Posted by Lisa Simpson on February 3, 2001, at 3:24:02
I might have posted this sometime before - please excuse me if I have, but one of my symptoms is losing my memory!
Anyhow, please can anyone tell me this: is it possible to have a fit (grand mal seizure) brought on by purely psychological means? A year and a half ago I was having fits, for which no-one could find any cause. Then they stopped, and I had over a year free of them. Then just before Christmas, something happened. I had been to the States for a week (the first time since two years ago I was there and nearly died of pneumonia), and came back during the week - I had lost my sense of time. Anyway, on the Thursday my 8 year old daughter went to gym as always, but I forgot and thought she was at my childminders. I phoned my minder up at 7 saying, "you're a bit late bring her back, aren't you?" My childminder then said that I should be picking her up as it was gym night. And I was half an hour late. As it happened, there was no problem, as there was a class afterwards and my daughter just stayed for the second class. And of course the teacher would have phoned if I didn't turn up. But I didn't think of this, of course. I just had visions in my head of my daughter being left outside in the dark on her own, and someone would have kidnapped her by now. I got myself in such a state - you wouldn't believe how I felt. I had never felt so frightened and shakey. I rushed down there, and of course, there she was, safe. She had just stayed on for another lesson. We walked to the car, and I was trembling, crying. My daughter, of course, was puzzled by this. Anyhow, I drove to the nearest newsagents to buy her some sweets... I got out of the car, and then dropped like a stone as I had a massive fit. A man was walking along the road with a mobile, and my daughter went up to him and asked to borrow it so she could phone my husband and an ambulance. People in the pub next to us came out, and help put me on a chair. When the ambulance came, I was just about with it. But apparently it was the worse fit I'd ever had, and it took me the longest to come out of it. They ran tests in the hospital, but couldn't find any reason for it at all.
So, does anyone think it is possible for me to have had a fit purely due to extreme emotional stress? I would be very grateful for any advice at all. This episode scared the life out of me. If I don't know what caused it, how can I know if it will ever happen again? Please, someone reply with anything you can think of!
TIA
Lisa
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thread:4341
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