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Could this be temporal lobe epilepsy?

Fri, 01/09/2015 - 15:39

I have never been diagnosed and am not sure I have epilepsy, although I have a very strong family history of it. I am in my 20s and for the last 4 years have had persistent intrusive thoughts that are highly distressing. Often they involve an impulse to say abusive/offensive things to people, not anything I rationally believe but it has been very difficult to control the thoughts/impulses and for a long time I have thought I had OCD. I've developed ways to control this such as clenching my teeth or putting a hand over my mouth but it has not helped. Also, on about three occasions, when tired, I have found myself 'blanking out' and losing control over myself for a couple of seconds - I am then not sure afterwards whether I have said or mouthed something awful. This has always happened when I've suddenly felt incredibly tired.

I have been diagnosed wth depression before and have suffered from panic attacks a couple of times. I may have a psychiatric complaint, I may be simply a bad person, but I find the thoughts unpleasant and frightening, and also, merely on a practical level they would lead to social rejection, so there is no way in which I want them to continue, I just don't know how to stop them. I am posting here because I have been looking online and there seem to be links between OCD, temporal lobe epilepsy and coprolalia (the urge to say offensive things). 

Comments

OK I read your post. Yes some

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2015-01-11 - 19:00
OK I read your post. Yes some things can lead t oothers. The street you live on can lead you to washington DC or NYC, It is not which way you go but the way you get there. There are things that memn of us can't help you woith and this may be one of them. Amy Jo has it right you need to check with a specialist who can help you.

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