Hi everyone, I wondered if anyone can help or offer any input as I'm confused and really feel like I'm going quite crazy at times..!

I've had some unexplained 'episodes' this year which finally prompted me to seek advice from my doctor, who has referred me to a nuerologist. He suggested they may be epilepsy related (no family history) and wondered if anybody has experienced similar to myself:

I have the sensation that I can 'see' through my eyelids and repetitvely seek to 'disprove' the thought in my head which won't go away when it happens.. to do this I repetitively move my hands in front of my face. In my head I know its not possible and am conscious but cannot stop doing it. It can last for several minutes.

I have the extreme sensation that my body feels like it needs to "burst" out from itself and this causes me to stretch all my muscles out.


I move my toes and sometimes my fingers without realising and then almost feel like I 'come round' and realise what I am doing but don't know how long I have been doing it for.

I often sleep with my arm(s) in the air and when it begins to fall, I put it up again. Sometimes I have been known to do this with my legs as well. It happens most nights not sure for how long or anything.

I have had an episode of violent shaking from my chest down whilst resting in bed - very cold afterwards and extremely tired. I was conscious throughout although could not speak apart from moan.

The hardest thing is that I do know what I'm doing but seem unable to stop it..