Paranoia

[RanMan]

Another type of petit mal seizure I get (maybe this is from the meds) is paranoia:

In my own case, I'm on dilantin, pheonobarbitol and Mesasol (for
ulcerative colitis) and the side effects are having a devestating
effect on me. I subconsciencely over compensate, IE: When I'm
driving, I seem to always be going too far to the right because I
feel that the oncomming traffic is going to hit me.

If I'm walking down the street and someone is walking towards me I
always get paranoid and feel uncomfortable or even if someone is in
the same room as I am i get paranoid and all of a sudden the room
feels over crowded, even with my own family.

All my driving is jerky (so my wife says) like fast starts, fast
stops, jerky steering and generally poor judgement, and my meds have
also effected my eyesight.

Randy

[lindy]

It might be from the seizures - it might be from all of the drugs - and it might be totally unrelated. I get paranoid in connection with panic/anxiety attacks. I've been fortunate that 5-HTP seems to have taken care of most of it.