Anxiety or seizure signs?

[Jaysconfused]

ive been on escotalopram 20mg for nearly 6 months now. back story is i never noticed i had anxiety until one incident pushed me over the edge and threw my chemicals off according to the doctor. on a regular basis this medication helps with anxiety. i still live daily with the tingles and anxious feelings. my biggest issue is i have theses moments where randomly my body will burn up (mid section) and typically vision will go funky to the point where i have to close my eyes from freaking out. in ways it feels like im going to pass out. i also get head tingles and pins all day in my temple area. is this a side effect anyone else experiences due to anxiety and medication use or should i be looked at for possible future seizures? when the head issues occur and i lose my sight and get dizzy i typically have to physically shake myself and my head with my eyes closed. just looking for insight. if its not seizures maybe i need to talk to gp about other meds.

 

[Phillies Phan]

Hi Jay. Put seizures out of your mind. Everyone is different, but for me, when my anxiety spikes, and even after it abates, I get vision related problems. Those include sleep related hallucinations, an increase in migraine aura without headache, and brief episodes of double vision. I have a long history of those migraines. When the double vision occurred I freaked out. My doctor assured me it was some combination of stress/anxiety, too much caffeine, fragmented sleep and not drinking enough water. I went to the ER a month later and the doc said it sounded like a variant on my aura.

Two weeks ago, right after a HA episode, the DV came on again, but this time followed immediately by my typical aura of zig zag lines, so the ER doc was correct.

If you‘re overdue for a dilated eye exam, might want to get one, otherwise clearly what you describe seems anxiety. All symptoms you list are found on the 100 symptoms of anxiety list. Check that out if you haven’t done so.

 

[Jaysconfused]

I appreciate it and I think that when this occurs and I think seizure it makes me more anxious. This is the first medication I’ve been on and didn’t know if this is normal life now or if trying other SSRIs would help. Also if it’s possible genetic wise my dad is on the no go list for Lexapro/escitalipram per the gene sight so maybe I need to look into that as well if it is genetics. I’ve never had any issues until blacking out one day while driving and then this all occurred.