Epilepsy In Prison, A Tough TIme

My Epileptic issues started in 2017 when I experienced a car crash due to going unconsious while driving. I hit 2 parked cars, totaling my car. 2 women came out to see if I was ok, when they came to check up on me, I turned on my car in a confused state of mind, and drove back home. I dont know how I got in bed at home, but I fell asleep. I awoke extremely tired hearing a knock at the door, as I walked to answer the door, the door came flying open towards me. The police checked my entire house and car for drugs and alcohol but couldn't find anything. I wasn't responding well to questioning and my slurry speech caused the police to worry about whats wrong with me. An ambulance arrived and I was later cleared of any use of drug or alcohol. I received a total of $90 in tickets for the accident and the ticket I received for "failure to notify police" was dropped in court. I had 2 tonic clonic seizures since then, their stories arent too crazy enough to tell. Fast forward to May 2018, I was arrested for selling drugs, which I only sold for one month! lol I was caught quick! During my time in county prison, I was placed in Medical Housing Unit since I have been disabled for 12 years so far with many disabilities ranging from having one lung to having cancer to rhuematoid arthritis of the spine to multiple sclerosis. My bail was $500,000 so I was placed in a "suicide cell" as a mandatory procedure. Nothing to read, no view of a TV, not allowed out of the cell, no showers, no phone calls, the bottom of the door was welded closed, no food port, "finger food" only, and only about 10 squares of toilet paper a day! I was forced to wear nothing but a Kevlar smock and Crocs, no underwear or anything. The living conditions were extremely bad! After a week of that treatment, I started talking to myself, hallucinating, and Then one day I was cleared to go to "general population" in the Medical Housing Unit. After moving me from one cell to another cell, I noticed that they placed me in a prison cell that was enclosed behind bullet proof glass! As mentioned earlier, I have only one lung, so breathing inside that cell was extremely difficult! I started screaming and shouting for a Correctional Officer to let me out of the cell and move me, but they really didn't care. I started having troubles breathing in the cell, my heart rate and breathing became rapid. My head hurt more then it ever had in my lifetime. I began to worry about passing out because of low oxygen being in a cell enclosed behind glass with only one lung to breathe with. My anxiety was at an all time high and I began smashing the door as hard as I could with my fists to get the Correctional Officers to come and help. After 2-3 minutes of that, I fell unconsious to the floor, taking small gasps of air under the doorway to try to survive. Inmates began screaming and yelling for the Correctional Officers to help me, so they finally opened the door to my cell. One inmate I knew personally came to my cell, picked me up off the floor and walked me to a table where he laid me flat on the table untill medical staff would arrive. I still thank that inmate from the bottom of my heart for his bravery that day! Medical Staff arrived and watched me having a Tonic Clonic seizure for approximately 10-15 minutes. Medical Staff in prison did absolutely NOTHING to help me, all they did was watch me having the seizure, laughed at me, acted like I was wasting their time, and called me names. When I awoke, I had no idea how I got on the table, but I was very tired and exhausted, and I thought I was unconsious for what felt like hours long to me. Inmates later told me it only lasted 10-15 minutes. A similar incident happened in July 2018, while still in prison! I was moved to Restricted Housing Unit (known as "the hole") and placed in a "suicide cell" for 17 days. During my third day in "the hole", Correctional Officers that day decided not to feed me at all that day. They skipped going to my cell to give me breakfast or lunch that day, and when dinner time came... a Correctional Officer came to only give me a slice of bread and a cup of water for dinner that day. I started yelling about why I was left to starve that day and how I was being mistreated. The Correctional Officer on duty at that time decided to yell at me, curse at me, taunt me to fight him, and he threw the bread on the floor, leaving me to starve that complete day. Later that day when Correctional Officers came to count the prisoners, I started having breathing problems again like my last seizure. I started having anothing Tonic Clonic seizure, but this time I fell face forward against the cell door and smashed the front of my skull very hard, causing bleeding all over myself. I asked the Correctional Officer on duty for help, which he then just cursed me out and left. I DID NOT GET ANY HELP FOR 7 HOURS! When the Correctional Officers changed shifts and came to count prisoners again, one Correctional Officer noticed my head was bleeding and that I was walking around in my cell talking to myself. The Correctional Officer that shift asked me "are you okay?", and all I could do is shake my head to tell him "no". As hard as I tried to talk, I couldn't move my mouth to form the words. He opened my cell, something that is not allowed in "the hole", and walked me with no handcuffs on to see Medical Staff. This Correctional Officer was the only one that gave me any compassion during that time. The Medical Staff did nothing to help me and placed me back in a "suicide cell" back in the Medical Housing Unit for the next 48 hours, this time in a special designed "suicide cell with a camera". I was watched for the next 30 hours of 48 hours constantly sleeping, talking to myself, wondering where I was, not aknowledging that I was in prison, and constantly using the bathroom often while staggering to even get to the toilet. I was setenced to "time served" in September 2018 and released from prison after serving 3 and half months total. I've had 3 Tonic Clonic Seizures since then, 2 Partial Complex Seizures, and have seen a doctor for a proper diagnosis. The diagnosis was Epilepsy with Tonic Clonic Seizures and Partial Complex Seizures. December 24th 2018, I had an MRI done for the Epilepsy and nothing significant was found by the hospital. I found this odd, knowing my history of over 30 tumors taken out of my sinus's at another hospital, and knowing all the issues going on. I visited my doctor on January 9th 2019, for a follow up appointment and was told that my doctor had found significant damage to my Cerebellum and Arbor Vitae, but thats all that he could find. I was placed on Valproic Acid for medication as a starting point, and I am awaiting my next appointment to tell my doctor I am not doing too well with that medication. At this point I am crossing my fingers and hoping for a medication that will be a "miracle" for me. Taking medication hasn't "cured" or "treated" my Epilepsy yet, but it has done a great job of solving my anxiety that was caused by being scared that I would have another seizure again. - Israel, age 30, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA