Hi all, I wanted to ask for some advice on this. I have an auto-immune disorder which causes meningoencephalitis. This is the diagnosis I got from my specialist I see for my care. He referred me to a neurologist because of neuro symptoms I had and also because I appeared to have some sort of seizure at new year. I had similar events when I was a child from about age 11 to about 21. Not often but maybe a couple of times a year.

As I remember the details I feel sick followed by a hot feeling rising up over my body. I fall down and lose consciousness and while I am out (reported by my sister when I had the episode at new year) my leg and arm on one side of my body were jerking. I was lying on my side so don't know about the other leg and arm. It lasted a matter of seconds.

When I came to I knew where I was. After the event I was absolutely drained and for about a day afterwards I was walking very much to one side. I had to walk only very slowly. I felt incredibly sick and had head pain.

My neuro thought this was not a seizure but a fainting episode. When I get the migraine type effect I have pretty extreme hallucination or aura. I have an effect, which can go on for day, like a camera flash bulb going off and bathing the world in a silvery light but what I'm looking at is at once heightened by the light but also objects are sort of obscured. Does this make sense???? Very difficult to explain.

I wondered if any of you guys out there have had a similar sort of experience? Is this a seizure or a fainting fit? I'm not sure. Would welcome feedback.