What is the difference between a seizure and an anxiety attack?
Seizure: Complex partial seizures occur in the temporal lobe and consciousness is altered. The person usually has a change in their ability to interact with their environment and may exhibit automatic behaviors such as walking in a circle, sitting and standing, or smacking their lips. Often, odd thoughts occur such as a feeling of déjà vu or uncontrollable laughing or odd smells. Anxiety Attacks: are the most extreme example of an anxiety reaction. When anxiety reaches a level at which the symptoms cause the sufferer to experience symptoms which exceed those normally experienced during an appropriate anxiety reaction, an anxiety attack is formed. If anxiety is appropriate when a ‘real’ threat is present, Adrenalin is ‘used up’ effectively by either fleeing from or fighting the threat. When Adrenalin is not used up during an anxiety reaction when no real threat is present, it causes the body to experience and maintain a much higher level of symptoms which then escalates into an anxiety
