Date:   9/25/2007 11:13:08 PM ( 17 y ago)
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URL:   https://www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=1007285

Hello, Since I was a small child, I have "weirded out" my family and those close to me by "spacing out." My mother told me she could yell my name when I was little and I wouldn't hear her. My face is describes as without emotion, my eyes wide and staring without seeing, and myself as seemingly unconcious. I am 43. My 13 year old son tells me I still do this. It seems to scare people. I'm usually not aware of it. I was wondering if I could be having absence seizures, even though I have undergone two brief Electroencepholograms and one overnight without a diagnosis. All my life I have been in car accidents, so that now I am unemployed for fear of harming someone, the last having been so bad. While driving, I would frequently "tune out" and miss exits making me late for work or lost. Because I had an extremely abusive life, it was a therapist who first considered the seizures then the neurologists ruled them out. My psychiatrist now considers these "episodes" as a dissociative disorder. They occur much less often now that I only drive short distances. When I occasionally drive a long distance (greater than a half hour) I will "blank out" and miss an exit. When I am having a conversation, sometimes I will "blank out" and remember nothing. Since the Topomax, for a mood disorder, the episodes are occuring less. I should also note that when I was taking Klonopin, I suffered SEVERE episodes of retrograde amnesia, driving long distances and getting lost finding myself suddenly in cities I had never been to. I was also getting in much more frequent car accidents. My therapist made the connection, and I was taken off the Klonopin -- no more retrograde amnesia -- thank God. I really feel misdiagnosed. I hear it is very difficult to diagnose a seizure by Electroencephologram. Is it possible to drive and have absence seizures? I swear I've had over 20 accidents during my life -- my insurance cost is !!!! I'd appreciate an opinion. Is this psychological or neuro? Oh, my father used to "space out" frequently as well.
 

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