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I'm Living but I'm NOT happy
Tue, 09/19/2006 - 23:58Topic: Teen Zone
anybody ever just get so tired of this. that there is nothing more you can do to help yourself so you really dont want to do anything at all. everyone can feel sorry for you or they can make fun of you and either way nothing can help. there is no escape from this. you cant drink or find an escape that way because it will make it worse in the end. so what will help? i can talk to my mom and dad but they dont understand. they really dont want to hear about anyways. i live in a small town where nobody i know has this. so i do i help myself. i guess i just let it out here. because i just had one of the worst couple of days ever! this is about ready to drive me over the edge..except i cant drive..haha..well so who do i talk to..or what do i say. that i am getting so upset by this i cant even talk. i dont even go out with the friends i do have and i am losing them. i never thought one thing could make me feel this way. whats my escape??
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There is no escape sorry to
Submitted by krissy_58ef7d4e01ffc on Tue, 2017-10-10 - 10:44
There is no escape sorry to say. But your not alone. I can't drive either, nobody understands .I feel stupid all the time because of people. I know people with seizures that drive so it's not a lost cause. I can't go out to get my education, or college. I feel that I'm too dumb for the world because epilepsy. But it's always there. No cure. I was so much happier a couple days ago but life puts you down . Good luck , just know your not fighting alone, though sometimes it feels that way.
Re: I'm Living but I'm NOT happy
Submitted by angel_lts on Wed, 2006-09-20 - 06:50
Yes there has been many times I felt like that. I've had epilepsy for 37 years now. ANd it has not been easy. I do have a very positive attitude and you truely need that with this condition. I dont drive either, not seizure free and just finding the next thing that will help me. I tried just about everything there is. I have dont chiropractor, brain surgeries, VNS, neurofeedback, vitamins, omega three and all the meds....I am not done. But I am at a stand still right now. But when I feel things are a bit hard or stressed from everything, I just stop. I just take my meds like I am suppose to, and just relax about it like I dont have it. For otherwise, I would be wonder and worrying what to do to help myself and cry and get upset. I would just search and search and make myself go crazy.
I was really bad at one time, didnt know how to help myself when the doctors could not help me anymore. I was depressed for seven months. I just felt it was not far to my children and my husband. I had to find away to get out of the depresseion. So I just thought if the doctors could not help, then I will help others. So I did, volunteering for the Epilepsy Foundation in my area, started my own support group, volunteer for Epilepsy Camp, The Stroll.....
You must change the attitude and just go out and help others. It will do you a world of good. I dont feel this way anymore. I try to help others as much as I can and it helped me to be more happier about myself even if I had epilepsy.
But believe me, it is a long process and you have to be able to handle it. If you can't seek professional help.
take care
Lisa
htttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/epilepsyapproach/
Re: I'm Living but I'm NOT happy
Submitted by moodymoo on Tue, 2008-01-15 - 12:30
Me too. I just want it to go away. But it could be a lot worse and there's nothing I can do about it so I just have to put it behind me. My friends are really supportive and have a go at anyone whotries to make fun of me because of it. I just don't want to leave school and be rembered as the girl who always has the seizures.