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epilepsy and "rage episodes"
Sat, 01/08/2005 - 16:37Comments
RE: epilepsy and "rage episodes"
Submitted by bethesdabob on Wed, 2005-01-05 - 11:41
My wife was an epileptic and a bipolar, the anger and rages that your brother is experiencing reminds me a lot of what she went through.
My wife took a lot of meds to control both her seizures and to stabilize her mood disorder. You should speak with whomever provides your brother with his epilepsy meds and tell the doctor about your concerns regarding his temper.
A word of caution however, my wife died in 12/03 from a seizure disorder in what I believe was a contraindication in her meds, some of the antidepressants that are used to control moods in bipolar lower seizure thresholds and are only used in strict supervision.
Good luck and God bless
My wife was an epileptic and a bipolar, the anger and rages that your brother is experiencing reminds me a lot of what she went through.
My wife took a lot of meds to control both her seizures and to stabilize her mood disorder. You should speak with whomever provides your brother with his epilepsy meds and tell the doctor about your concerns regarding his temper.
A word of caution however, my wife died in 12/03 from a seizure disorder in what I believe was a contraindication in her meds, some of the antidepressants that are used to control moods in bipolar lower seizure thresholds and are only used in strict supervision.
Good luck and God bless
RE: epilepsy and "rage episodes"
Submitted by sharprj on Wed, 2005-01-05 - 09:08
My wife has seizures and every now and then she starts screaming and yelling at the kids about cleaning the house. Really tyrannically like. It's pretty scary. It might be real but I just don't know anymore. Her seizures use to be only at night but it started happening during the day about 4 years ago. She's on a bunch of medicine but until she has a car accident or something she is going to think she is OK. She's 45 and now expecting to go back to work.
My wife has seizures and every now and then she starts screaming and yelling at the kids about cleaning the house. Really tyrannically like. It's pretty scary. It might be real but I just don't know anymore. Her seizures use to be only at night but it started happening during the day about 4 years ago. She's on a bunch of medicine but until she has a car accident or something she is going to think she is OK. She's 45 and now expecting to go back to work.