Possible Siezures Scared to Talk to Doctor

A few years ago I tried Cymbalta and I had a lot of problems with it, but while taking it I had what I think was a seizure. I asked a friend who had one and she said it was the same thing so I told the doctor stopped the medication and nothing like it happened again until this week.

The past three nights I've had the same sort of thing. My heart will feel like it's racing, I'll have a strange chest pain, and most worrying racing thoughts with difficulty concentrating. The first time with the Cymbalta when this happened my body then started over responding to what I would try to make it do. I wanted to sit up and flung up faster than I knew I could even move. If I tried to move my arm it just flung itself sideways. These last few times it's been a little different. I didn't have the motion problems so I kind of assumed it was either some sort of panic attack or maybe I've had too much caffeine for my mitrovaulve prolaypse to handle. Then last night it was worse my body just wouldn't respond to my thoughts it was as if my arms were made of lead. It was really scary, but I'm so worried I'm going to sound like a crazy person trying to describe all this to my doctor when I'm not even sure if I can put all the strange stuff in to words well. On top of that there's a history of some mental problems in my family and I know the doctor knows that. I am so hoping that is not what's happening here and it's just a seizure, but I'm really scared. Either way it all seems bad. I half think it might be my gabapentine. I've taken it without a lot of problems for years now, but WalMart keeps switching the manufacturer of it on me and the last few times I've taken it I've felt really nauseous. I've gotten some hot flashes at night too and stomach problems. My fibro has not been helping either. My tingling sensations have been a lot worse and I've hardly been able to keep awake the past few days.

Has anyone else on here had anything like this? I go see the doctor this afternoon and I'm very nervous about it.

I'm glad too that you're seeing your doctor. No doctor worth his or her salt would think this is all in your head, so I hope that's doesn't happen to you.

Different manufacturers can make quite a difference in meds. My daughter has Epilepsy, and is on Lamictal for it. The first doc she saw didn't mention this, but the 2nd (and better) one stressed that she needed to be on actual Lamictal, because with the generics, the dosage varied too much....not true with all drugs, but definitely with this one....so it wouldn't surprise me if your body is reacting to a different generic.

Let us know what happens - did you say you were seeing a neurologist, or a different doctor?

Debbie

Thank you all so much for your responses, it really helps. My family doctor told me I should have gone to the Er (which I probably would have if I could have lol) so if it happens again I have to rush over there. He didn't think it was a seizure though I'm not entirely convinced otherwise. He said he can't tell what happened, but it was definitely something neurological, but not a mental illness or anything like that thankfully. They are trying to get my terrible insurance to approve of a CT scan of the brain. I've had a horrible migraine all day so I'm just doing as little as possible and trying to be comfortable until I can get that done and get some answers or feel a little better.