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Mood Swings and "Rages"- Seizures?
Thu, 09/13/2007 - 10:09Good Morning! There are several parents out here on the the parent board that are trying to understand the mood swings, temper tantrums, and "rages" if you will, that we are seeing from our children. I understand that meds can do this but I also was under the impression that partial seizures can cause these types of behaviors. Any adult with E who might be able to explain/relate please respond. Our children are not able to yet understand and explain what they are feeling to us. We are trying to do the best that we can to comfort our children and any insight from and adult's perspective would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance!!
Jean
Re: Mood Swings and "Rages"- Seizures?
Submitted by Mactheknife on Thu, 2007-09-13 - 12:14
Dear Jean, You have my sympathies. You say your children are too young to understand and explain what they are feeling to you. Too young to understand what? I wouldn't underestimate that they understand. Kids are extraordinarily intuitive when it comes to knowing that something is wrong. And when something is wrong, the young ones react by throwing a tantrum. It's just a cry for attention, so the best thing you can do is to give them extra love and reassurance. I got E in my teens, but I can't tell you if my lows were due to medication or to a recognition that I had big problems and had become "different". Only a doctor can advise about the effects of medication, but I'm sure all E sufferers would agree that love and reassurance was what they felt they needed. By the way, I have 2 teenagers who threw TERRRRRRIBLE tantrums when they were little and they don't have E. They were just obnoxious!! :-) Despite the temptation [to thrash the little so-and-sos :-)] we just gave love and reassurance and they are both now well balanced adults. Best of luck.