What might cause episodes of extreme nausea with intense and prolonged "deja vu"?

Question

This has been happening ever since I was beat up and robbed last year. It starts with a super intense and profound, often scary "deja vu" waking dream sequence that lasts 30 to 60 seconds while causing extreme nausea. It has been happening more frequently lately and now at night during my dreams and last night one woke me up and it was very scary. Also, new to this episode was powerful smells like my sense of smell was on overdrive. This did not help with the nausea, as the smells were nasty, like a building that had bad fire damage (I think I remember hearing something about a fire smell durung seizures). These episodes are frightening and unpleasant, but at the same time, I am oddly attracted and partial to them. I think this may be some form of epilepsy brought on by head trauma, but I would greatly appreciate any additional information. Preferably from a doctor or someone experiencing the same thing. Thank you.

Answer 1

dejavu is at six flags it is de fun six it go goes fast

Answer 2

That happened to my you need to get some sea sickness pills.  As for the walking dream, I've had those.  Just your imagination working on overdrive.

Answer 3

I think seizures/head trauma is a good guess - but this is definitely something that can only be solved by a doctor. You're not going to find the answer here.

I'm sorry about what happened to you. It must have been traumatic :(

Answer 4

While every human being experiences deja vu occasionally, the episodes you described do not fall under that category. They sound like complex partial seizures, probably in the temporal lobe, preceeded by an aura. Temporal lobe sz's have different auras than those in the frontal lobe- "fight or flight" emotions, as opposed to physical movements.

Complex partial seizures in the temporal lobe frequently begin with an aura- in which an intense deja vu strikes, the heart races, tummy feels as though you're going down an elevator without brakes, and you're terrified. I have been there many times! At that point, however, is when the complex partial takes over and you lose awareness. You are only partially conscious- as both sides of your brain are affected, the hippocampus cannot store any memories of the complex partial seizure.

For this reason, it can take a long time before epilepsy to be recognized and diagnosed- which impairs brain function permanently. I went many years before I recognized my very frequent deja vu's,  but I went another 10 years before I was finally diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) after one secondarily-generalized and became tonic-clonic (aka "grand mal"). Those with TLE typically have more difficulty obtaining seizure control than those with other types of E. The sooner you get help, the better!

At this point, I would focus on diagnosis and treatment. Once that happens, then you can hypothesize what the cause may have been. Many people live their entire lives with E, and never know why. My cause was finally found through surgery to remove the area misfiring. The cause was a high fever around age 2- I never would have guessed that!

Answer 5

It could be that your inner ear has been damaged, you need to get yourself checked out, good luck.

Answer 6

I'm not a doctor, well not yet anyways, but I would really recommend seeing a psychiatrist.  I'm sorry to hear about your unfortunate event.

Answer 7

ok im not a doc but maybe since your horrible event you have been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder or even anxiety....google it and see if you have some of those same symptoms..

Answer 8

If you have had head trauma in the past and it hasn't been taken care of I would contact your doctor. I also have heard that when people don't get a lot of sleep they can hallucinate.