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epilepsy and "rage episodes"
Sat, 01/08/2005 - 16:37Topic: Family & Friends
hello,I'm wondering if anyone has any input or experience with this. My brother has epilepsy diagnosed in his early 20's. Seizures are mostly controlled by medication. However, he has episodes of extreme, nearly violent rage where he seems out of control and screams at people in a way that is pretty scary. I have always noticed that he has what we called a "bad temper" but really it was always alot more than that. Now though, these episodes are becoming more frequent. (3-4 times weekly)We are wondering if this has anything to do with his epilepsy. The episodes are so extreme that it seems not right. He screams and throws things though he has not been physically violent. If anyone has any input it would be great to hear. Does this sound at all familiar to anyone else?Thanks.
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Re: epilepsy and "rage episodes"
Submitted by miki96 on Sun, 2012-08-19 - 20:13
hi, my mother has had epilepsy for several years. Most recently she has eperenced the rage that you are talking about and was wondering if you had any further information you could give me about it. Thanks
my god, you all have it too.
Submitted by tallblondstacey@yahoo.com on Thu, 2015-06-25 - 00:33
my god, you all have it too..the rage. they can't figure it out, don't have a name for it. ive been checked out, they say its not bi-polar. ive had petite mall all my life, i had a grand 22years ago, we thought it was cause i drank the previous night. i havent touched alcohol in 22 years , n just had a very violent grand mal...lost 5-7 teeth, n ive had these anger fits for years, since i was 14. they go on for a few days. it doesn't matter who you are, if you have wronged me in my eyes. you become the essance of evil. ill wake up mad at the cops or the government, and haven't even seen facebook yet. so without provocation n the next day you'll be my buddy. zoloft helps but i still have bad weeks, now im dealing with this surprize n the wife just don't understand my grief
Re: epilepsy and "rage episodes"
Submitted by TGAHMAN on Sat, 2012-05-12 - 16:57
When my son had his first Epilepsy seizures he was 16 and the doctor had prescribed Keppra. The medication is what caused him to exhibit anger to the extreme. Screaming and hitting doors or walls and sometimes himself. It was scary for me as he was also very aware in the change of his own behavior/mood swings. We spoke with the doctor and changed to a different medication...Poof the anger outbursts were gone...except within 48 hours of having a seizure. I found it repeatedly happening when he would begin to show outbursts of anger shortly after having recovered fom his seizure. (He has Grand Mal seizures which take 1-2 days to recover). During his recovery time he would have his friends around and they might go somewhere, I had to make it clear to them he was NOT to drive. He would beg them and act like they were holding him back, he would start yelling at them then they would give in and let him drive. Until, they came home and everyone was screaming at each other then he realized after a lot of talking and (fortunately having empathetic friends) re-enactment of his behavior he realized and got a hold of himself. But other than that and the time he was on Keppra, there have not been any additional anger episodes. I think it is because; as exhausting as it was for us to continue communicating about the behavior and the details of the interaction with his friends, I stuck to talking it through until he truly could see his behavior and understood it was not acceptable. It was very very difficult to get to this point, but I felt it imperative to beat that horse til it was dead....
When my son had his first Epilepsy seizures he was 16 and the doctor had prescribed Keppra. The medication is what caused him to exhibit anger to the extreme. Screaming and hitting doors or walls and sometimes himself. It was scary for me as he was also very aware in the change of his own behavior/mood swings. We spoke with the doctor and changed to a different medication...Poof the anger outbursts were gone...except within 48 hours of having a seizure. I found it repeatedly happening when he would begin to show outbursts of anger shortly after having recovered fom his seizure. (He has Grand Mal seizures which take 1-2 days to recover). During his recovery time he would have his friends around and they might go somewhere, I had to make it clear to them he was NOT to drive. He would beg them and act like they were holding him back, he would start yelling at them then they would give in and let him drive. Until, they came home and everyone was screaming at each other then he realized after a lot of talking and (fortunately having empathetic friends) re-enactment of his behavior he realized and got a hold of himself. But other than that and the time he was on Keppra, there have not been any additional anger episodes. I think it is because; as exhausting as it was for us to continue communicating about the behavior and the details of the interaction with his friends, I stuck to talking it through until he truly could see his behavior and understood it was not acceptable. It was very very difficult to get to this point, but I felt it imperative to beat that horse til it was dead....