I've been diagnosed with Bipolar I/psychotic features for a number of years. Thankfully, I've also been stable on meds for a number of years as well. A few weeks ago, for lack of a better descriptor, my brain seems to have exploded, and I was diagnosed with Photosensitive Occipital Lobe Epilepsy. I have complex partial seizures. My eyes flutter, I freeze in place, can not speak, my face twitches and my eyebrows do some crazy things. I am fully conscious during these seizures but am unable to respond to my environment. They last 30 seconds to a minute and generally cluster. I have literally had hundreds in one day.
I have been photosensitive ever since I had meningitis 9 years ago. I was definitely bipolar before the meningitis but managed to coast along unmedicated. Less than a year after meningitis, I ended up hospitalized in the psych ward.
I had some possible seizure like events over the years but they were minor and very infrequent so I never worried about them. Then everything went haywire in mid-July. I am still trying to mentally come to terms with having epilepsy. I felt like bipolar I was enough to deal with. Now this. Just curious if anyone else suffered from both conditions.
Additionally, I have ADHD, restless legs syndrome, a near permanent migraine, and Celiac's disease.
Also- has anyone else had meningitis? Did they find themselves with major neurological problems afterwards or did it exacerbate existing ones?
I had fungal meningitis. I lived in a top floor apartment with a horribly leaking roof that was infested with mold.
I have been photosensitive ever since I had meningitis 9 years ago. I was definitely bipolar before the meningitis but managed to coast along unmedicated. Less than a year after meningitis, I ended up hospitalized in the psych ward.
I had some possible seizure like events over the years but they were minor and very infrequent so I never worried about them. Then everything went haywire in mid-July. I am still trying to mentally come to terms with having epilepsy. I felt like bipolar I was enough to deal with. Now this. Just curious if anyone else suffered from both conditions.
Additionally, I have ADHD, restless legs syndrome, a near permanent migraine, and Celiac's disease.
Also- has anyone else had meningitis? Did they find themselves with major neurological problems afterwards or did it exacerbate existing ones?
I had fungal meningitis. I lived in a top floor apartment with a horribly leaking roof that was infested with mold.