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Anxiety and seizures
Mon, 07/22/2013 - 01:11Comments
Re: Anxiety and seizures
Submitted by jrgreenwood on Wed, 2013-08-21 - 13:26
I have partial temporal lobe seizures for which I have been offered surgery but my present home circumstances do not allow for this. My medication is Vimpat and Clobozom each day. I do have anxiety, and sometimes the surging feeling in my stomach, which I get as a pre seizure warning, often gets mixed up with the anxiety.
The added problem though is, my anxiety only happens when I feel sick, which probably because of the anxiety is more often. This is because I have a phobia about being sick. When I feel sick for whatever reason, I automatically think in my subconscious, that it is a virus. This in turn makes me very anxious which then has a knock on affect on my seizures. I've had this for years but it's definitely got worse over the last few years.
I've thought about hypnotherapy, but will try anything to get help.
My phobia is a bit more complex than others but would really appreciate some advice.
Thank you
I have partial temporal lobe seizures for which I have been offered surgery but my present home circumstances do not allow for this. My medication is Vimpat and Clobozom each day. I do have anxiety, and sometimes the surging feeling in my stomach, which I get as a pre seizure warning, often gets mixed up with the anxiety.
The added problem though is, my anxiety only happens when I feel sick, which probably because of the anxiety is more often. This is because I have a phobia about being sick. When I feel sick for whatever reason, I automatically think in my subconscious, that it is a virus. This in turn makes me very anxious which then has a knock on affect on my seizures. I've had this for years but it's definitely got worse over the last few years.
I've thought about hypnotherapy, but will try anything to get help.
My phobia is a bit more complex than others but would really appreciate some advice.
Thank you
Re: Anxiety and seizures
Submitted by just_joe on Mon, 2013-07-22 - 09:14
Check the side effects on the meds you take. Then set up an appointment or call your neuro and discuss this issue with him/her. It could also be you have changed some or grown emmune to your meds and your dosage may need to be changed some. I know stress and other factors can precipate seizures.