is epilepsy commonly comorbid with mental disorder?

[petero]

I read about others' auras and seizures on here. I feel comfort to find that others have experiences like mine. But at times it feels like there is even some type of agency or group of imposters online monitoring my interactions online and that it even has a power to induce seizures in me. Is this type of thinking itself a seizure or aura? When deja or jamais vus hit me it's easy to think "ok I'm having a déjà vu" but I want to rationalize what seems so real and I can tend to rationalize it by thinking the only logical thing: someone has hypnotized me, gives me seizures, and is making events repeat (tv shows (reruns don't help), news events... even the Venus/Jupiter alignment earlier (were they really aligned or was it just a hypnotic suggestion for me to "see" them up there?), making events re-occur to watch my actions, like a lab rat doing the same experiment again and again to give more thorough results
posting this online might even confirm for this group their mission is succeeding but posting things online can be easier than bringing them up with my therapist.
I know a modicum about mental diseases and reading about this type of stuff coming from myself sounds obviously problematic. So I guess it's not completely consuming of my rational thinking. I read and heard a story in the news about a man who is in custody for doing some things, he had talked about aliens and strange things but in his case the ideations obviously controlled his actions and thoughts quite entirely.
(the woman on the bus wearing earbuds must obviously be listening to a text-reader of my typing!)
I just figure that I AM being monitored and live my life like a abeyant and obey-ant CPDRC inmate, and do the daily motions and keep my mouth shut, but my life has no breadth as those in power laugh at their success.
My therapist and I discussed again my options for getting with an epileptologist finally. Who has time for a disease with all of this dance practice? (YouTube "CPDRC Thriller")
I know I've posted on here before about not having an epileptologist yet, that's not a déjà vu.
maybe the déjà vu is about thinking I have posted it before.
why does it seem the more sleep I get the worse it gets?
I don't need any replies. I needed to get this off my chest though.

 

[Nakamova]

Epilepsy can be co-morbid with depression, and there are some types of epilepsy, like TLE that are more likely to be co-morbid with disorders like DID or Bipolar. Overall, the chances that someone with epilepsy will develop an interictal psychosis are approximately 7%, with patients with TLE being at the greatest risk.

I know it's tough to convince you of this, but I promis you, you aren't being monitored and controlled by others. The epilepsy just is what it is -- a disorder that messes with your mind. No one else is messing with your mind. The Venus/Jupiter alignment really did happen.

I hope you can get to the point where you are controlling the epilepsy, and it is no longer controlling you. The epileptologist should be able to help.

 

[Aaleayha]

Because I'm not doing so wel myself and I just forgot everything I just read... I'll answer the the question I do remember

They say if you sleep too much your body gets out of whck. It's all I know.

 

[DayDreamer]

That's what all the books on epilepsy say. Hippocrates said it too: melancholics become epileptics and vice versa. I feel my patterns of thought and emotions change at times. It may be due to the variable amount of chemicals in certain areas up in my head which I assume is the cause of this dumb disorder to begin with.

I like this website which has lectures on neurology:
http://brainmind.com/Contents.html

The website can be difficult to navigate, but the free 'lectures' are all below the colored links to purchaseable books. The free lectures are individual chapters of this authors' neurological book. Some of the chapters are repetetive, but it is still informative, relevant and good to read. You can find a review of his work at American Academy of Neurology.

 

[LJ-Bain]

I hope you do get to see an epileptologist soon!
It sounds like life is getting a bit tricky for you! It must be especially hard when you've read what you've written and you don't even like the way it sounds.
I hope you get the help you need soon!

 

[Chaz1]

Is epilepsy commonly co-morbid with mental disorder? NO…not by rule.

But can you have both - yes....

And do the meds F with the mind - YES...

No simple answer to this one…in my humble oponion.

 

[Lunameower]

The brain is still a huge mystery so there really isn't a way to know what's going on with everyone even if they have similar behavior. Sometimes I feel kinda weird because I'm kinda obsessed with my seizures, I mean, I've always loved psychology and sociology, but after being officially diagnosed I wanted to know everything, even if there still is a lot of stuff that isn't known.
I know that when I'm having a lot of simple partials I feel like a mental case, I'm totally paranoid and irritable and just kinda weird feeling, but then the feeling goes away just as quickly as it came, ugh...

 

[Chaz1]

Lunameower, makes a lot of sense "a lot of simple partials" constant recovery, hard going....

 

[RobinN]

There are studies being done on the two:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419121434.htm

 

[epileric]

There are studies being done on the two:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419121434.htm

Realize they are very preliminary though & may or may not result in showing a connection.

These brain differences are potentially relevant to both psychiatric disorders in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and to schizophrenia in the general population.

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