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Posted 9/2/2017 2:07 AM (GMT 0)
I was talking to one of my friends today, she is in med school. She mentioned that I should consider asking my doctor if my lyme-induced panic attacks are actually seizures?

This is how my "panic attacks" work:

They are triggered by caffeine or sugar. So, if I accidentally have too much of either, I will start feeling lightheaded, then an uncontrollable panic. I need to sit down and stay sitting down because it feels as though I may blackout if I stand up while in the middle of an attack. Within 10 minutes, my eyes feel super heavy, and I shake like crazy. I feel like the walls are closing in, and feels sort of spaced out in a sense.

These attacks usually last around 3 hours or so.. but after each one, I get pressure in my eyes and head that lasts for days, and turns into a migraine the day after the attack. I feel like it takes about a week to recover from one of these.

So, is this a lyme-induced panic attack, or does it sound more like a seizure?

[Symptoms began Aug. 2016. Diagnosed Jan. 2017. Doxy from Jan. to May. Zithro June to July. Tested negative for co-infections, but LLMD suspected Babesia. Mepron for 2 weeks (w/ Zithro), got bad heart palps, so stopped Mepron. Stopped Zithro shortly after when PVC's continued. No abx since.]
Posted 9/2/2017 3:02 AM (GMT 0)
I would definitely get that checked out.

I've read that some seizures can go undiagnosed because they aren't what you typically see as symptoms .

It doesn't sound like "just" a panic attack. It might be a seizure.
Posted 9/2/2017 1:36 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Girlie, I will definitely look into this more. It's crazy because I've been having these for a year now. I won't be surprised if they are in fact seizures because compared to some of my friends with anxiety/have anxiety attacks, their attacks are a lot different than mine.

Girlie said...
I would definitely get that checked out.

I've read that some seizures can go undiagnosed because they aren't what you typically see as symptoms .

It doesn't sound like "just" a panic attack. It might be a seizure.

Posted 9/2/2017 1:56 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with Girlie, get this checked out. It does sound more than a panic attack.
Posted 9/2/2017 1:59 PM (GMT 0)
My panic attacks are not like that. Mine coming on suddenly...I feel lightheaded, sometimes dizzy, this sense of impending doom, shaky. They were bad in the beginning, but they only ever lasted an hour or less. I usually lay down, deep breath, put on some binaural beats, take my CBD, and I'm fine.

Either way, look into CBD oil. You should also get checked out by a doctor as well, but even if it is seizures, CBD can help with that. It definitely works for panic attacks. Also, have your thyroid checked out. A good deal of my problems have been helped by learning I had Hashimoto's and taking NatureThroid.
Posted 9/2/2017 3:00 PM (GMT 0)
My panic attacks were like 10LymeB described - getting light headed, almost dizzy, the impending doom and shaky, but once it was over, it was over, other than leaving me feeling very tired because of the energy used when I was shaking.

When I was having seizures, they were very different - although I did have episodes of where my body would just start shaking uncontrollably and so violently that I would literally "bounce" off of anything that I was sitting or laying on. Still don't know if those were seizures or not. But the ones that I know were seizures were different than the symptoms KML describes, but there are many types of seizures. The one thing I did experience was that the effects were felt for days after that, and I often had other small seizures during that time of less intensity. A scary time for me.
Posted 9/4/2017 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you I'll look into that

10LymeB said...
My panic attacks are not like that. Mine coming on suddenly...I feel lightheaded, sometimes dizzy, this sense of impending doom, shaky. They were bad in the beginning, but they only ever lasted an hour or less. I usually lay down, deep breath, put on some binaural beats, take my CBD, and I'm fine.

Either way, look into CBD oil. You should also get checked out by a doctor as well, but even if it is seizures, CBD can help with that. It definitely works for panic attacks. Also, have your thyroid checked out. A good deal of my problems have been helped by learning I had Hashimoto's and taking NatureThroid.

Posted 9/4/2017 2:12 AM (GMT 0)
I'm so sorry to hear you went through that. But yes it's so scary... my panic attack/seizure was about a week ago and I still don't feel right.

Traveler said...
My panic attacks were like 10LymeB described - getting light headed, almost dizzy, the impending doom and shaky, but once it was over, it was over, other than leaving me feeling very tired because of the energy used when I was shaking.

When I was having seizures, they were very different - although I did have episodes of where my body would just start shaking uncontrollably and so violently that I would literally "bounce" off of anything that I was sitting or laying on. Still don't know if those were seizures or not. But the ones that I know were seizures were different than the symptoms KML describes, but there are many types of seizures. The one thing I did experience was that the effects were felt for days after that, and I often had other small seizures during that time of less intensity. A scary time for me.

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