The title pretty much says it all. I am a 60-year-old male, and for the last 10-15 years have experienced these attacks or spells that occur exclusively when I am engaged in conversation. These attacks happen without warning. They last only a fraction of a second and occur randomly, though sometimes I will get several of them in a row. Again these ONLY happen while I am speaking during conversations. What happens is, while I am talking with someone, I get a sudden sensation that feels, for all intents and purposes, like a solid blunt object impacting the “inside” of my head. There is no real pain involved, however, the sensation is quite jarring. I immediately lose the ability to speak. This typically lasts anywhere from about 1 to 10 seconds (on one occasion it lasted about 5 minutes) and then the ability to speak returns. Simultaneously, I completely forget what I was talking about. This also usually only lasts a few seconds, then the memory returns. The other thing that occurs during the impact sensation is a jerking movement in my lower jaw, as if something grabs the corner of my jaw and yanks it down. I don’t feel this part of the attack, and until it was pointed out to me, I never even knew it was happening. I sometimes get a strange sensation in my head about a nano-second prior to the attacks. This is a sensation that I have never been able to describe. It’s almost like an “awareness”, but the amount of time between the sensation and the actual attack is so insignificant, that I feel it couldn’t be measured. I usually will only get one or two of these attacks, but more and more, lately I’ll get a bunch of them in a row. When this happens, my brain and thought process will get sluggish and this lasts anywhere from 1 to 2 hours before it starts clearing up. Simultaneously, I feel a very unpleasant sensation in my head and chest. It’s a pressure-like sensation. And also I get a feeling that I can only loosely describe as “nausea.” Not in my stomach, but again, in the head and chest. I know that doesn’t make much sense. My doctor and neurologist kind of blow it off when I bring it up. Like they don’t want to be bothered with it.
Has anyone else reading this, ever experienced anything like it? It’s gotten so much worse in the last year or so and I am desperate for answers. Thanks in advance.