Help with communicating brain shakes, zaps, etc. to a new doctor

[anon927]

I have read some older posts on here about this topic and i was hoping to find some more information. What I have seen on the brain shakes and zaps threads sounds similar to my symptoms but the circumstances are very different.

I am a 29 year old overweight female. This has been happening to me as early back as I can remember ... at least since I was 5 if not before. I have never been diagnosed with any brain injury or problem of any kind and was an active soccer player growing up, visited doctors for check ups regularly, etc. I have never mentioned this problem to anyone before because it is so hard to describe.

It is most prominent now when I am driving. As a child it would happen with much more frequency in a variety of situations. Whenever I am on the highway and going around a sharp curve or down a steep hill I get that stomach drop feeling ... but then something also happens in my head.

It feels like radio static. And wooshing. And electricity. If I am a passenger in the car, I let my body tense up and become rigid and close my eyes - I curl my toes as hard as possible and within a few seconds the feeling goes away. If I am the one driving the effect is much less pronounced (doesn't take over my body) and placing my hand on the door or something tactile can help "ground me in reality" as I call it in my head.

These instances only last a few seconds but can happen over and over and over again. Some days/weeks/instances are clearly worse than others but I cannot find any commonality or indication of origination other than that it starts with that stomach drop feeling you get on roller coasters.

I need advice on how to talk to a new doctor about this. I commute (40 minutes, highway, mostly straight, no large hills) to work and am terribly afraid that some doctor will call it a seizure and my ability to drive will be taken away. This job has brought my family and I out of poverty and I won't sacrifice that.

I dearly want them to tell me nothing is wrong - I have a sensitive stomach or something - but as I get older and more financially stable I am trying to take care of my health and this has always worried me. How can I have a conversation about this with a doctor while avoiding them just trying to throw pills at me?