Hi,
I am relatively new to seizures. I had my first one at 23 years of age last March, while driving home from work. They did all of the testing (twice because I went for a second opinion) and everything looked okay, so they took me off of the Keppra. In July I had another one. I am now on Keppra every day and I am waiting for the anxiety and stress to go away. I was told that the longer I go without having a seizure, the easier it will get. But, because I don't have any kind of aura or anything, I'm afraid everything means I'm going to have a seizure. By everything, i mean I drink too much caffeine and feel like I'll have one, one glass of wine and I feel like I'll have one. My poor boyfriend hears "am I going to have a seizure" or "I think I'm going to have a seizure" literally every day. I am so full of anxiety and stress and just sadness because it has changed my life for the worse and I can't seem to calm myself down, and stress is a trigger for seizures, so that only makes it worse.
Someone, please, does it get easier?
I am relatively new to seizures. I had my first one at 23 years of age last March, while driving home from work. They did all of the testing (twice because I went for a second opinion) and everything looked okay, so they took me off of the Keppra. In July I had another one. I am now on Keppra every day and I am waiting for the anxiety and stress to go away. I was told that the longer I go without having a seizure, the easier it will get. But, because I don't have any kind of aura or anything, I'm afraid everything means I'm going to have a seizure. By everything, i mean I drink too much caffeine and feel like I'll have one, one glass of wine and I feel like I'll have one. My poor boyfriend hears "am I going to have a seizure" or "I think I'm going to have a seizure" literally every day. I am so full of anxiety and stress and just sadness because it has changed my life for the worse and I can't seem to calm myself down, and stress is a trigger for seizures, so that only makes it worse.
Someone, please, does it get easier?