Re: Does this sound like a panic attack?
Absence seizures are apparently suddenly staring into space... A panic attack certainly involves tingling and a racing heart. I can't be sure but I doubt someone who had an absence seizure would need to pace around to calm down. But anxiety sure causes that.
It sounds like a panic attack. A friend of mine has seizures and my panic attacks are worse than her seizures. Because with a seizure you don't have the same awareness you have when having a panic attack. A panic attack heightens the senses and the sufferer feels everything. Noises get louder, lights get brighter, disorientation occurs.
Some of my attacks have presented the way you describe. Sudden onset and feeling like you need a minute. He's tingling because he's hyperventilating (you don't need to look like you're hyperventilating to actually be hyperventilating either so don't think it has to look dramatic) I've never not been able to form words but panic affects everyone differently. I get agitated, but I can see how someone might suddenly have a hard time constructing a sentence. They're an intense experience.
Watch from 4:20.. She has trouble speaking. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=Y4B899IT1jw
Last edited by Ditapage; 23-02-17 at 00:10.
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