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Question : hi, can you tell if you had neurological damage or muscle damage? I had a psychosis and a huge panic attack and what felt like electrical activity in my brain and huge surges on energy rushing threw my body from head to toe for 4-5 secs at a time years ago. I had a mri done and it came out all clear no legions on the scan ,had a nerve conduction test done all fine muscle biopsy done all ok I had a physical exam by neurologist and it was fine , had a muscle weakness test and this was 20-30 % lower than the normal range but no change after subsequent repeat tests over a year or two. I go to the gym and feel fine the following day muscles feel pumped up and fine no weakness but other times I find it difficult to type , my then neurologist said on its own the muscle weakness test doesn't indicate anything, so how would a person know for definite? If I had done damage to my nervous or muscles would it be noticeable and would it have showed up on what tests? I really need to know to get on and live my life without this hanging over me. I took cannabis half a E and a bit of cocaine one night small amount and a week later my meds were changed from Seroxat to Effexor Sr 150mcg, had fierce trouble on Effexor and ended up coming off it gradually and two months later developed a psychosis and ended up having a massive panic attack and that strange electrical activity in my brain while I was terrified in bed. I need to know what symptoms would present themselves if there was damage done from that weird electrical activity that happened when panicked out of my mind with fear in psychosis. Please help me its so hard to let go without being fully informed of how you would know and what tests would have shown that.
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Answered by Dr. Olsi Taka (22 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
No lesions, symptoms due to anxiety

Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I am sorry about the distress this issue seems to have caused to you.

I feel like there is not much reason to be concerned though fortunately. Those symptoms are most probably to panic and anxiety. They are very common in the withdrawal phase from drugs acting on the central nervous system like Seroxat and Effexor which are often used for their antianxiety effect.
The history of cannabis and cocaine use makes the predisposition for those symptoms evrn more probable.

To be honest I'm not sure I would even have prescribed such extensive testing with MRI and nerve conduction studies, however your neurologist seems to have been extra cautious and the tests resulting normal should reassure you even more.

So I wouldn't recommend any more tests really, I think you can safely put that episode behind you.

I remain at your disposal for further questions.
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Suggest Treatment For Panic Attack And Psychosis

Brief Answer: No lesions, symptoms due to anxiety Detailed Answer: I read your question carefully and I am sorry about the distress this issue seems to have caused to you. I feel like there is not much reason to be concerned though fortunately. Those symptoms are most probably to panic and anxiety. They are very common in the withdrawal phase from drugs acting on the central nervous system like Seroxat and Effexor which are often used for their antianxiety effect. The history of cannabis and cocaine use makes the predisposition for those symptoms evrn more probable. To be honest I'm not sure I would even have prescribed such extensive testing with MRI and nerve conduction studies, however your neurologist seems to have been extra cautious and the tests resulting normal should reassure you even more. So I wouldn't recommend any more tests really, I think you can safely put that episode behind you. I remain at your disposal for further questions.