Re: Deja vu
Originally Posted by
Livvy_rice
Hi I have posted on here last week with the same symptom. I am full of anxiety over the fear of having epilepsy. My symptoms are - random dreams from years ago / random memories popping into my head for no reason at all, I could be doing something totally mundane and see a flash of these memories and then its gone. I always remember what it is though. My other symptom is deja vu I have been getting it so much recently. Just tonight I have already had it twice, I am so so scared I have epilepsy as I have already used doctor google. I haven't left the house much the last 3 weeks I have taken time off work and stayed in bed all day because I am that scared of having a full blown seizure any day now. Has anyone else had these symptoms or the same fear of temporal lobe epilepsy?l
I've been getting a lot of flashbacks recently, as if my mind is reviewing my life, and at first put it down to an increase in meds. I'm not sure this is the case however as I feel it's more a response to increased anxiety and stress. Repressed memories suddenly appear out of nowhere....memories you think you'd totally forgotten. I think the deja vu is strongly connected to the flashbacks and anxiety - feeling you've experienced something before etc.
Your anxiety is telling you this is something bad and to be feared, hence the connection you make with epilepsy and the self-preservation response of thinking you need to be in bed. But remember that if you are going to have a seizure, it doesn't matter whether you're at work or in bed, it will happen.
But it won't. This is the natural response of an anxious mind and it's time to focus on beating and treating your anxiety rather than the symptoms.
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