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Many years ago on the farm, I came down stairs and hubby and son were in the living room, I said Hi and walked from the dining room into the kitchen. The last thing I remember was passing the stove then nothing. Next thing I could hear my hubby and son talking over my body....I kept saying in my mind to them that I was OK but couldn't open my eyes or move any part of my body. It must have lasted for several minutes and they probably heard me fall (which I don't remember) slowly could open my eyes then move my body, but real slow...they helped me into the down stairs bedroom and I slept until the next day. Weird. I had a similar experience at the age of 12, same thing,just dropped to the floor without warning and became conscious as my mother and father were taking me to bed.

The one on the farm gave me problems with weakness and sometimes I had to have my husband help me get up to go to the kitchen and such. Several episodes of vomit without warning. But that was well over 23 years ago and nothing since. I had about 3 months of problems but didn't bother going to the doctor....

Had EEG about 10 years earlier and the first was not normal, showed seizure activity that I was not aware of. The second one showed abnormal activity in Theta and Delta waves occasionally, but they said essentially within normal limits...so I guess it was not too bad...Those episodes are sure strange.

We had a snoodle (dog poodle/Schnauzer) that was a bad epileptic and the vet said as he aged they would get worse, went from a seizure lasting a couple of minutes and the dog must have had an aura, cause just before he would seizure, he'd run to whoever was in the room and then start. As he aged, they became 45 minutes long with loss of bowel and bladder and he got real strange...We eventually had to have him put down but he lived for about 10 years....

I use to have valium from my father for the dog after he seizured, his was clonic/tonic (grand mal) and the muscles would be sore afterword so I'd pop him a valium...Sometimes me too LOL. Valium is what we used in the hospital for post seizure patients...its a muscle relaxer...

Gee I wonder if anyone is normal, we all have something that goes fluey once in a while.

I remember the one EEG that showed seizure activity they gave me the strobe light flicker and I did have a sensation of movement outside of my body, but also have PPVA positional Paroxamal /sp vertical attacks so that was not unusual to me...Caused by an inner ear problem...

Your right there are many different types of seizure activity. Many types not known to the average guy or gal..

Xanax is my choice of meds and I have too keep .5Mg in me 24/7 one every 6-8 hours. If I'm out driving and the seizures start I pop one under my tongue real fast. I give it 15-20 minutes and a second one if needed which is rare. It wipes me out for the rest of the day if I let it get too that point.

A research Neurologist/psychiatrist starting links Vestibular issues to panic attacks back as early as the mid 1970's. The book Phobia Free was what helped me understand my disorders because all medical history matched. He also links it to a for of ADD ADHD. Audiologist know this as Central Auditory Processing Disorders. Myself and a now deceased cousin are the only two in the family that have it. Both of us have Inner Ear issues from early childhood.

There's still a lot they don't know about it simply because any portion of this system which is somehow damaged can produce varying symptoms. It all can also coexist with other disorders. One thing I do know. Persons with this should not take antidepressants. There seems to be an increased risk for Serotonin migration and you really do not need more sensory bombardment either.

If your EEG hadn't shown an issue it almost sounded like a low sugar attack. We've picked mom up off the ground or floor several times. She'd not diabetic but she forgets too eat before doing work and it comes back to bite her.