Possible seizures?

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(Putting this in autism forum because apparently 30% of people with ASD have a seizure(s) in their life)

I have occasionally had what I believe are seizures in my life. Most of them involved me falling into a dreamy state, and shaking violently for about 30 seconds to a minute (this was told to me by people observing it). I remember having visions/dreams during this time.

Today I had another episode, but it was different.

I was cleaning the kitchen surface with soapy water, when suddenly my vision changed, everything I could see became high contrast and very bright. I felt like I was buzzing (hard to explain) and then I get a strong sense of nausea. Then I felt like I had no legs, as if my body only consisted of my top half, which caused me to almost fall over, but before I had the chance to fall over, this episode ended.

I felt a bit drowsy, my muscles felt weak and I was a bit "spaced out" for about an hour after this.

I also get reactions to high-contrast images which makes me feel extreme anxiety, visual disturbances, nausea and muscle weakness. I have also had strong, strange sensory experiences and physical pain in reaction to very bright lights or very loud noises (especially fire alarms).

What do you think this is?

NB: I also have tics which occur every day.

sounds like a seizure, especially the aftermath. time for a trip to the neurologist.

what's the percentage of having autism and absence seizures?

There was this video game that I stupidly watched even though it was known to cause seizures, hallucinations and even suicide.
The next day I was shaking for hours and my temperature dropped. It lasted for a few days too.

So yes, it does sound like a seizure. I recently heard that people who think they've lost a limb have a dysfunction in the temporal lobe which is where my epilepsy is. I suppose your visions explain that. The most vivid hallucination I had was an alien encounter. I was so gone and paralysed I didn't care any more. I knew it wasn't real. Actually I did at the time but when it was over I knew it wasn't real.