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Adult son with epilepsy
Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:04Topic: Men With Epilepsy
I have an adult son age 24 with left temperal lobe epilepsy, he has been in the military for 5 years and was diagnosed two years ago. He is being released. I just found out that he has been lying to us about a lot of things, especially with his money. He has gone through a tremendous amount of money in the past 4 years and according to him has spent most of it on alcohol. He is on medication and it seems like he is almost a compulsive liar, it seems he's had this problem since he was a teen. He was definitely raised to know right from wrong. I just don't want to be hard on him if it is a symptom of his disorder. Either way I am going to tell him he needs counseling as well as financial counseling. So my question is could these problems be attributed to the epilepsy and/or his medications?
Re: Adult son with epilepsy
Submitted by hnubtshiab on Wed, 2011-10-05 - 21:30
It could be attributed to epilepsy in that, that is the way he deals with his epilepsy. With that said, I don't think epilepsy itself causes that behavior.
I suspect though that there are other things behind his drinking, lying and spending. I think you're right that he should see a counselor.
It could be attributed to epilepsy in that, that is the way he deals with his epilepsy. With that said, I don't think epilepsy itself causes that behavior.
I suspect though that there are other things behind his drinking, lying and spending. I think you're right that he should see a counselor.