Epilepsy Forum - Very Scared With First Seizure

The other night at work (funny enough I work at a hosptial) I had my first seizure and I am just scared and wondering if that is what it really was. I am awaiting an appointment with a neurologist.

So here is what happened: I was feeling dizzy, and as I was walking down the corridor I was losing my balance and running into the wall. I sat down and continued to feel very dizzy for another 10 minutes, at which time I was overcome by this immense feeling of weakness, I collapsed over my desk as I called out for help. I was hyperventilating and was still conscious as nurses came to tend to me. They wanted me to move to the floor. Every time I would raise my head off my desk, and an immediate sense of dread and doom would overcome me. But I was too weak to speak to tell them not to make me lift my head. Next thing I know I am on the floor and feel my right arm jerking, but no control over it.

Apparently I stopped breathing and a 'code blue' was called and the icu team came up to see me. I don't remember stopping breathing. Next thing I remember there is a doctor there and everyone from the icu team. The doctor is asking me what is going on. I quietly mutter "just weak" with hardly enough energy to form the words. My eyes then start to flutter but I have no control over them, I then feel my right arm shaking again as well as my left leg. It soon transfers over to my left side and my left arm is now shaking too. I am feeling so panicked and scared by now that I start moaning. Next thing I know I am waking up in the er department just shivering.

Apparently those who saw it said that this episode lasted 30 minutes from the time I collapsed until they gave me versed (a sedative), after I started moaning and panicking. In my mind I was conscious for it all and it lasted 5 minutes. Apparently I was told that I was in and out of consciousness for it all, and they kept having to do sternal rubs on me to get me to respond.

I had a ct to rule out a stroke or other masses and an eeg which the technician said looked normal. My gp banned me from driving until I see a neurologist, to which I am on a month long wait list.

Does this sound like a seizure to those who have had one. It was so weird because I felt so aware of what was going on but couldn't control any of it and was just profoundly weak. If not a seizure, perhaps a tia? I would immensely appreciate any insights into what may have happened.