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Are these seizures??

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I started getting these moments where I just start crying uncontrollably without any say. I'm often in this position after dealing with seizure symptoms all day. I'm not allowed breaks at work and had an extremely stressful day. Not to mention I had to work 50 hours this week and it's absolutely taken everything out of me. Lately I've been having these moments where I cry involuntarily and I cry HARD, like absolutely sobbing and shaking. I'm usually lying down when this happens because I always think I'm going to have a seizure when I have the feelings I do have leading up to it. I can't move at all when the crying is happening and I can't move after I'm done crying which leads to more crying out of frustration. I hope this makes sense. My heads a little spacey with all this. This has happened a handful of times now, the first few timea, I had a TC right after the crying episode I guess I'll call it. This time, no TC and I was just stuck in the position I was lying in. Is this even a seizure? I have Cptsd too so I don't know if it was something panic related or what. I know that when I have seizures I do cry involuntarily because I have TLE and it's just the effect it has on me but this is different. It literally just feels like a breakdown then stuck. Ive been having more absence seizures lately while at work due to the stressful work environment I'm in. I'm not sure if that could be related.

Posted Sep 6, 2025, 9:07 PM UTC

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