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Hi.
just want to post something that i have been thinking about and seek out opinions from others in the CWE community.
i was diagnosed with epilepsy in february this year - took the docs a couple of months to figure it out. but after that diagnosis i was torn between two categories. my mri and eeg came back all clear so the drs were tossing up epilepsy due to idiopathic causes or pseudo seizures. one warranted seeing a neurologists and the other choice seeing a psychiatrist and adding anti-depressants with my epilepsy meds. took me a lot to understand all this. in july a 24hr eeg found seizure activity in my left temporal lobe so i was lucky to get a conclusive diagnosis.
a work colleague has been experiencing similiar stuff. she confided in me and we compared notes. hers (in my non medically trained opinion) seems to come from the other category. see is on anti-depressants, admitted she has been very depressed and stressed, and had a terrible childhood. all the research i did on psuedo seizures said they were still seizures and the body didn't know any different.
at my workplace i am trying to explain to people to be more empathetic to my colleague - because everyone just thinks she is kooky. i feel bad becasue i was in the same boat until i was lucky that something was found - could've been me. everyone has been kind and supportive of me, but not so to her. aren't we all the same? regardless of who has proof of what causes our seizures?
has anyone else thought this? love to hear your opinions.
have a lovely day.
just want to post something that i have been thinking about and seek out opinions from others in the CWE community.
i was diagnosed with epilepsy in february this year - took the docs a couple of months to figure it out. but after that diagnosis i was torn between two categories. my mri and eeg came back all clear so the drs were tossing up epilepsy due to idiopathic causes or pseudo seizures. one warranted seeing a neurologists and the other choice seeing a psychiatrist and adding anti-depressants with my epilepsy meds. took me a lot to understand all this. in july a 24hr eeg found seizure activity in my left temporal lobe so i was lucky to get a conclusive diagnosis.
a work colleague has been experiencing similiar stuff. she confided in me and we compared notes. hers (in my non medically trained opinion) seems to come from the other category. see is on anti-depressants, admitted she has been very depressed and stressed, and had a terrible childhood. all the research i did on psuedo seizures said they were still seizures and the body didn't know any different.
at my workplace i am trying to explain to people to be more empathetic to my colleague - because everyone just thinks she is kooky. i feel bad becasue i was in the same boat until i was lucky that something was found - could've been me. everyone has been kind and supportive of me, but not so to her. aren't we all the same? regardless of who has proof of what causes our seizures?
has anyone else thought this? love to hear your opinions.
have a lovely day.
