My boyfriend has bilateral TLE and has changed over time.....

Hi mks5288, Hyposexuality is a frequent practical problem with epilepsy, especially with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE). With TLE, hyposexuality is in one of the major areas of the Geschwind Syndrome associated with altered sexuality. While my TLE made me sexually apathetic, the intensification of cognitive and emotional behaviour of the Geschwind Syndrome, along with priapistic seizures, fascinated a wide range of possessive Draculas across the board through my adolescence into early adult years. To myself, TLE placed me in Oberon's enchanted forest as a bashful, while arrogant, little Puck, much as in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", but with my large Becker's Nevus, many people would try to pet me at first glance, and a few would use force. As with epilepsy, is my Becker's Nevus an "it", or is it a part of "me"? This is relevant because many doctors think they can cut people into pieces without damaging the whole person, though most everyone will just look away whenever the issue arises. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CoBvwhPXqg A few other bits about the "forbidden knowlege" of sex and epilepsy is at http://www.epilepsy.com/blogentry/991114 This direct link often only works when a person is not signed-on here, otherwise it defaults to the homepage. My experiences with neurologists is limited to Medicaid neurologists, and minimal services with patient dumping seems to be the norm. Trying to discuss much of anything with a neurologist has been impossible, so I found a neurological journal article on AEDs that discussed concisely the issue I was then interested in: "Since the seizure manifestations (of partial seizures) are often not too disruptive, the patient may prefer incomplete control over the side effects of high doses of medication." The neurologist, who previously told me my MRI was normal (months after surgery by an emergency neurosurgeon for a frontal subdural hematoma (hence, the moniker "3Hours2Live")), he tossed the papers aside, and asked "You have a brain tumor or something?" He told me that he was going to follow standard practices, and walked out. Trying to find a different or understanding Medicaid neurologist is like asking an oak tree for advice, though the tree will be no more harmful than doing nothing. As far as a "Normal Life" with sex, epilepsy, and Medicare/Medicaid: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8347776 http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/reader-diaries/2010/02/23/medicaid-should-stop-paying-viagra Tadzio

This is a very common problem that I imagine most of us epileptic guys have gone through, and you know how men are, it's very difficult to tell your neurologist. Pride, etc. However, see if the doctor thinks if Lamictal might work, in addition to the tegretol. The side effects can be a little harsh the first month of so, but they dissipate, and they drug will leave him more alert and so horny he can't stand it.  It's a wonder drug.....