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Deperate for some advice

Wed, 05/24/2006 - 20:36
First thank you to anyone who may read this at all: I am a 20 year old female, and I am in need of some guidance. This website is full of information, and I am not sure where to start looking. So I hope someone can tell me if I am crazy or not. I was a pretty healthy,active kid and teenager my whole life until a year ago. I had a bad ( what I believed and was told by my bf) seizure. We were wrestling around with our dogs when all the sudden I lost feeling in my arms and legs and layed on the ground paralysised. I couldn't feel anything in my body. My eyes began to roll back into my head, and I my whole body jerked for about a minute. I was conscience the whole time,but couldn't talk. As soon as I was able to come out of it I was like a vegetable for hours that night, because I was exhausted. From that night it hasn't been the same for me. I than continued to have conscience seizures at random times. They have gotten more frequent over the past recent months. I even had one at my moms mother's day bbq in front of the whole family a couple of weeks ago out of the blue. There are signs that I am going to have a seizure sometimes. My hands usual lose feeling or so. Than my eyes roll back and I cant control it.....the problem is I went to the ER last December, and they did a CT on me...found nothing....than did a EGG..which it induced me to have a seizure...still the neurologist found nothing "abnormal" and than began to tell me it was cased by stress....than he sent a psychologist in to give me DEPRESSION pills!! I was sooo furious. I later did some reason on what he diagonased me with -no epileptic seizure...which in real terms meant....(this person has them for attention, fear of situation, and can only be helped by a mental worker!) I was sooo offended! I know I am not crazy, and cause this horrible thing on me. Now I am afraid to look into it further, because of these doctors, but it's ruin my life. I hardly drive, had to quit my job, and struggling to finish school...so am I crazy?? if so tell me if not tell me where to go that will not treat me this way, and if I should continue to look into it....sorry so long but thank for you time...and I hope I gave enough detail!

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Re: Deperate for some advice

Submitted by angel_lts on Wed, 2006-05-24 - 21:15
You are not crazy, relax! The more knowledge you get the better you will feel about the disorder. Make sure he checked your blood level, sodium, magnesium, calcium, vit d, magnesium, and b vitamins levels. All can cause seizures if too low. Get on a good diet too it can help so much with seizures. In this group alone has tons of info.Epilepy.com My group has info too if you are interested in all approaches take care Lisa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/epilepsyapproach/

Re: Deperate for some advice

Submitted by kevinmo99 on Thu, 2006-05-25 - 12:38
kevin do no lose heart here i had a grand mal seizure about a year after i got married in 1985. The fool doctor was looking for kidney stones and proceed to tell me i was crazy. After having a second seizure i had a nervous breakdown and ended up in the mental ward thinking i was crazy . I was not a pleasant experience but the doctor there asked me what my symptoms were and after doing tests he said that came back normal. HE then placed me on dilantin and my epilepsy has been controlled except for a few more seizures . You may want to get a second or even third opinion . Hang in there and kept fighting things will get better.

Re: Re: Deperate for some advice

Submitted by sometimes I hate doctors on Thu, 2006-05-25 - 15:11
thanks so much Kevin- I was wondering what kind of epilepsy the doctor's had finally diagnosed you with. I understand what you mean with feeling that crazy,because I wonder if it's all in my head everyday. I did have a mental breakdown the other day. So if they think these seizures are caused by stress well yes stress over the seizures, and what to do. Well I will be interested to hear back from you thanks!

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