Posted at 06/26/2007 - 7:34am|116 Views|0 Comments
We have contacted the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association by phone and by email and they are not interested in helping us with our efforts to help those with NES. The American Psychiatric Association...
Posted at 05/18/2007 - 7:00am|247 Views|0 Comments
Stanford University in Northern California is home to some the most experienced leaders in the field of Nonepileptic Seizures. There is a therapy group that meets regularly there and it is specifically for those with Nonepileptic Seizures.
The...
Posted at 04/14/2007 - 7:56am|306 Views|0 Comments
Because Nonepileptic Seizures are "psychologically" based, psychiatrists and psychologists are best equipped to treat them. It is very important to find someone with specific NES treatment experience. Also, as is often the case, if...
Margo Henderson, a nurse practioner with the Medical College of Georgia, is experienced in working with NES patients and has contacted us to request our help to announce a study she is conducting. We have provided her space on our...
Posted at 03/13/2007 - 1:50pm|217 Views|0 Comments
I am blogging on another blog at http://nonepilepticseizures.blogspot.com but I want to make some posts here also.
In a recent post I spoke about a guide for patients. It is one of the best guides around for those with Nonepileptic...
Posted at 02/07/2007 - 3:26pm|156 Views|2 Comments
We have just launched a new website about Nonepileptic Seizures at www.non-epilepticseizures.com which is dedicated to Nonepileptic Seizures. We believe that this is the only central resource website dedicated solely to Nonepileptic...
Posted at 05/03/2006 - 3:15pm|419 Views|0 Comments
Here at the following link are some of the best articles on NES that I have found.
http://www.mnepilepsy.org/secondary.cfm?PageID=9000#4
The one titled Non-epileptic Seizures: Time for Progress is especially important.
Take care,
Teft
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Posted at 10/05/2005 - 9:55pm|411 Views|0 Comments
I was fortunate today to be able to speak to Dr. Susan Kelley, Ph.D of Insight Counselors in Tampa, Florida. She is a Level 2 certified EMDR practioner and has successfully treated people with NES. In a few cases she has helped her...
Posted at 09/16/2005 - 10:09pm|2711 Views|21 Comments
Nonepileptic Seizures are "seizures", plain and simple. They are not considered true "Epileptic" seizures but they are actual seizures. The old term (unfortunately still in use in some areas) is psuedoseizures, which, of course, is...
Posted at 09/11/2005 - 3:27pm|398 Views|0 Comments
The Workshop On Nonepileptic Seizures is a small international group of researchers who are trying to come up with specific treatments for Nonepileptic Seizures. They met in May 2005 and will meet again in December. The workshop is...
Posted at 09/08/2005 - 4:20pm|390 Views|4 Comments
I called and talked with LeeAnn Lathrop at Froedtert Hospital regarding the perosn there who has had success with NES treatment. It turns out she is a major researcher there. She gave me the name of DR. Mark Rush, who is doing successful...
Posted at 09/07/2005 - 2:12pm|649 Views|2 Comments
For those who are trying to understand Nonepileptic Seizures (NES) or Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) as they are sometimes called I would like to provide what I know about them after years or research and personal contacts...
Posted at 09/05/2005 - 12:04pm|520 Views|3 Comments
Hello,
My wife has non-epileptic seizures as a result of childhood sexual abuse. She was horribly abused when very young and had seizures as a defense mechanism. When the abuse stopped for her, so did the seizures. But years...