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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.

Comments

Yes my son started having

Submitted by Tharris13 on Thu, 2017-12-28 - 12:21
Yes my son started having seizures in his twenty's and has them same outburst if anger and frustration thinking bad things are going to happen, it is scary

This has explained the last

Submitted by Gwashburn1999 on Wed, 2018-02-28 - 03:09
This has explained the last few years of my life.. I've had seizures here and there and was finally diagnosed with severe grand mall seizures at 13 years old back in 2014.. have always been a positive kid even while dealing with my type 1 diabetes as well. The first medication they stuck me on for my epilepsy was levitricitam XR which is the generic version of keppra extended release.. since I've started these meds I can feel myself constantly carrying around a negative, kind of "pissed off" feeling if that makes sense? I can be in an absolutely great mood and doing something I love with people I really enjoy being around and all of a sudden I say or do something super rude and start becoming an absolute terrible person to be around (I've scared my mother and myself many times with this and have tried getting help from different medical advisors and Drs) It's gotten to the point to where I've gotten into a slight disagreement that would normally be a calm discussion of differences in opinions and have snapped and have went as far telling the other person to get away from me before I hurt them... I honestly don't want to hurt people because it's not particularly in my nature but it feels like it's leading there, I will be making an appointment with my seizure Dr first thing tomorrow morning as all they have been doing the last 3 years is upping my dosage (now on 2500mgs of the levitricitam XR) thank you all for sharing and letting me know I'm not alone!! This makes me rethink what exactly I'm going through right now and might be able to catch this before it gets to bad. 

I responded earlier... my son

Submitted by Edyn Therapy on Fri, 2018-03-30 - 00:43
I responded earlier... my son is on the minimal dose of Depakote, but has shown angry outbursts and a lack of empathy prior to taking the medication. Ironically, he has always done extremely well in school, and is kind to his peers, although his social skills are limited. He is hyper-political, hyper-religious and has strong opinions in general that are extremely conservative and judgemental. Knowing that he can pick and choose when he is unkind and dark is frustrating, especially when he doesn't care that we are so upset. He also Gaslights us. Every day is an extreme challenge with him.  

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