Anxiety or Seizure

[janeths466]

Hello All,

I hope you are all having an amazing day. Ever since I was 12, I remember waking up one night after eating alot. I felt weird, like a panic feeling. I was barely falling asleep, and while I was in my thoughts this rush came over me and i started freaking out. I stood up and felt like I had to either (sorry) poop, or throw up. From there, I felt spacey the days after. And my life changed. I was told I had anxiety. Lights would be bright for me at the store, I would get hot, and feel like I was passing out but never did. This mostly happened at concerts, markets, and malls.

These only got worse when my life would get harder. I developed a fear of death. I would wake up at night, ucontrollably shaking as if I was cold and my mom had to hug me so I could control myself until I got warm. Still anxiety by the doctors. I was scared.

After years of this, I got my life back, and began working out and eating well. I was a bigger girl, but lost weight. Now I am 21. Everything went away. But now my life is in a rocky road with my mom having been hospitalized. I feel spacey, and the other day I was on church and the lights just felt bright. I felt nauseous to my stomach and felt like I was passing out and out of breath. I also get cluster headaches now and feel similar than before.

How do I know between anxiety and seizures? I am so scared because I feel like I have had similar symptoms to what I read online. My doctors say is anxiety so I do not know.

[Chingona]

I think the only way to really know is an eeg test(?) wishing you luck with everything

[EpilepsyAction1 Partner Epilepsy Action]

Hi Janeths466

Thank you for your post. This sounds like a scary experience.

There are a number of medical conditions that can cause symptoms similar to epilepsy. The symptoms you have described are not typical symptoms of epilepsy. But as we are not medical and epilepsy is a very individual condition, it would be advisable to discuss your concerns with your doctor again.

If you haven’t already you may wish to view our information on seizures associated with epilepsy, focal and generalised seizures epilepsy.org.uk/info/seizur...

And the NHS has information on anxiety that may be of help to you.

bing.com/search?q=nhs+anxie...

Regards

Diane

Epilepsy Action Helpline Team