My leading theories, based on the research I’ve been able to do, are either a dissociative episode or a stroke, as they seem to fit my experience the best—although not what I consider WELL.
I discussed it extensively with my aunt, who is a psychologist, and her theory is (predictably) dissociative episode, although she admits it doesn’t fit terribly well. Her recommendation was to wait and see, since I seem to have returned to normal and don’t show any signs of permanent damage.
I would very much like to have a basic CT and/or MRI scan done to eliminate the possibility of any obvious brain irregularities, but since I am 1) Poor 2) Uninsured and 3) American, even just that would entail an extremely significant long-term financial burden.
My friends and family seem to be about evenly split between those who are angry with me for not getting a scan regardless and those who are baffled why I would even want a scan.
(There’s lots not to like about the National Health Service here in the UK, but if I had an episode like yours I would expect to be seen by a medical professional within a day, and either told “oh yes, that’s a thing that happens and it isn’t dangerous” or brain-scanned in short order, and it wouldn’t cost me a penny[1].)
[1] Of course my taxes are higher in order to support such things; my point isn’t that we magically get decent healthcare for free but that having this sort of thing done free-at-point-of-use sets up incentives that are better for everyone than the US system, where either you have private insurance and get over-tested and over-treated for everything or else you have no insurance and don’t get examined at all even when you might have suffered some exciting brain malfunction.
Thank you for the response.
My leading theories, based on the research I’ve been able to do, are either a dissociative episode or a stroke, as they seem to fit my experience the best—although not what I consider WELL.
I discussed it extensively with my aunt, who is a psychologist, and her theory is (predictably) dissociative episode, although she admits it doesn’t fit terribly well. Her recommendation was to wait and see, since I seem to have returned to normal and don’t show any signs of permanent damage.
I would very much like to have a basic CT and/or MRI scan done to eliminate the possibility of any obvious brain irregularities, but since I am 1) Poor 2) Uninsured and 3) American, even just that would entail an extremely significant long-term financial burden.
My friends and family seem to be about evenly split between those who are angry with me for not getting a scan regardless and those who are baffled why I would even want a scan.
Man, US healthcare is ridiculous.
(There’s lots not to like about the National Health Service here in the UK, but if I had an episode like yours I would expect to be seen by a medical professional within a day, and either told “oh yes, that’s a thing that happens and it isn’t dangerous” or brain-scanned in short order, and it wouldn’t cost me a penny[1].)
[1] Of course my taxes are higher in order to support such things; my point isn’t that we magically get decent healthcare for free but that having this sort of thing done free-at-point-of-use sets up incentives that are better for everyone than the US system, where either you have private insurance and get over-tested and over-treated for everything or else you have no insurance and don’t get examined at all even when you might have suffered some exciting brain malfunction.