In the last month, I have had this happen twice. Once i was driving and out of nowhere had this EXTREMELY vivid deja vu. It was followed by constant lightheadedness and a little nausea. It's extremely hard to explain in words to people and I end up feeling stupid about what i'm describing. The second incident happened while I was in the shower. Same thing. After they are done, my brain kicks in and tries to remember what the memory was from. This all sounds stupid, I know. But it's so strange. Any advice would be appreciated!! Thanks
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I have something very similar from time to time.
For me it is not stress-related.
At the risk of boring you, but in the hope that maybe we have experienced similar things, I will describe in detail what I experience. I do feel a bit of a git describing the symptoms to othger people. Anyway ....
First, I experience what seems like the recall of a dream I feel sure I have had. [In retrospect, though, I probably never had such a dream, but during the episode it feels strongly like a forgotten dream sequence 're-playing'.] I experience heightened consciousness. Next, I experience intense stress flooding over me, and I struggle to recall whether, and when, I had the dream. [At this point I always recognize that I probably did not have the dream at all.] It is very unpleasant. It is not like the ordinary deja vu where you think you have experienced something before. In the episodes I have described, there is a strong adrenaline response, limbs feel a bit tingly, I feel a bit light-headed. It is generally over in a minute of two. There is always an anxious after-moment when I say "Where did that come from?"
I have no idea what causes the experience. I think it is neurological, but I was tested many years ago for seizure disorder, with nothing detected.
Curiously I had one tonight for the first time in 5 years or so. I have probably had 10 or so episodes in my life.
Five years ago, I had 3 or 4 episodes in as many days. I was on medication for a tummy bug, giardia at the time and I thought that I was having some sort of reaction to the chemicals in the medication.
Reassure yourself that you are not going round the twist or imagining things.
Good luck.
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Hi,
It sounds like a partial epileptic seizure to me.
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Also check out this wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_seizure
This video may be of use too, as the lady explains in depth what epilepsy feels like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lkd5cCEE1g4
Hope it helps.
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I'll post this to share my experience. I am a 48 year old woman who had a deja vu experience while sitting at my desk at work. The deja vu was of a dream, and I was so intensely trying to remember it that I was getting lost in it. Then, I became suddenly, extremely hot, nausious, and I thought I was going to pass out. I thought I was sick. I put my head down on my desk and then it was gone in a few seconds. In all, this was probably 10-15 seconds long. 6 months later, this happened again. I had gone online and was reading that it could be patrial temporal lobe seizures. I tried to get in to see a neurologist. However, I went to my gynocologist first. I was on the pill and he told me to go off the pill and the get my blood tested 2 weeks later. I had never had any symptoms of menopause, but after I got tested, he said I was already in menopause. I didn't need to take the pill anymore. I was done. I think being on the pill masked the normal effects of menopause. Aparantly, it is thought that being on the pill and also being in menopause can cause you to get too much estrogen which can excite the temporal lobe and cause partial temporal lobe seizures. I am sharing this in case someone is in a similar situation.
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This has happened to me as well since I was young, and I have been researching it recently because it has popped up severely in the last month or so. Ordinarily it would happen maybe once a year if that, and I'd go years without it, but now it's very frequent. I feel it coming on suddenly and I feel a disconnect from my body and ordinary sensations, my head gets cloudy and I feel very disoriented. It's a dream-like state of deja vu that lasts about under a minute, and then I feel quite nauseous and blank. It's quite a horrible feeling, but I don't think it's a panic attack exactly, because I don't feel overly panicky. I'm a healthy 24 year old woman, no smoking or drinking. I hpoe it's just a stress-related thing because that means it's easier to handle. Not sure why it's recurring so much for me now after years of being dormant...
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I am 30 years old, and I have recently been getting the same feelings for about the past 4 months, I would say maybe once a week or less. I really don't like it and am considering seeing a psychiatrist or neurologist to discuss it. I am just worried they will write me off as having a panic attack or something. Something that is different for me is that mine can also be triggered by smells. For example if I walk into an office and there is an unusual smell it it will happen. I also feel a slight pain in the center of my chest. This causes me to overheat and sweat. The whole episode lasts about 20 seconds. It may be stress related.
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Glad to hear I'm not the only one experiencing this. 63 years old post-menopausal, this hit me at the gym while working out. (I work out 6 days/week so it wasn't unusual activity). It had happened about 6 months ago and then again today. Definitely unpleasant and that adrenaline rush in the legs made it worse. If it happens again I will try the deep breathing to see if that helps. It comes on so suddenly!
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