Quite frankly,
your doctor is off his rocker. :soap: It's time, methinks, to doctor-shop. They are NOT Gods. *slapping forehead*
Pardon me ahead of time for my little :twocents: OK........a bit more than that. :bigsmile:
If there is one thing that really gets my goat, it is doctors that do NOT listen, and PAs that are equally stupid.
It is entirely possible for the seizures to be that deep down in the brain, and not be caught. For heaven's sake, my EEGs came out perfectly for 40+ years. Yet the doctors KNEW I had E....they'd seen it themselves.
PNES (non-epileptic seizures) are NOT stopped by meds, as your psych doc told you. They are, in simple terms, brought on by other things--sometimes stress, sometimes mental trauma--and there is NOT a biological cause for them as opposed to epileptic seizures.
Any reputable neurologist knows the difference between the two. If they do not, then they need to go back to school.
Don't EVER let a doctor/neurologist/epileptologist talk down to you. YOU pay THEIR salary. You're doing a great job going in prepared. Keep it up, as knowledge IS power.
But seriously, go doctor-shopping if you need to. Being made to feel like you don't know what you're talking about isn't necessary. You should be able to carry on a coherent, mature conversation where both of you can talk calmly and rationally. If the doc can't do that........bye bye!
Not an easy thing, especially if your options in the area are limited. But, for your own sanity.......NECESSARY AND WORTH IT.
Take care,
Meetz
:rock:
your doctor is off his rocker. :soap: It's time, methinks, to doctor-shop. They are NOT Gods. *slapping forehead*
Pardon me ahead of time for my little :twocents: OK........a bit more than that. :bigsmile:
If there is one thing that really gets my goat, it is doctors that do NOT listen, and PAs that are equally stupid.
It is entirely possible for the seizures to be that deep down in the brain, and not be caught. For heaven's sake, my EEGs came out perfectly for 40+ years. Yet the doctors KNEW I had E....they'd seen it themselves.
PNES (non-epileptic seizures) are NOT stopped by meds, as your psych doc told you. They are, in simple terms, brought on by other things--sometimes stress, sometimes mental trauma--and there is NOT a biological cause for them as opposed to epileptic seizures.
Any reputable neurologist knows the difference between the two. If they do not, then they need to go back to school.
Don't EVER let a doctor/neurologist/epileptologist talk down to you. YOU pay THEIR salary. You're doing a great job going in prepared. Keep it up, as knowledge IS power.
But seriously, go doctor-shopping if you need to. Being made to feel like you don't know what you're talking about isn't necessary. You should be able to carry on a coherent, mature conversation where both of you can talk calmly and rationally. If the doc can't do that........bye bye!
Not an easy thing, especially if your options in the area are limited. But, for your own sanity.......NECESSARY AND WORTH IT.
Take care,
Meetz
:rock: