Very strange sensation?
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So iv had this new symptom for a while now
It's hard to explain but it feels like for 1-2 seconds I zone out/black out/go unconscious/die/out of body experience/shock in chest and head
It's kind of like I forget I'm alive for a second and come back or like I'm drifting in and out of consciousness and I feel a little shock
I don't actually pass out or see black or anything like that though
Does anyone understand? Or have this?
I don't even know what to say to my doctor it sounds strange
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West07 jay69488
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This is so crazy. you described it to a tee of what i feel. and yes it does always seem to happen when my sleep has been off. i have several medical problems including hashimotos, lupus, myasthenia gravis, and over the last couple years my neuro has been trying to figure out why i have lesions on my brain mri,, he suspects MS. i will say this, it is funny you mention narcolepsy years ago i did a sleep study and was borderline narcolesy. i was suppose to follow up yearly but just didnt. i couple days ago i had one of these attacks again, my neuro got me in right away. he sent me straight over for another mri and he did a eeg to check for seizures. during the eeg the guy asked me to try to go to sleep. i laid there eyes closed, heard him come in and out of the room, and clicking on his mouse. he came in later and told me i was all done. i told him sorry i could fall asleep. he looked at me funny and says "no, you were asleep in and out the whole time. in fact you fell asleep about 4 mins after the test started and went straight into rem sleep. im going to have to talk to the doc about this because this.is very abnormal. i told him there is no way i remember everything, he said i must have been dreaming because he didnt go in and out of the room...... narcolepsy cause you to go into rem sleep super fast night that so maybe it is connected. also mine last on average 3 days straight. i also get very off balance, my head feels as if it is vibrating internally, and i also get some slurred speech, and my gait feels off. .... i think you should be check for narcolepsy as well.
brian70487 jay69488
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any answer? been having this and its freaky
Romal jay69488
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Is it something like electric shock like sensation where you will feel cramp or pain but by the time you feel it its gone ? Like everything happens within a fraction of seconds ? I get something like this and I guess its sort of dizziness.. May be you can check your blood pressure and sugar levels if you have any devices with you.
ALorenzoni jay69488
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I made an account just to respond to this because what other people are saying in the comments is so crazy to me, I really wanted to find out what this was also. What everyone here is describing happens to me often. On days when I have not had much sleep for sure, but I haven't been paying enough attention to say that it only happens on those days.
The best way I can describe it, and I think someone else said this too, but it feels like a light switch VERY quickly being flicked off then back on.
For a split second, my limbs feel heavy, my brain has static, and while my vision doesn't go black, I'm not seeing anything, if that makes sense. For my eyes, its like when you stare at a place too long and it starts to disappear. You know, the reason our eyes make small constant adjustments? But if they don't its like we stop seeing but its not blackness, its just nothing. It is so frustrating to try and describe.
I feel like if it lasted more than a second I would fall. But it is always just a second. Some of them feel, I guess, bigger? More intense.
If anyone who sees this knows what this is, please let me know. It is reassuring at least to know I'm not the only one.
herdin ALorenzoni
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EXACTLY! same. well described. would you say you get some kind of "cheat rush" too? not really a cheat rush, but maybe from it happening? you described it good. thats how i feel too. randomly, but i have been sleepwalking lately and not getting a full nights rest.. im freaking out now that ive read about ppl ending up in hospitals and having Seizures...
tracy06125 jay69488
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sometimes this can occur when the C-1 vertebrea is out. A General chiropractor cannot adjust it with the specificity it requires to alleviate pressure on the nerves. Seeing an orthospinologist was the answer for me. Worth checking out.
MaxGokue jay69488
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well i have a weirder issue, now a days when trying to sleep, i can feel my brain turning off, but suddenly i wake up with my heartbeat skyrocketing and try to breath fast, it is happening frequently, its extremely annoying, the first time it happened i was in my sleep and could feel awake during sleeping, it was scary as hell. it so hard to describe and googling such long issue seem impossible but i m lucky i found this site. are there any professional here who knows about this problem. i cant go for doctors in this country, they arent professionals. i hope i get an answer. if someone could just give its name i would be more than happy.
al12 MaxGokue
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Hi there, this sounds like it might be something called Sleep Paralysis. I have had it my whole life and it feels like waking up but you can't move your body at all, you can see your real surroundings but can't move or talk. For me the stress of that feeling means I often have a fast heart beat after "waking up" from it. It is completely harmless! And doesn't scare me much anymore because I know what it is.
MaxGokue jay69488
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and i just created an account just for this reply lol.
emmjay225 jay69488
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hopefully someone has a name for it my doc wouldn't do an MRI as all of my other tests came back normal. I passed out randomly at the beginning of the year and have been experiencing the "reset" symptoms since then. My doc thought it to be migraines but I know for sure it's not that
MaxGokue jay69488
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so this is not yet discovered by doctors or scientist yet we feel it, googling didnt help a bit as it is a feeling indescribable, ugh its annoying it happened again 2 times yesterday after i wrote the reply during night. someone help us.
MaxGokue jay69488
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it happens when i know i have it, before sleeping sometime when i have forgotten then it wont happen, i think it has relation with brain.
emmjay225 jay69488
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how often does this happen to you all?
Tristan19 jay69488
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I just wanted to reach out and explain to everyone I have these symptoms also. my blood pressure fluctuates between high and low especially moving from sitting to standing. but for the most part my blood pressure is normal. I get this brain zap feeling but I believe its when I dont get the right amount of sleep. it's weird, when I find myself alone or just driving I feel not in my body. like i am on the outside looking in. I quit drinking 83 days ago, I dont smoke or do drugs. my neurologist and cardiologist think its migraine and anxiety relate, so does my PCP. i have had so many tests done everything comes back normal. the only other symptoms I get with this is heart palpitations and dizziness. but the scariest part is feeling like I'm just fading away and dying. its the weirdest feeling and so hard to explain to people and doctors what youre doing through. I avoid going out and doing things because of it. I dont have energy to want to do anything. my doctor just put me on propranolol to see if this helps. i hope it does. i wish everyone well and hope you figure out what is wrong because this isn't fun. I have been dealing with this for about a year now.
krystle21108 Tristan19
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hi, any updates? did the proprolonol help? any ideas what was causing it or still there? im also struggling with this, it's really horrible 😔