First let me say that the dress you are wearing is beautiful. I do not think your attackes are "weird" at all. I think that you are bold enough to admit likely what others may not. The mind is a wonderful thing and many people spend their lives trying to figure it out but to no real avail. Those attacks, in my feeling, may be subliminal "outburts" of memories that come to haunt us every now and then. When I have those moments, I ride thru them, question what it was about, frustrate myself because I have no answer, and, as I am a writer, I generally will write about it, if I remember the details. It is not a panic attack per se, but perhaps when you have so much on your mind, those thoughts are repressed and then surface when the mind is somewhat clear but it puts you in a mental fog. Been there and it scares me sometimes but it is what it is. Not weird, just life.

Thank you it is my favourite
Do you think it is just stress related and i have to much on my mind it happens at the most strangest moments and i have to put my head down and breath or i feel like i could faint. Do you suffer with the same things?
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Does this seem to happen at high stress moments or otherwise?

I think you should read the book "BLUE BLOODS" they have the same Symptoms..Its a great book.....

I think I have had similar "attacks" when I was younger especially. I have never attributed the sensation to stress. Oddly enough I think they were triggered by smells and they usually occurred in old, dirty areas like a basement or such.

They seem to have lessened over the years. At some point I think I made a connection to moth balls as the trigger...strange I know but, the mind is an awesome instrument!

Thats really strange how you say about smells the other day i was sat in my grandads shed which smells of him really bad and i had one when i was talking to my mum about nothing stress related.
Sometimes i can have more then one a day it just scares me because i feel so strange and it makes me feel so sick lol.

About once every two years, I have a similar experience. I feel a deja vu sensation happening, I feel like I am going to throw up, I get very dizzy and most of the time I faint and am out for 30 seconds or so. I wake up not knowing what day/year it is. It takes me around 2 minutes or so to get oriented. I feel extremely depressed for a day or two. I then have similar sensations over the subsequent 24 hours or so. Since I feel it coming on, I usually lay on the floor, or bed, or if driving I pull over immediately. However, there have been cases when I have been slightly hurt falling off a chair. I thought there was a common thread among all these experiences (not having eaten enough or not having slept enough - when I don't eat regulary I am also the type of person that gets cranky and needs sweets or something to overcome that feeling). However, two days ago when it happend (first time in 2 years) there was really none of those symptoms although I was feeling more than normal stress. So basically, this started when I was about 19, and I am now 44 (male). I wanted to share this experience to see if anyone has any thoughts, similar experiences, have ever heard of this before.

Thanks

Schiomo, while those could be panic attacks they could also be a type of seizure. You should DEFINITELY speak with your primary care physician regarding this possibility. For some the "Deja Vu" feeling is how they know they are having or about to have a seizure.

I have had similar feelings. I am a 31 year old male. I am 6'3" tall and weigh 175lbs. I dont know what started these attacks, but I have only been having them for the past 18 months or so.

It happens at random. It is always a normal day. It all begins with a deja vu feeling. I will remember something from hours, days, or weeks ago. Sometimes I will remember something from a dream that I had a few days prior. After the memory, I will get this feeling that you get from an adrenaline rush (kinda like when you see the cops lights behind you when you are about to get pulled over). I get this tingling feeling in my chest and it quickly travels thru my body. Seconds later an onset of cronic fatigue sets in. Immediately I start to feel dizzy. I am worried about my health, but do not know what kind of doctor to go see. I dont know if it is some kind of seizure, or maybe related to low blood sugar, or something in the environment that I am smelling. I have never lost conciousness. I recently moved into a new home about 18 months ago and did a lot of remodling. I ripped out a bathroom and kitchen that had lots of mold in the walls. I do not know if it was related to that either. I have so many questions, but not enough answers to figure it out or where to go. Can anyone here help me please?... email Prushiii@aol.com Thanks, Paul

I have these same feelings and I tell myself that it is temporal lobe epilepsy mixed with the inability to remember a similar experience. I say "I tell my self this" because when it happens it definitely feels horrible and inevitable, as if there is no escaping it, as if it isn't a medical condition, but a spiritual dilemma. I have always been happy in the idea that I have free will, but this feeling of deja vu makes you feel like you don't have free will, which is one of the most horrible things I can imagine- that I don't have free will. That being said, it seems to go away when I try to manage my stress, fear, and anxiety. I do so with breathing techniques or "tapping".