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Hello everyone... I will attempt to be concise and describe my symptoms as clearly as possible.
Essentially, I drank quite heavily over the weekend (Friday, Feb 15th) and spent Saturday nursing a hangover. To be fair, I felt somewhat recovered by the afternoon, though a group of friends ended up gathering at my place later on. My head was pounding, so I took an Advil. I didn't consume any alcohol on Saturday itself.
Around 10 PM that night, I felt a sudden onset of a headache accompanied by dizziness. As I looked around, everything seemed distorted—everyone appeared strange, almost as if I were detached from reality. I stepped outside for some air, but I felt terrible. After a short while, I began shaking, my heart started racing violently, and I felt as though I might actually collapse. Physically, I felt fine, but mentally, it was a catastrophe. I sat down on the bed, turned deathly pale, developed dark circles under my eyes, and broke out in a cold sweat within fifteen seconds; it was literally pouring off me. I lay down, and a friend checked my pulse; it was around 82 beats per minute but highly irregular, with significant pauses in the rhythm.
As I lay there, my right leg began twitching uncontrollably on its own, and I just stared around aimlessly, feeling completely disconnected from time and space. I lay there for five hours, yet it felt to me as if only ten minutes had passed.
Furthermore, whenever I try to speak, I find myself stopping mid-sentence because my brain simply locks up, and I lose all memory of what I intended to say. It was as if my consciousness and cognitive functions just ceased to operate properly.
My vision and hearing were also completely compromised. What concerns me most is that even though some time has passed since that evening, and I managed to sleep and wake up the next day feeling drastically better, I am still experiencing these gaps in my memory. One day at work, I found myself unable to recall anything I had accomplished during the shift.
To make matters worse, the condition isn't improving; my head still feels "off," my spatial perception is heavily distorted, and I have this sensation similar to when you sleep for too long and suddenly wake up disoriented and start pacing the room... much like a persistent vertigo.
The symptoms are incredibly bizarre, and searching the internet has yielded absolutely nothing helpful, so I am asking for guidance on the most sensible course of action.
Can anyone provide a rough idea of what this might be, or perhaps suggest what kind of medical tests I should expect to undergo when I see a doctor?
Thank you very much in advance for your help and effort. 🙂
PS: Please don't feel obligated to offer grim or dark prognoses. I have already braced myself for the worst. 🙂
I forgot to mention, I am 26 years old. I haven't had any prior health issues, though I did suffer from meningitis as a child.
Essentially, I drank quite heavily over the weekend (Friday, Feb 15th) and spent Saturday nursing a hangover. To be fair, I felt somewhat recovered by the afternoon, though a group of friends ended up gathering at my place later on. My head was pounding, so I took an Advil. I didn't consume any alcohol on Saturday itself.
Around 10 PM that night, I felt a sudden onset of a headache accompanied by dizziness. As I looked around, everything seemed distorted—everyone appeared strange, almost as if I were detached from reality. I stepped outside for some air, but I felt terrible. After a short while, I began shaking, my heart started racing violently, and I felt as though I might actually collapse. Physically, I felt fine, but mentally, it was a catastrophe. I sat down on the bed, turned deathly pale, developed dark circles under my eyes, and broke out in a cold sweat within fifteen seconds; it was literally pouring off me. I lay down, and a friend checked my pulse; it was around 82 beats per minute but highly irregular, with significant pauses in the rhythm.
As I lay there, my right leg began twitching uncontrollably on its own, and I just stared around aimlessly, feeling completely disconnected from time and space. I lay there for five hours, yet it felt to me as if only ten minutes had passed.
Furthermore, whenever I try to speak, I find myself stopping mid-sentence because my brain simply locks up, and I lose all memory of what I intended to say. It was as if my consciousness and cognitive functions just ceased to operate properly.
My vision and hearing were also completely compromised. What concerns me most is that even though some time has passed since that evening, and I managed to sleep and wake up the next day feeling drastically better, I am still experiencing these gaps in my memory. One day at work, I found myself unable to recall anything I had accomplished during the shift.
To make matters worse, the condition isn't improving; my head still feels "off," my spatial perception is heavily distorted, and I have this sensation similar to when you sleep for too long and suddenly wake up disoriented and start pacing the room... much like a persistent vertigo.
The symptoms are incredibly bizarre, and searching the internet has yielded absolutely nothing helpful, so I am asking for guidance on the most sensible course of action.
Can anyone provide a rough idea of what this might be, or perhaps suggest what kind of medical tests I should expect to undergo when I see a doctor?
Thank you very much in advance for your help and effort. 🙂
PS: Please don't feel obligated to offer grim or dark prognoses. I have already braced myself for the worst. 🙂
I forgot to mention, I am 26 years old. I haven't had any prior health issues, though I did suffer from meningitis as a child.