when he’s done it unless he has buises.
As for those medications, they CAN meet in your system. They ALL act on the brain. ALL medications will effect other medications, just not all will do so noticeably. That’s a basic fact they teach in pharmacy school. I would recommend seeing a psychologist and seeing if you can work on the panic attacks.The head movements could just be a tic. Psychotherapy can help with that as well.
Comment from Amanda
Time January 12, 2010 at 4:07 am
That sounds like a really bad panic attack to me. I have them from PTSD and some of them can be that bad. As far as waking up with bruises, you could just move or jerk your arms in your sleep. You could also sleepwalk. I have a friend who sleepwalks and he always ends back up in his bed and never knows when he’s done it unless he has buises.
As for those medications, they CAN meet in your system. They ALL act on the brain. ALL medications will effect other medications, just not all will do so noticeably. That’s a basic fact they teach in pharmacy school. I would recommend seeing a psychologist and seeing if you can work on the panic attacks.The head movements could just be a tic. Psychotherapy can help with that as well.
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I have epilepsy and have gone through similar things.