I've never had it last more than 20 minutes- it sounds like she may have something very serious going on for it to either be lasting this long or happening this frequent. Good luck to you, I hope she gets better soon
All l can say is thank god for good GP's. I saw mine and just said 2 words.. "help me".. He saw the fear in my face and we spoke for only a few minutes of what been happenning, between fits of hysterical crying from both myself and my daughter. He took me to the nurse room and told her to call paeds and get an earlier appoint. She got off the phone and called doctor back in and said that Thursday this week was the ealiest. I just cried and told him l couldn't get thru the next hour let alone days. He picked up the phone and called Paeds direct. Within 30 minutes l ws sitting in the paeds office waiting for him. His office is closed on mondays and he see's no patients.. well we are the exception. We taalked and he examined DD. He has diagnosed her with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS). He says that she is having migraines as a symptom. He says that AIWS is generally caused by 2 main things (there are serveral more) glandular fever or tumour. We start testing tomorrow. He is contacting specialist tonight and will have answers 10am tomorrow on the best esting. We wants to do MRI but feels that she will not stay still enough but is hesitant about CT as the radiation is equal to 1000 xrays. Hopefully will know more tomorrow.
It is usually when I am talking to myself in my head, but I am not making any audible noise. However I can hear noise from downstairs/outside. That's when things start to speed up. The feeling (as a child) was often accompanied by a reoccurring dream of collecting items and shouting/sirens/any loud noise would get progressively louder and as the items were dropped things would become silent.
I have found a thing that helps me is watching tv, it somehow regulates my mental state back to normality.
I am extremely keen to find out what this feeling is, whether its a mental problem that needs treatment or just to find out so I can put my mind at ease. It doesn't particularly frighten me, but it gets to a stage where as I feel like my head is going to explode if it gets any faster.
'it's like a battle between conscious and subconscious' It most certainly is, and that's a brilliant way to describe it. I try to describe this to my family friends and I come across as silly or a hypochondriac. But this is just not the case.
It is truly amazing that I'm not the only one to experience this, and I am so grateful for everyone putting their view and feeling unto it, it makes it easier for me to explain :)
I have had these since I was a kid. I called them "speed attacks." My dad used to get them, but his stopped when he was in his late 20s. He was ecstatic when I told him that I got them, too. Turns out, so do my brothers. I'm 30 now, and they've come maybe once a year for the past few, though I've had a couple in the past few weeks, which is strange. I was thinking about it for a few weeks leading up to the most recent episodes, so maybe that had something to do with it. It had been so long and I really missed it.
I stopped being scared of them when I was in my late teens and tried to take advantage of what was going on. I would chase my dog, talk to people, try doing some kind of acrobatic something or other, but nothing was any different, the feeling didn't seem to give me any super anything, much to my dismay. Until once I was able to pull on some headphones and listen to music - it was like I'd never heard music before. Every note was amplified yet blended together. I can't really explain it beter than that, much like I cant really explain the general experience other than saying that thoughts and sounds all get louder, clearer, faster and more urgent (sometimes sight is a little brighter, too). Anyway, its great to see that other people get it too and I dunno if its the same for the rest of you, but I recommend trying to grab some headphones the next time you're feeling overwhelmed by whatever this is. I've enjoyed these speed attacks for years now, but listening to music was by far the most amazing experience I have ever gotten out of them. It seems to take the urgency out of the feeling and provide an enjoyable clarity and stimulation, fleeting as it always may be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_syndrome
I found this and i think that it's the thing! :O
I have the feeling myself so i know how you feel, and sometimes i get a bit paranoid from it, but read this! it's damn important...