What could sudden fear with racing heart indicate about temporal lobe activity?

[Sofia35]

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[Larry8]

I’ve been experiencing these strange episodes where I feel a sudden, intense wave of fear and my heart races, but there’s never an obvious trigger. My doctor mentioned it might be related to temporal lobe activity and suggested keeping a log. Has anyone else had this kind of unexplained, sudden-onset fear that felt purely neurological?

[AuroraT]

I had something similar last year after a rough week. No obvious trigger, heart pounded, a rush of fear out of nowhere. I started keeping a simple log: time of day, what I’d eaten or drank, sleep, caffeine, and how long the wave lasted. Noticed a few patterns and felt a little less helpless when I could point to something after.

[Madison.A]

Mine came with a buzzing ache in the head, then the heart sprinted and fear swelled up like a wall. The doctor suggested it might be neurological and even mentioned temporal lobe activity as a possibility, then asked me to log episodes for a few weeks. I did, but the notes stayed messy and didn’t settle into a clean pattern.

[Ava.J]

I keep wondering if there’s another culprit behind the out of nowhere fear dehydration, hunger, low blood sugar, something like that. I still logged things anyway because it felt safer to have data, even if it didn’t point to a single trigger.

[Jerry_W]

I tried a little concrete routine after logging: sip water, stand up and move around, breathe slowly, then wait it out. Over a month I saw some episodes disappear when I’d actually given myself a chance to reset, but some still slammed me with no obvious cue.

[James.J]

Sometimes it feels neurological, but I’m not sure that explains the whole thing. The fear can show up even when stress is low, and the log only took the edge off the helplessness. I keep telling myself I’ll bring it up again and see what the doctor thinks.

[DonaldHP]

Did you ever get an EEG or an MRI to check this? I’ve heard of people chasing answers with those tests and still not having a clear diagnosis, which is kinda maddening.

[Nathan_R]

I once drifted off topic in a hallway of the clinic, thinking about a different symptom, then came back to the fear episodes and kept jotting notes anyway. It’s a messy puzzle, and I’m not sure any single piece is the answer.