I’ll try to keep it short and sweet. About 10 minutes ago I’m sitting down browsing my phone while my son is watching his show on TV. A kids commercial pops up and says something like “GET IT WHILE ITS GOOD” and at that exact moment I looked up from my phone and the voice warped almost like I was falling off a cliff. I immediately new what was about to happen and I tried to brace myself. 

First…my heart sinks (like someone jumping out and scaring you) and my stomach turns. 

Next my arms, head, and fingers start to tingle. My brain feels like I’m about to go on an crazy LSD ride. It’s like that… like when it’s about to kick in. Except I didn’t take anything and I didn’t want to be on the damn ride. This time it lasted maybe 20-30 seconds before I was able to grab the imaginary wheel and take control again. 

Now I’ve had panic attacks. 4-5 years ago they’d come when I was driving after I had given birth to my son. I couldn’t feel the Pedal or break and my hands would go numb on the steering wheel. I was able to pull the car over but it would take at least an hour maybe 2 before I calmed myself down and felt comfortable to drive (very short distances and only when I absolutely needed to). Sometimes I could feel it coming and sometimes by thinking about it happening I would make it happen. I’ve also had attacks from recreational drugs (weed and caffeine) in my high school years. This isn’t like anything I’ve experienced previously. My mood was calm…the day went good. I don’t get it. 

But these intense brief moments feel different. For the first few seconds I honestly feel like the room is about to start spinning and that I have reached the end. Sometimes it happens as I’m drifting off to sleep. The first time I can remember I must of been 8 years old gently falling off to slumber on my living room couch. The time before today must of been over a year ago. 

I’ve tried googling, Searching for dissociative spells, brain zaps, tiny seizures (I didn’t find much information on seizures), brain glitches …etc however these all seem to have similar symptoms but just not like whatever this is. 

  I am diagnosed bi polar, anxiety, and depression. I’m a 24 y/o female… I did read the rules I just want to know if this is common? And maybe Also share similar experiences? It’s so frightening