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anger and rage
Tue, 06/22/2010 - 14:47Topic: Women With Epilepsy
I am on 900mg trileptal generic and been doing very well.I am concerned about these extreme bouts of rage.Where do they fit in the picture.Are they related to a seizure or just another side effect of medication or symptom of left tle?I am on a slow burn of anger all the time but I try to hide it from my kids.Every once in a while it erupts-I smash sweepers when they dont pick up what i want them to and I throw stuff out windows and follow up by busting it up.Its never directed at people-only things although I do scream and yell at offending people and have been told I am hateful,but I generally control that.Although i have a corroborating eeg and classical symptoms,they could only catch on VEEG what they call a paroxysmal nes.With my meds I know longer have hallucinations and I dont feel on the brink of madness and Im not misplacing time so I feel like Im doing pretty good except for this.Dont feel like my psychologist is of any help and went off my celexa months ago-it was worthless-Im not a big fan of the "soft sciences"
Comments
Re: anger and rage
Submitted by mel239 on Tue, 2010-06-22 - 23:10
my epileptologist from cleveland clinic is more interested in the fact the seizures are under control than any side effects.Cost me a small fortune in childcare at the last VEEG with no episodes and I cant afford that again.
Re: anger and rage
Submitted by mixuga on Sun, 2010-11-07 - 00:35
I have taken several anti-seizure meds in my day and I would have to say that they are hard on your liver. Your liver has to process all the medicines you take. Whether or not the anger or rage has anything to do with your seizures I can't say. What I can recommend to you is that you try acupuncture to address the anger and rage issues. Acupuncture can help with side effects of medications and can be therapeutically used to balance emotions. It can be expensive though and since insurance is weird about covering it you might consider finding a community acupuncture clinic by using the community acupuncture network and/or going to acupuncture.com to find a local teaching clinic at one of the local acupuncture colleges near you. Here you can find cheaper acupuncture because it is not spa or boutique acupuncture. You might also consider chinese herbs as these can also be prescribed and are inexpensive. If you like peppermint tea you might trying researching that and incorporating it into your diet especially if you feel angry, stressed, etc...Essential Oil of Lavender can also be helpful. I keep expecting western doctors to be more compassionate and less scientific than they are. They are scientists though. Talk therapy can be helpful for some people. Sometimes its the alternative therapies that work or make the day to day life doable.
Re: anger and rage
Submitted by RebeccaAC on Tue, 2010-06-22 - 22:17
I am on lamital and topmax generic and have the same anger and rage issues. Im not sure if it is a side effect from meds or not but it does seem that way. Dont feel like your alone!!! I have a friend that requested her doc to change her AED meds for the same reason.