Elaine H
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Hi Guys
I am currently trying to help a young guy who has been recently diagnosed with TLE, he is of course devastated, his employer has sacked him, his wife has left him, and of course he has lost his driving license!! He rang me this morning asking if it was common to have bad nightmares with epilepsy? I said that I had bad problems with them, and from what I had read, it was pretty common to have them with TLE, and it was this part of the brain that deals with these things. By the way, he is being started off on the AED Tegretol /Carbamazepine and wondered if this would cause nightmares.
I just wanted to know if you would mind telling me about your experiences of nightmares so that I can pass them onto him, he is only a young man and I so want him to know that he is not alone here, I have given him all the info to join us here on CWE, but of course I think he is still in denial a little bit, and when he is ready he will join and start asking his own questions, for now, he will have to make do with me, but I get the greatest of pleasure being able to help other folk, and to give something back, and just help!
No matter how crazy your dreams are folks, I want to hear all about them ok?! They cannot be any stranger than mine!!!! :roflmao:Meanwhile, after several visits to casualty this week, I still have 1st degree burns to my entire right hand, following a seizure whilst drying my hair, yep, you can imagine what happened huh? I was out of it, but I must have cupped my right hand around the dryer while it continued to blow, it is so painful!!!! I go back tomorrow for another change of dressing, I never realised that my fingers could swell up to this extent, and if I have made any typing errors, apologies!!! I hope you will drop me a line, I am feeling pretty blue at the moment guys!!!!
Hope you are all ok guys?!
Lotsalove
Lainey xxxx
I am currently trying to help a young guy who has been recently diagnosed with TLE, he is of course devastated, his employer has sacked him, his wife has left him, and of course he has lost his driving license!! He rang me this morning asking if it was common to have bad nightmares with epilepsy? I said that I had bad problems with them, and from what I had read, it was pretty common to have them with TLE, and it was this part of the brain that deals with these things. By the way, he is being started off on the AED Tegretol /Carbamazepine and wondered if this would cause nightmares.
I just wanted to know if you would mind telling me about your experiences of nightmares so that I can pass them onto him, he is only a young man and I so want him to know that he is not alone here, I have given him all the info to join us here on CWE, but of course I think he is still in denial a little bit, and when he is ready he will join and start asking his own questions, for now, he will have to make do with me, but I get the greatest of pleasure being able to help other folk, and to give something back, and just help!
No matter how crazy your dreams are folks, I want to hear all about them ok?! They cannot be any stranger than mine!!!! :roflmao:Meanwhile, after several visits to casualty this week, I still have 1st degree burns to my entire right hand, following a seizure whilst drying my hair, yep, you can imagine what happened huh? I was out of it, but I must have cupped my right hand around the dryer while it continued to blow, it is so painful!!!! I go back tomorrow for another change of dressing, I never realised that my fingers could swell up to this extent, and if I have made any typing errors, apologies!!! I hope you will drop me a line, I am feeling pretty blue at the moment guys!!!!
Hope you are all ok guys?!
Lotsalove
Lainey xxxx
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