Non Epileptic Attack Disorder (Dissociative Seizures)

bluefox
bluefox Online Community Member Posts: 647 Empowering
in Mental health and wellbeing
Hello all,

Who else has NEAD or Dissociative Seizures. 

What is your experience of this diagnosis?

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  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,455 Championing
    This isn't something I've experienced myself @sierrafox. Is it something you experience? 
  • bluefox
    bluefox Online Community Member Posts: 647 Empowering
    It is. 

    The attacks are really strange. From blank staring spells to seizures with hyperventilation. To brief seizures and loss of awareness/consciousness. 

    But it’s also other symptoms with FND like tics and trouble with sensations. 
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    bluefox said:
    It is. 

    The attacks are really strange. From blank staring spells to seizures with hyperventilation. To brief seizures and loss of awareness/consciousness. 

    But it’s also other symptoms with FND like tics and trouble with sensations. 
    I see, thanks for sharing your experience of them.
  • SSparkles
    SSparkles Scope Member Posts: 7 Listener
    Mine lasted really long, once 6 hours. But once the fear passed when I was told what they are the lessened. 
  • bluefox
    bluefox Online Community Member Posts: 647 Empowering
    Mine tend to be short in duration, maybe 30 seconds to 2 minutes. 
  • Taliesen
    Taliesen Online Community Member Posts: 51 Contributor
    I suffer from the seizures and have done for 8 yrs now, I breath hold, full body convulsions to lights on now ones home staring off into no where, I have 30+ in one go one after other in one session and can be in and out of seizures for a few hrs.
  • bluefox
    bluefox Online Community Member Posts: 647 Empowering
    Taliesen said:
    I suffer from the seizures and have done for 8 yrs now, I breath hold, full body convulsions to lights on now ones home staring off into no where, I have 30+ in one go one after other in one session and can be in and out of seizures for a few hrs.
    Do you have dissociative seizures? Nead?
  • Taliesen
    Taliesen Online Community Member Posts: 51 Contributor
    @bluefox I suffer with nead which I have done for 8 yrs now

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