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I think the doctors are wrong!!
Thu, 07/12/2007 - 20:26For the past year I have been experiencing facial/tongue twitches, muscle spams/pain, & joint pain. I ignored all of this because I had no health coverage at the time amd prayed it would just go away. This past March I had a series of seizure while at work in R.I. I was kept for observation for about 24 hours , had a CAT scan & EEG which both were abnormal, and then released with the diagnoze of new onset seisures with untermined cause. I was able to obtain healthcare coverage through the state of M.A., now seeing a general practioner and neurologist. An MRI was also ordered which also came back abnormal. I have been telling them about my occuring symptoms that have been happening for months plus new ones and how they are getting worse since the seizures started. The answer to this was to up the dose of my meds.(Keppra), which has left me an emotional wreck. They keep telling me it is epilepsy, but I think they are wrong!! I am frustrated and want answers but feel I am being dismissed and underminded. I do not know what to do.
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Re: I think the doctors are wrong!!
Submitted by Redhots1947 on Tue, 2007-07-31 - 13:08
When I was first diagnosed 11 years ago, I also thought the doctors were wrong...but they were not wrong! I have since learned to accept it and live with it. It is not an easy diagnosis to hear and even harder to accept. Many people have it and there is really no stigma to having it. I would suggest getting as much information about epilepsy as possible and your condition and then work to accept it and you will live with it better. Each person's epilepsy is a little different.
I would say get a second
Submitted by kaidi on Mon, 2007-07-23 - 10:43
I would say get a second opinion just to set your mind at rest, if another doc agrees, then it would be hard to ignore, you know? Good luck!