Its like deja vu, but its not, and i get nauseous?!

I have this too. I had them quite a bit when I was younger. I hadn't had them for years. Then last fall I had them alot for about a week and they cleared up and I forgot about them. I had one about 30 minutes ago. I get this sudden feeling of a dream like memory that has never happened before and in that moment it's so overwhelming and you feel as if you can figure the when and the where. My head starts feeling hot and pressurized and I feel nauseated. I don't forget what I was thinking about I just can't remember details. After thinking about it after the 'attack' none of it makes sense. I don't tell anyone about it. I tried talking to an ex boyfriend (boyfriend at the time) about it and he acted as if I were making it up for sympathy or being a hypercondriac lol. It's so good to know I'm not the only one experiencing it. For along time I figure I was alone.

I would be really interested on how this has developed and what you‘ve figured out in the last years. I came across this page because I have been experiencing the exact same thing for approx. 10 years. I have come to the conclusion that they are panic attacks. I have not yet been able to figure out the deja vu part of it though or why (/what) seems to trigger these attacks. In my case it also begins with a strange feeling of deja vu (almost as if I were in a dream or perhaps remembering a dream) before I get an intense heat flash and then dizziness, a feeling of disconnectedness and being disoriented and then my heart starts pounding and racing and then I feel super nauseous. Only thing is, I don‘t usually get headaches in the process. Let me know if you have any insights.

Ok so I get this thing every once in a while, say, once a month, but obv its not regular. Basically, im just doing a normal routine thing, like getting ready in the morning, or reading a book in the afternoon, and all of a sudden a weird feeling comes over me-like im experiencing deja-vu, which obviously in a sense is true since im doing a routine thing that i do almost everyday, but then I start getting dizzy, and feel all funny so that I kind of retch, and I get a tad disoriented.

And so that lasts for like a few seconds, and afterwards I end up with a strange headache which kinda goes after like a coupla hours.

What the heck is that all about? I eat and drink normally, it doesnt happen when im insanely hungry or drunk, so we can rule them out lol.

I’ve had this exact same thing for nearly 10 years (I’m 20 now) and still have no diagnosis. It takes entire days off me! I call them “flashy backy things” and sometimes I can have the weird feeling that comes with them without the actual episode? If I feel like that it can last a whole day and I can’t do much for fear it will keep triggering them. Also recently I’ve been experiencing memory issues with them, when I have them I’ve started to forget the people I’m with and what I’m doing. It’s really scary. If anyone experiences this sane kind of thing please get in touch! I would like to speak to someone about it so I feel less crazy I go to the doctors about it every year!