I got diagnosed with epilepsy back in March, and I don't know what to do. There is a lot of back round to talk about though.
When I was 13 I was diagnosed with bi-polar and PTSD. I was put on lexapro, seraqual, and lamictal. I was taken off lexapro because I was 95 pounds and in the first week ended up losing 7 pounds, and I didn't have weight to lose obviously. So they put me on Celexa instead of Lexapro. I was always skinny, my family never gained any weight. Even the pregnant women never gained more then 25 pounds during pregnancy. We have amazing metabolism. So from age 13-16 I went from 95 pounds to 155 at my heaviest. I lost my metabolism. I trained in karate and was always active I ate healthy there was nothing I could do. At 16 I met my fiance, then boyfriend, and he told me I need to stop with the medicine because my mental state was going. I always had a happy personality but the medicine made me dull. The medicine was meant to control the bi-polar but made me more suicidal, depressed, lifeless is the best word. Plus no matter how hard I tried I lost my metabolism, I could NOT lose weight. I stopped the celexa at 17, cold turkey. I was told it could have killed me but I didn't care. Then at 18 I stopped the lamictal and seraqual XR cold turkey.
When I stopped everything I lost all the fat I gained. I'm down to 112 no effort, I can eat what I want, and I don't gain weight. So in 6 years I gained 60 pounds of fat after working my butt of, and eating healthy then lost 43 pounds with little effort.
When I turned 19 I ended up getting dizzy spells that continued getting worse and worse. I could feel that when I would stand up I would get dizzy and fall. And I can't cope with temperature very well. With bathes I would be ok one minute then overheat and start losing conscienceness. I would get out then lay down. I never told anyone till March, when my fiance and I took a shower together, there was no sex, just talking. I fell. I completely blacked out. He caught me and put me down. I came back and he told me were going to the ER. We went they did extensive testing and found nothing. Then I went and had an EEG, and they found epilepsy.
I am not on medicine. After my teenage expierience with nuerological medicine I do not think anything could ever make me go back on it. I am trying with the ketogenic diet, and it works a little, if I eat the diet perfectly. But I know its getting worse. If I stop doing something, anything for an extended amount of time I start to get dizzy, and trip and stumble. I will sit down in 75 degree weather then starting to sweat and not feel the actually temperature. I never have an issue with cold weather.
If anyone can help, or tell me anything that would be appreciated. I do not have insurance, and can't afford to go to a nuerologist. I have no family to help pay for anything. I apologize for all the grammer mistakes, its 1:30am and I can't sleep. I just need to talk to someone about this.
When I was 13 I was diagnosed with bi-polar and PTSD. I was put on lexapro, seraqual, and lamictal. I was taken off lexapro because I was 95 pounds and in the first week ended up losing 7 pounds, and I didn't have weight to lose obviously. So they put me on Celexa instead of Lexapro. I was always skinny, my family never gained any weight. Even the pregnant women never gained more then 25 pounds during pregnancy. We have amazing metabolism. So from age 13-16 I went from 95 pounds to 155 at my heaviest. I lost my metabolism. I trained in karate and was always active I ate healthy there was nothing I could do. At 16 I met my fiance, then boyfriend, and he told me I need to stop with the medicine because my mental state was going. I always had a happy personality but the medicine made me dull. The medicine was meant to control the bi-polar but made me more suicidal, depressed, lifeless is the best word. Plus no matter how hard I tried I lost my metabolism, I could NOT lose weight. I stopped the celexa at 17, cold turkey. I was told it could have killed me but I didn't care. Then at 18 I stopped the lamictal and seraqual XR cold turkey.
When I stopped everything I lost all the fat I gained. I'm down to 112 no effort, I can eat what I want, and I don't gain weight. So in 6 years I gained 60 pounds of fat after working my butt of, and eating healthy then lost 43 pounds with little effort.
When I turned 19 I ended up getting dizzy spells that continued getting worse and worse. I could feel that when I would stand up I would get dizzy and fall. And I can't cope with temperature very well. With bathes I would be ok one minute then overheat and start losing conscienceness. I would get out then lay down. I never told anyone till March, when my fiance and I took a shower together, there was no sex, just talking. I fell. I completely blacked out. He caught me and put me down. I came back and he told me were going to the ER. We went they did extensive testing and found nothing. Then I went and had an EEG, and they found epilepsy.
I am not on medicine. After my teenage expierience with nuerological medicine I do not think anything could ever make me go back on it. I am trying with the ketogenic diet, and it works a little, if I eat the diet perfectly. But I know its getting worse. If I stop doing something, anything for an extended amount of time I start to get dizzy, and trip and stumble. I will sit down in 75 degree weather then starting to sweat and not feel the actually temperature. I never have an issue with cold weather.
If anyone can help, or tell me anything that would be appreciated. I do not have insurance, and can't afford to go to a nuerologist. I have no family to help pay for anything. I apologize for all the grammer mistakes, its 1:30am and I can't sleep. I just need to talk to someone about this.
