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Seizures with psychic symptoms? Please help!!!!
Fri, 04/13/2007 - 16:21Comments
Re: Seizures with psychic symptoms? Please help!!!!
Submitted by teachergreen on Thu, 2010-03-11 - 17:58
hello,
16 yrs ago this started with me. Doctor said stress put me on valium. Symptoms wouldn't go away and I knew it was more than stress. It took them awhile to figure out I had epilepesy and had scar tissur in my brain. I take dilantin and lamital and now only have seizures 2-4 month. Sometimes I take ativan to sleep but only occassionly because it is addicting. If I'm going to have a seizure I might know before. A vns is implanted in my chest and with the magnet is has helped. I know the feeling about the twitch.It's annoying. Try a different neurologist maybe. It can't hurt to get another opinion.
This is harder on my family. They worry alot about me. My life has changed but I'm not going to let this condition control my life.
Good luck
hello,
16 yrs ago this started with me. Doctor said stress put me on valium. Symptoms wouldn't go away and I knew it was more than stress. It took them awhile to figure out I had epilepesy and had scar tissur in my brain. I take dilantin and lamital and now only have seizures 2-4 month. Sometimes I take ativan to sleep but only occassionly because it is addicting. If I'm going to have a seizure I might know before. A vns is implanted in my chest and with the magnet is has helped. I know the feeling about the twitch.It's annoying. Try a different neurologist maybe. It can't hurt to get another opinion.
This is harder on my family. They worry alot about me. My life has changed but I'm not going to let this condition control my life.
Good luck
Re: Seizures with psychic symptoms? Please help!!!!
Submitted by leemania on Thu, 2010-03-11 - 10:31
Re: I think I'm having nocturnal seizures...plz help I've been having these night time events since I was in my 20's (and other symptoms during the day. The feeling of leaving my body, tingling, room getting bigger, floor raising up. At night I would have the tingling disorientation (yes deja vu/end of the world feelings with violent nausia (almost vomiting ) and convulsions. I fell totally disoriented, and I can't remember who I am, where I am. Sometimes as I am about to sleep, I like feel like a electrical shock inside my head (and see the flash with my eyes closed), I had a sleep study done and the episodes were witnessed by the study doctors. My Family doctor told me my episodes were most likely from stress and prescribed Klonopin. It has helped, but I still have episodes. I am always tired, and twitch when I sleep.