Weird symptoms.

[SaveFerris1]

I will preface this by saying I will be speaking to my gp about this
I had a weird situation yesterday which, I am honest, has scared me. I'm prone to aura migraines as a history but otherwise healthy. Yesterday was riding my bike and felt like I had Deja vu. Stood for a while with my son and felt like I was in a day dream, thoughts about things happening that didn't but were happening in the same place I was if that makes sense. The whole time I could be in the now, speaking to people normally but if I sat still went back into the 'daydream' state. Not hallucinating just felt like I was dreaming. It lasted about an hour and then stopped again. I had no headache or other symptoms. It was really strange and has left me feeling really unsettled. Has anyone ever had anything similar?

How tired, stressed or depressed are you? Or is there bipolar in your family? I've experienced what you've described a few times a few years ago and it happened around a similar time I also had temporary schizophrenia-like symptoms. It only lasted for about a month during a particularly stressful time.

I read somewhere on here that de ja vu is your brain storing brand new information in the wrong place and making you think it's an old memory

I'm having the same! Had it in February 2023, another bout in July, then again in March this year.

I've had an EEG (nothing found), an MRI (I now know I have a Chiari Malformation which is irrelevant), and I've seen a specialist epilepsy nurse (it's not epilepsy) and a neurologist.

None of this has found a cause but, like you, I suffer with aura migraines and I know I was suffering on at least 2 of the 3 incidences. I also now know I have a new trigger , all citrus fruit, I didn't realise immediately as I know oranges triggered the migraines, but satsumas never had. 😟. I have avoided getting a migraine since March and I've not had any more incidences - except mild deja-vu.

They are currently assuming there is a link to the migraine - migralepsy?

Thanks for the replies. No stress, depression or anxiety at the moment (well nothing over usual everyday things). Sleeping well. No history of bipolar in the family. I'll speak to the gp and see what they think. Feel better today so who knows?!

Similar but not the same. I had ecg, mri etc but nothing found. Still under neurologist. They thought it could be epilepsy and did say the tests may be normal as it’s hard to detect.