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mood changes and how to deal with them
Mon, 03/14/2005 - 14:49i am the parent of an adult seizure person, i need to know how other parents delal with the different moods and the anger the person has, the always wanting to argue and fight my daughter gets to the point of wanting to fight with every one in the house, and i dont know how to handle it any more
please give your input
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RE: RE: RE: RE: mood changes and how to deal with them
Submitted by janb on Mon, 2005-03-14 - 14:49
thank you for the information
we have tried the efa they are to far for me to go for 1 hr meeting after i get off work and go home and then go almost 1 hr drive the meeting is over
they need to have meeting in diff places like baytown i know every person the e does not live on the side of town that the foundation is
and every one cannot drive to get there so then what they dont go
i would even hold a meeting in my house if need just so she can have others to talk to
she needs other people to talk to besides mom and dad
and for the job program how would she get there i work and cannot take her and she has to many seizures to get on public transportation by her self
oh the fustrations because there is no help for the disabled
thank you for the information
we have tried the efa they are to far for me to go for 1 hr meeting after i get off work and go home and then go almost 1 hr drive the meeting is over
they need to have meeting in diff places like baytown i know every person the e does not live on the side of town that the foundation is
and every one cannot drive to get there so then what they dont go
i would even hold a meeting in my house if need just so she can have others to talk to
she needs other people to talk to besides mom and dad
and for the job program how would she get there i work and cannot take her and she has to many seizures to get on public transportation by her self
oh the fustrations because there is no help for the disabled
RE: mood changes and how to deal with them
Submitted by ConsiderThis on Fri, 2005-03-11 - 07:32
Hi,
There's a possibility that your daughter is low on B12 -- B12 affects mood and has been linked with depression for a long time.
I have had a lot of help from vitamin B12: I have some brain damage as a result of not getting replacement therapy soon enough -- but when I did get the replacement therapy, I kept a Time Line where I recorded my symptoms every day. In a few months, I began to notice just enormous different -- less pain, more memory, and then things didn't seem so hopeless anymore.
With brain damage there's a tendency to anger, too. I think it's because of how overwhelming it is, and how easy it is to get confused.
Recently I've had tetanus, complete with tetonic seizures, and I've been in bed for almost 6 months, now. The interesting thing is that I've had a lot more B12 during this time, and my thinking is clearer now... only I still have to keep things separate.... I can't think about two things at one time, and keep then straight.
Since B12 isn't know to have side affects, you could get some methylcobalamin sublinguals for your daughter, maybe the 5mg ones, and ask her to take one morning, afternoon and night for about a month... writing down symptoms every day... and then review and see if there's been a change. The "normal" dose is 1,000 mcg (there are 5,000 mcg in 5mg) but I think that's meant for people who are not very depleted. If someone is very depleted, then a lot more is needed to begin filling in -- and that "filling in" can take quite awhile. My neurologist said I could have improvements for years.
Once there is significant improvement, then I think going to one 5mg a day would be fine.
See, the thing seems to be that stress uses up B12 -- so when someone has a disease like tetanus, or any other disease that is really hard on the body, then B12 is used up and a lot of other problems come up. But that can be remedied, at least to a good extent, with B12, by taking B12.
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Hi,
There's a possibility that your daughter is low on B12 -- B12 affects mood and has been linked with depression for a long time.
I have had a lot of help from vitamin B12: I have some brain damage as a result of not getting replacement therapy soon enough -- but when I did get the replacement therapy, I kept a Time Line where I recorded my symptoms every day. In a few months, I began to notice just enormous different -- less pain, more memory, and then things didn't seem so hopeless anymore.
With brain damage there's a tendency to anger, too. I think it's because of how overwhelming it is, and how easy it is to get confused.
Recently I've had tetanus, complete with tetonic seizures, and I've been in bed for almost 6 months, now. The interesting thing is that I've had a lot more B12 during this time, and my thinking is clearer now... only I still have to keep things separate.... I can't think about two things at one time, and keep then straight.
Since B12 isn't know to have side affects, you could get some methylcobalamin sublinguals for your daughter, maybe the 5mg ones, and ask her to take one morning, afternoon and night for about a month... writing down symptoms every day... and then review and see if there's been a change. The "normal" dose is 1,000 mcg (there are 5,000 mcg in 5mg) but I think that's meant for people who are not very depleted. If someone is very depleted, then a lot more is needed to begin filling in -- and that "filling in" can take quite awhile. My neurologist said I could have improvements for years.
Once there is significant improvement, then I think going to one 5mg a day would be fine.
See, the thing seems to be that stress uses up B12 -- so when someone has a disease like tetanus, or any other disease that is really hard on the body, then B12 is used up and a lot of other problems come up. But that can be remedied, at least to a good extent, with B12, by taking B12.
www.health-boundaries-bite.com/Fingernails.html
Your fingernails reflect your health --
Learn what warning signs to look for --
Karen Kline
RE: RE: RE: mood changes and how to deal with them
Submitted by jinx1331xnij on Mon, 2005-03-14 - 13:10
Thats trippy, I am 33 and live in Houston also. EFA has great resources for epileptics. Try the local chapter. they even have a job training program. I imagine a lot of you daughters depression and anger stems from the frustration of being a grown woman and having to live at home, she probably feels like she has no life. My heart goes out to her. Here is a link to houstons EFA chapter website : http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/setexas/index.cfmcheck out the support section, there are support groups for epileptics and also for their parents.