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Christian healing

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 00:33

 

I am a Christian but I have also lived with epilepsy for 16 years (half my life)

I have never been quite sure about asking God for healing (although many friends have suggested I should) but today I feel like I've had a bit of a break through on this front after re-reading one of Jesus' healing stories. 

So I've laid myself at His feet as it were, and I'm now praying with all my heart and all my belief that he will heal me of the humiliation, the fear, the medication that epilepsy is for me - to say nothing of the issues with driving a car.

I'm also praying for my two sisters who have epilepsy as well as my two nieces who have it too (one of whom is just a few months old). And finally, for any of my unborn children who may also contract epilepsy.

But most of all right now, I need healing for myself.

Yet now that I've experienced this amazing breakthrough, I'm not quite sure where to go next. I don't feel physically different and while I have every trust and hope in God that He's healed me, I would want to get myself checked by a neurologist before I stopped taking medication. Should I be seeing a neurologist asap and asking for an MRI scan??

Or is this just the beginning of a journey towards total healing?

I know this sounds confusing but I am a little confused! I guess I'd love to hear some advice/stories from Christian epileptics who are travelling this same road towards possible healing.

I hope someone out there can help me...! 

(BTW if anyone knows any Christian neurologists living in Brisbane, Australia, I would appreciate such contact details).

 

 

 

Comments

Re: Christian healing

Submitted by cdurut on Sun, 2010-12-19 - 20:38

Hello Zanna

It's been so encouraging, interesting and comforting to have received so many replies to my original email on Christian healing for epilepsy.

However, your story especially struck a note with me as I too have been on Tegretol for most of my epilepsy 'walk' ie for the past 16 years (I'm 33 now). I too had a few grand mal seizures when I was first diagnosed but since then it has largely been under control (except for the occasional aura and brain 'lock up'.) But over the past year, I've started having complex partial  seizures - in the middle of conversations like you, in front of friends, you name it, they just come whenever they please!! And they are the most frightening, horrifying, mortifying, horrible things I have experienced. I want to deny I have them because they are so frightening. 

Of course, this also means I can't drive too which is making me pretty depressed and frustrated as I love my independence and freedom.

Anyway. I'm seeing a good neurologist now, we're experimenting with different meds and I'm even possibly seeing a neuropsychologist in the new year.

Plus of course, I'm doing my best to 'keep the faith' and lay this situation at God's feet for help and healing. I've even gone to my pastor recently to talk to him about it all and he prayed over me and annointed me with oil which was lovely.

How are you coping anyway?? Would you mind if I asked you what meds you're on now?? (I'm on Tegretol controlled release plus Keppra/levetiracetam plus Frisium/clobazam for a few days a month during my period due date as we think this might be a seizure trigger - yes, I'm a 'walking pharmacy' at the moment!).

I'd love to hear how you're doing and any more thoughts you have on your epilepsy situation and your faith/healing walk.

Many blessings

Charlotte (Brisbane, Australia)

Hello Zanna

It's been so encouraging, interesting and comforting to have received so many replies to my original email on Christian healing for epilepsy.

However, your story especially struck a note with me as I too have been on Tegretol for most of my epilepsy 'walk' ie for the past 16 years (I'm 33 now). I too had a few grand mal seizures when I was first diagnosed but since then it has largely been under control (except for the occasional aura and brain 'lock up'.) But over the past year, I've started having complex partial  seizures - in the middle of conversations like you, in front of friends, you name it, they just come whenever they please!! And they are the most frightening, horrifying, mortifying, horrible things I have experienced. I want to deny I have them because they are so frightening. 

Of course, this also means I can't drive too which is making me pretty depressed and frustrated as I love my independence and freedom.

Anyway. I'm seeing a good neurologist now, we're experimenting with different meds and I'm even possibly seeing a neuropsychologist in the new year.

Plus of course, I'm doing my best to 'keep the faith' and lay this situation at God's feet for help and healing. I've even gone to my pastor recently to talk to him about it all and he prayed over me and annointed me with oil which was lovely.

How are you coping anyway?? Would you mind if I asked you what meds you're on now?? (I'm on Tegretol controlled release plus Keppra/levetiracetam plus Frisium/clobazam for a few days a month during my period due date as we think this might be a seizure trigger - yes, I'm a 'walking pharmacy' at the moment!).

I'd love to hear how you're doing and any more thoughts you have on your epilepsy situation and your faith/healing walk.

Many blessings

Charlotte (Brisbane, Australia)

Re: Christian healing

Submitted by arrowland on Tue, 2010-12-21 - 20:48

Ok, so maybe this is a little twisted, but do you realize this kind of gives us a license to start conversations midstream and confuse everyone around us... if we're good enough at it. Imagine what fun we could have :)

 I'm right with you about the driving, though. I haven't driven in over 3 years, and its not really safe for me to bike on the road, so I tell people all the time... if you don't like the way I steer, stay off the sidewalks!

Ok, so maybe this is a little twisted, but do you realize this kind of gives us a license to start conversations midstream and confuse everyone around us... if we're good enough at it. Imagine what fun we could have :)

 I'm right with you about the driving, though. I haven't driven in over 3 years, and its not really safe for me to bike on the road, so I tell people all the time... if you don't like the way I steer, stay off the sidewalks!

Re: Christian healing

Submitted by Matthew Simington on Tue, 2010-02-09 - 17:22
You should start taking your meds again immediately. If you have been healed that is awesome. However, you should never stop taking your meds just like that, because you can have very massive seizures. I stopped mine once by tapering off, and even then I had a few really bad ones, ended up on the floor very bloody etc. You have a certain amount of medication still in your system, so if you have not been healed, you may not get into trouble right away, but if you do get into trouble, you could get hurt really bad and make your condition much worse. If you have not had a seizure in a long time, perhaps with your doctor, you could try going off gradually. I think God wants us to have faith, and to act on faith, but He also wants us to be careful and discerning. We can't all be St. Peter. The woman with the issue of blood felt immediately in her body that she was healed. I pray all the time that God will take my seizures away, but if He allows it, it is for the best. So I accept it, and am thankful. With humility it bears fruit, as I am sure you know. - Matthew

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