I experienced "dream flashbacks" during the day

I have just started having the same experience. I have lyme disease. I wonder if there.is any correlation? My episodes started on Jan 9 2013. I am going to.tge doctor tomorrow...I need answers.

hey man , have the same experience's, your not crazy lol, even tho it seems crazy

Omg, I get this, too! Exactly as you describe it! Did you ever find out what it is?

I have!

I've had no seizures or anxiety disorders in the past, and this has been happening to me for the past 2 years (though, I had 4 or 5 similar flashbacks when I was in middle school). I've scoured the internet for answers, but found nothing satisfying. I have had an EEG and MRI done, but both came up as inconclusive.

One super weird thing for me is that is usually only happens when I'm at home/in my home town. Whenever I'm at college or on vacation, I hardly ever get them besides sometimes when I'm just waking up.

Sorry, that was a random explosion of info. Have you experienced anything similar to what I'm saying?

Has anyone ever figured out what these are caused by? I am suffering the exact same thing and want them to stop. They are so strong and make me physically exhausted for the rest of the day. Sometimes when I have several "episodes" I can be out of sorts for days!!!

Sounds like temporal seizures. Hard to catch on eeg. Write them down and show to your doctor!

Kath is right. Based on everything you are all describing, they sound like simple partial seizures (most likely in your temporal lobe). It's a very common form of epilepsy that often gets overlooked because there is no loss of conciouslness. I have had these strange feelings ever since I was a kid. They got much worse in college which lead me to a neurologist. I explained these "weird feelings" of Deja Vu in my waking life. Almost like strong memories or feelings I have felt/experience before. It's hard to describe to people. Closest I can explain is it's a similar sensation as being high from marijuana.

It's normal to feel exhausted after these seizures (which often come in clusters throughout the day). I thankfully have controlled my seizures with Lemictal which has very little side effects. For the past 10 years I have lived a normal life, but more recently have started to get more of these seizures. Mine are always triggered by alcohol or lack of sleep. I often get them when traveling. It's really important to get these taken care of as seizures will grow worse over time after repeated activity.

If anyone has any more questions, please reach out because it's very scary and misunderstood. Happy to offer more advice.

I've had dream flashbacks for over twenty years. This is a different perspective on what they are. My doctor attributes them to "migraine variant". I do not have epilepsy, but have had migraines with aura for sixty years. In the last fifteen or so, I get the aura only and no headache. Migraines, with or without headache, involve a cascade of depressed nerve activity in the brain. My auras are mainly visual effects (ziggy lines & checkerboards), but can involve hand numbness, memory problems and speech difficulties.
My dream flashbacks are accompanied with some memory problems and confusion. Often, there will be finger numbness (a symptom of migraine). I never had an episode last longer than one or two hours, although the aftereffects linger.
I hope this might be a possible cause for at least some episodes of dream flashbacks.

I’ve had the same exact experience. I had a “dream like” episode today and after I felt nauseous and couldn’t remember what day it was or other little things for a few minutes afterwards. At first I thought I was having these daytime dreams because of the past concussions I’ve had throughout the years? Only concern is do these become worse, meaning turn into dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc…late in life?

For some time now i have been getting these strange and frightening feelings. They start as dream flashbacks,sudden quick memories of dreams i had forgotten about. I then become dreamy and surrounding becomes unformiliur , i get forgetfull cant remember things,. Messes my head up for several hours. I also get migrain auras but no head ache and sometimes numb finger tips and numb lip and toungu e. Any ideas or has anyone else have similar symptoms. I do suffer from anxiety and always put it down to that along with constant non vertigo dizziness every hour of the day.

I've been experiencing the same thing and noticed this happened when I was sleeping in different hours than usual and was very concerned about a wide amount of things. There doesn't seem to be much stuff on this topic.

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Are you still experiencing these symptoms? Only they are all exactly the same ad mine.

I get the same thing - deja-vue type dream flashes when I am overly tired, Happened to me all afternoon today while I was at work (no pain with it). I don't think the time change and loss of an hour last weekend helped matters - threw off my system somehow. I've never had a seizure, but I have had cluster migraine headaches off and on for many years. I wish there was more information/research about this phenomenon.

I was literally thinking the same thing today- is this going to lead to brain disorders later in life???