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Just really sad about everything
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 19:35Does anyone ever get really really depressed about it? L8ly ive been getting sad all the time worrying about my future. I think about to many "what ifs" like what if i cant have a kid because my medication will hurt it. Or what if my medication stops working and i switch medications but it really changes me completely. Cuz i have been on several medications and every 1 has there own weird side effects some of which change my personality, what if i am married with kids when that happens and it effects the relationship between me and my husband? What if i have a seizure while im driving and wreck and hurt soembody or worse kill somebody. What if something happens to me were they need to get me on some kind of medication right away but htey cant cuz of the one im already on could interact badly? Theres just so many more. Im considering brain surgury just so then i could get all of these out of my head. Does anyone else ever feel like this?
Re: Just really sad about everything
Submitted by AimeeC788 on Fri, 2010-02-19 - 12:23
i used to not feel anything wrong with me. seizures were a part of my life. end of story.
but now that i'm in college, everything has changed. YOUR NOT ALONE. i felt alone for a while thinking what have i to live for? tried to kill myself as well. dont do that. but lately, i've just been really sad and wish i was someone else.
but consider this: you are lucky. you can have an understanding of life that no one else really can. epileptics can have kids. medications come and go, most do have side effects but you just have to find the one that is good for you. everyone's different. with enough luck, you will find the one to make your seizures under control.
lastly, dont try and fight this alone. come here regularly. find someone like you or someone you find really interesting and talk to them on a daily basis. i found myself a few pen pals to email every day. it really helps to have a person also waiting for an email from you. constant peer support. cuz face it, the people around you in every day life who dont have epilepsy, can say they know what your going thru, but most times they dont.
hope this helped a little! feel free to email me any time k, hun?
-Aimee
i used to not feel anything wrong with me. seizures were a part of my life. end of story.
but now that i'm in college, everything has changed. YOUR NOT ALONE. i felt alone for a while thinking what have i to live for? tried to kill myself as well. dont do that. but lately, i've just been really sad and wish i was someone else.
but consider this: you are lucky. you can have an understanding of life that no one else really can. epileptics can have kids. medications come and go, most do have side effects but you just have to find the one that is good for you. everyone's different. with enough luck, you will find the one to make your seizures under control.
lastly, dont try and fight this alone. come here regularly. find someone like you or someone you find really interesting and talk to them on a daily basis. i found myself a few pen pals to email every day. it really helps to have a person also waiting for an email from you. constant peer support. cuz face it, the people around you in every day life who dont have epilepsy, can say they know what your going thru, but most times they dont.
hope this helped a little! feel free to email me any time k, hun?
-Aimee