Question about focal seizures
Hey, I recently saw a neurologist about some strange nighttime episodes (still unsure what they are) that I’ve been having while trying to go to sleep, on and off, for the last few years. I thought they were some form of sleep paralysis but they recently escalated to involve involuntary movement so I went to discuss with this neurologist.
description: most of them over the last few years would involve a strange pressure feeling deep in the back of my head, a weird static feeling across the back of my scalp, my stomach would drop, unable to move (felt like a weighted blanket was thrown over me), my eyes sometimes started twitching, and it would often feel like something was being itched very deep inside my brain (not sure how to describe). this would last about 30s and afterwards i would feel panicked, heart racing, but then just continue trying to go to sleep. it would usually happen again about 10-15mins later, and i would usually go to sleep properly after that.
more recently, the static feeling would spread down my arms too at first, still unable to move. then i had one where i could feel my feet moving rhythmically and my tongue tapping the back of my front teeth with the same rhythm. this scared me quite a bit so i decided to book an appt. unfortunately i live alone so i have no witness to any of this happening :(
when I described this to my neurologist he said that i was far too aware and could remember far too much about what happened during these episodes for them to be any sort of seizure, likely sleep paralysis, but he sent me for an EEG anyway (not got results yet). I just want to check - is that statement about awareness correct? from what i understand, during a focal aware seizure the person experiencing the seizure remains aware the whole time?