Can I ask a question of those suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?

Question

Have you ever, or do you have seizures during your flashbacks...independent of the flashback itself. In other words, do some flashbacks make you look like your are having an epileptic seizure while others don't?

Has anyone ever suggested you may have a seizure disorder?

For clarification; I never served in the military. The PTSD is the result of watching a loved suffer a tragic end and not being able to stop it.

Thank you all for the answers so far.
I was diagnosed with PTSD by a psychiatrist in 2001. I do have panic attacks as a secondary reaction...but this appears to be different. People who have observed the flashbacks report that I appear to be having a seizure. Violent shaking, eyes rolling in the back of the head, etc.

Answer 1

I was diagnosed with PTSD, Bipolar Disorder and a general mood disorder about 16 months ago. I have never served in the military, but I have had alot of bad things happen to me in my 32 years. Lots of people have had worse things happen.....and some of them make it out ok......some of us cant handle it, and our brains just say "no more". I have a hard time with memory.....I have blocked out a lot of my childhood. It seems that I can only remember the bad times....I take Effexor, Trazadone and Lamictal. Nothing really seems to help....I still feel the same. I do cut when things seem unbearable, but I am not suicidal. I think I have had these disorders for a very long time...Now that I know what I am dealing with, I can look back and understand some of my actions and feelings. I know what you are going thru, and you are not alone. Feel free to message me if you ever need to talk. I wish you the best!

Answer 2

Hi there -
I understand where you are coming from and have had a very similar experience in the past.
I think by seizure you might mean a panic attack - there is no seizure disorder.
Usually when you are having a panic attack you think you are definitely going to die, you can't breathe and that something really bad is going to happen.
Since you have been through such a traumatic experience, I assure you your reaction is completely normal.
Since you know you have PTSD it would suggest that you have spoken to someone about it and they have referred you to a psychologist or a counsellor. Is you are self-diagnosed, please talk about this to a GP or a trusted person. Talking does help alot in such situations.
Flashbacks are completely normal too in what you are going through but there a few things you can do to help out at the time that you are having them and it feels that you are reliving the whole scary experience again:
- Put an elastic band on your hand and every time you get flashbacks and feel you are losing it, flick it on your arm. Makes you concentrate on the here and now.
- Move your legs, try and dip them on the ground to stabilise yourself.
- Try and focus on everything that is going on around you at the time. Try and concentrate on the different smells, colours and sounds.
If you have been feeling like this for more than a couple of months, I suggested you talk to a GP immediately for your own mental health safety.
Hope this helps and best of luck.

Answer 3

Well for starters I am not in the military either. And your breif description of what your dealing with sounds a lot like my own story. I dont have seizures, but this disorder seems so incredibly unique and therefore so incredibly difficult. I am seeing a doctor who is wondering if I have developed an obsessive compulsive disorder, as a secondary reaction to ptsd, All I can say is i wish you the best in dealing with all this

Answer 4

The Veterans Hospitals VAMC pass out seizure medication as a cure all for everthing.
To answer your question the stress related to Military, can bring on most anything.

Answer 5

Seizures are a different entity from the Post Traumatic Disorder! Seizures are abnormal electrical impulses coming from the brain. These are usually diagnosed by EEG
( Electroencehphalogram) , in which electrodes are placed in the head to deteremine normal or abnormal activities in the brain. CT Scan or MRI has to be done to determine its etiology or cause. Patients are usually given maintenance medication to avoid these abnormal firing in the brain. Thiese patients are usually seen by the neurologist.
Post traumatic stress disorder are usually secondary to something which happened to a person in which memories keeps flashing back and the person usually develops too much fear.
The doctor who sees this patient is a psychiatrist.

Answer 6

I don't know if I would really call them seizures, but I do have moments where I black out. Don't remember what happened at that current moment, but people have told witness these black outs, and they never use seizure to describe what I am going through. They just tell me a blank out, and anything can trigger the black out if it relates to the incident that happened when I was younger.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

i black out and can,t remember anything but not all the time it is bad when u don;t even want 2 sleep i sleep once a week and if i did not have 2 then i would not sleep then

Answer 9

No.

Im not sure what information you are looking for

Answer 10

no I never had, but having PTGD is horrible!