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Depressed with Temporal lobe epilepsy
Wed, 07/01/2015 - 04:51Topic: Epilepsy.com Help
Hello I'm a graduate student with temporal lobe epilepsy. Of late I am really feeling lost and completely sick of being epileptic. I feel like my school cohorts have zoomed past me while I struggle to do the most basic stuff. It's like the whole graduate school experience has been one longggg struggle to maintain some sort of 'normalcy' while having partial seizures all the time. I am also an artist and of late it's really been the only thing making me able to keep going. Anyway my question is how do you guys get through this depression from having epilepsy? I'm so tired of it and so tired of never being able to trust how I'm feeling as my partial seizures affect my emotions and behaviour intensely. I don't know what to do anymore. Thanks for reading this.
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I am a junior in college and
Submitted by Ashley Marie on Mon, 2015-07-27 - 04:19
I am a junior in college and was diagnosed with epilepsy my freshman year. The doctor said I'm constantly having seizures but I don't pass out. I get extremely depressed myself due to the sideffects I experience. Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy and am having the enjoyment of college ripped away from me. I've read so many stories on here and you are the first that I can actually relate to. I hope school works out for you. :)
Hi. Just wanted to reply
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2015-07-03 - 21:58
Hi. Just wanted to reply that I am also a grad student with TLE. I was diagnosed just before starting grad school so this is still somewhat new to me. I have been struggling as well with seizures and mood issues. I understand the feeling that it gets to be too much at times. Hang in there though. As far as school goes, take it slow if you need to and don't push yourself too hard. I found out the hard way last semester that I was trying to do too much at once. It's great that you know what helps you- your art. Spend more time figuring out what keeps you going and put your focus there as much as possible. Hugs!