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Tachysensia - Fast Feeling

psychology neurology

When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand

— lyrics to “comfortably numb”, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters

Known by Other names

  • Todd's syndrome
  • Rushes
  • Lilliputian hallucinations
  • Dysmetropsia
  • Micropsia/Macropsia
  • Pelopsia/Teleopsia

A survey taken by group members showed that, for the overwhelming majority of them, these episodes last for less than 10 minutes, happen one to five times a year, and first begin in childhood, with most describing the frequency of episodes as decreasing after adolescence. For those who went to their doctor, they received a wide range of diagnoses, ranging from migraine aura and mini temporal lobe epilepsies to Alice in wonderland syndrome (AIWS) and anxiety, but none were definitive

—From The Curious Case of the Fast Feelers: A Reflection on Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

  • Form constant – Recurringly observed geometric pattern
  • aural perceptual changes - urgency/aggressive tones
  • deja vu
  • synchronicity
  • Hypnagogia
  • Hypnopompia
  • Mono infection
  • Fever dreams
  • Temporal lobe epilepsy
  • Dissociation/derealisation
  • Prisoner’s cinema
  • Phosphenes
  • Migraine aura
  • Prodromal
  • geometric nightmares
  • rough/smooth perceptual distortions

Find other people online

The Alice in Wonderland Syndrome subreddit has many contributors, as does the Fast Feeling subreddit. The most common type of post is people who thought they were the only one that ever experienced these sensations, and they've thought that for 20 or 30 or 50 or more years; they're relieved to find that they're not mad, or at least, they're not alone. Some people are quite stressed by the experience, but that is not the majority experience.

Causes of Tachysensia, Causes of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

One of the most common triggers for Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) (and its subtypes like tachysensia) is the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus which causes infectious mononucleosis ("mono").

  • It can be linked to migraines and migraine-auras.
  • It could be some kind of "temporary neurological misfire"

Tell Dr Joseph Mazur about your expierences

I [Dr Joseph Mazur] will be working with Dr. Osman Farooq, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the SUNY Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, to gather data and foundational material for neurologists who will investigate tachysensia/AIWS. We hope to validate what we believe to be the cause of tachysensia/AIWS symptoms. With enough case accounts provided by you, dear reader, we shall come to a more thorough understanding of this fascinating experience. Please help us by filling out the bulleted survey on the left and sending it to tachysensia@gmail.com. Anything sent will be kept confidential.

— from Tachysensia Is Another Name for Alice in Wonderland Syndrome" Could tachysensia and Alice in Wonderland Syndrome spells be migraine symptoms?

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb

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