I get weird episodes where I go mostly blind from static in my vision, I get dizzy, confused about what's going on, my hearing dulls, and I become unable to follow conversation. It lasts about 20-40 minutes and then I'm totally fine afterwards. Anybody else get this thing?
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I would be surprised if it were. Most of the times they happen I've been either neutral or happy - meeting up with an old friend, going to get lunch with someone, hanging out on my computer playing video games, etc.
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Nope. The only commonality I can see when this happens is that it usually (but not always) occurs after a mild walk?
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Might be a minor/walking seizure ..do people observe repetitive motions of any type when you zonk out like this?
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No repetitive motions. I still know what's going on and can hold conversation and talk about what I'm experiencing, it just feels like everything is in a confusing fog.
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weirdly this has happened to me exactly once, I assumed it was a migraine and didn’t think much of it once it passed
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That is probably a scotoma. I get that too, but it does not affect hearing for me. It starts in the middle of my visual field and usually moves out left, takes 20 minutes to pass through the visual field and then wreaks a bit of havoc in higher level cognition (less visual).
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It started in my twenties, too, happened once a year, and now about four times a year. Usually not a big reason to worry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintilla
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