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epilepsy and "rage episodes"

Sat, 01/08/2005 - 16:37
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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Rage

Submitted by Seruzies on Fri, 2008-01-04 - 22:49
There are times, from what I'm told, that sometimes during a seizure, I become combative when someone is trying to move me to a safe place so I don't hurt anyone, or myself. Other times, I scratch at my arms or legs and leave myself with deep scratches if I don't keep my nails cut short. I'm not sure if it's my meds, or just a symptom of my E.

Re: epilepsy and "rage episodes"

Submitted by Seruzies on Wed, 2008-02-06 - 21:34
I had an incidence with rage at myself today, I've been sleeping too much. My Dr recently upped my dosage of Lamictal from 200mg a day to 400mg a day. I woke up angry, and my Father was in the house and thought I was mad at him, and I told him, "I'm not angry at you or anyone else, I'm just mad at the machine." The machine being my E, my meds, my sleep schedule, my life, just about anything you can think of that I'm letting live my life for me and I'm not on top of it. I had already awaken earlier, eaten, taken my meds, and didn't want to go back to sleep as long as I had. Lately, my meds, and drowsiness from them has been controlling my life. I guess the good news is, I haven't been having seizures, and I'm eating but that's only between times I can manage to crawl out of bed.  

Re: epilepsy and "rage episodes"

Submitted by whitetigrus on Sat, 2008-02-09 - 11:01
I can totally relate to this, I get "ticked off" at myself as well as others all of the time.  I can't tolerate the side effects of AED's so my Dr. has taken me off all meds and it seems like I'm getting worse at it! 

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