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What Causes Mental Attacks?

Hi Doc, Myself is Parveen Chauhan, 31 years old. m suffring some short of mental attack since i was 15. It happen only while sleeping period, i feel suffocation suddenly and try to runaway, sometime get hurt when i hit my head with walls. Then got unconsiousness for 15 mins and later when i awake, i realise very weakness and some inside smell. It all happen once within a period of fortnight.

Please help me out!

Regards,

Parveen Chauhan
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello,
This is more like a neurological problem rather than any mental illness. You should get an EEG ( Awake and sleep deprived), MRI brain and see a neurologist. Im almost sure that you will feel much better with antiepileptics like oxcarbazepine or sodium valporate.

The point that there is a feeling of weakness and smell after the attack is highly in favour of a seizure disorder rather than any psychological issue..

wish you good helath.
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Neuropsychiatry
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What Causes Mental Attacks?

Hello, This is more like a neurological problem rather than any mental illness. You should get an EEG ( Awake and sleep deprived), MRI brain and see a neurologist. Im almost sure that you will feel much better with antiepileptics like oxcarbazepine or sodium valporate. The point that there is a feeling of weakness and smell after the attack is highly in favour of a seizure disorder rather than any psychological issue.. wish you good helath. Dr. Manisha Gopal MD Neuropsychiatry