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Waiting to Snap
Tue, 01/16/2007 - 13:45Hi! I am a 23 female with Ep. I was just wondering if it is normal to be SO TIRED most of the time. Everytime I try to comlpete a task I have to rest like every 10 mins. I feel "stupid" because my memory is horriable. I don't know if it is a combination of these things or nerves, but I feel like I could snap and flip out. I feel like i can't even handle small things without freaking out. This is really wearing on me because i have two children and a husband that sometimes I yell or get really mad at them for small things. I wasen't like this before the seizures. I feel like a different person. A person I don't want to be, but i can't help it.
Comments
Re: Re: Waiting to Snap
Submitted by nickreidy on Tue, 2007-01-16 - 14:33
Hang in there, you are right, this is the way that you will feel. It is not fun, it is not fair, it is not even very nice. My wife is just coming out of surgury (01/09/2007), to "cure" her epilepsy. She has had epilepsy all her life, controled with meds, until an auto accident about 7 years ago. Since then she was lost her job, lost her license, lost who she was, afraid to go out by herself... you all know the routine. Hang in there, it is not nice what you have to go thru, but, with the right medicine, you will be alright.
Re: Waiting to Snap
Submitted by TinaB on Wed, 2007-01-17 - 06:58
Hi Melonie, I can relate!! My neuro put me on Prozac and it has made my life much better. I still am tired and have horrible memory, but coping with it is much easier.
Best of luck to you!
Re: Waiting to Snap
Submitted by RebeccaBorden on Tue, 2007-01-16 - 14:03
Hi melonie, my name is Rebecca I don't know if you read my introduction or not but I have been having memory problems since the onset of my first gran mal seizure a few weeks ago. I too feel like a different person since all of this began. I'm very reclusive and withdrawn now. I used to go out everyday now your lucky if you can get me out of the house at all. They are taking away my license, telling me I can't cook, or take a bath alone. I'm a mom of four and this really sucks. Life as I knew it is gone, hopefully it gets better than this when the meds have all under control.