Hi everyone. (sorry I didn't know WHAT to have as the title!
I'd considered myself as pretty much cured of epilepsy (is that even possible!?) after having brain surgery in March 2017.
I've not have any breakthrough seizures, it's coming up to 12 months!.., there has been 2 incidents I had a few months ago that I'd call auras that I always had as a buildup for my seizures to begin, but none materialised into full on seizures. I'm still on keppra and lamotrigine like I have been for a handful of years, which I'll be weaned off in the future.
My issues have arisen over the past few months. Due to the difficulties I had after surgery, I stayed pretty secluded from the worries of life, finance was dealt by my wife, I stayed away from returning to work, grocery shopping etc... I took things REALLY slowly.
I went out for regular fresh air walks through parks, going to see family/friends etc...
Things went well, and I felt it was time to comeback to reality, so I returned to work, begun doing tasks a normal 34 year old person, married with 1 child does.
The problems begin to rear it's head when this happened.
I begun suffering from anxiety, 1 particularly incident following a tiny misunderstanding with a colleague at work, that I blew out of proportion throughout the day, to a point I begun crying/shaking uncontrollably for a while that evening.
Having spoken to my gp, I'm having therapy to help me out of the anxiety.
Now I seem to have begun having slightly disturbing mental issues. Seriously imagining the idea of death, the consequences, sometime ideas of suicide.. I'm also having issues with pretty severe rage against other people. I'm able to tame this anger, but lord knows where I'm going with this. These sudden issues have really made me feel I've taken a step backwards, even though I'd felt I was pretty much 100%, and the worries of what may happen next is a concern.
Has anyone else had side-effects like the above post surgery? What are the side effects of surgery epilepsy?
What steps should I take next?
I'd considered myself as pretty much cured of epilepsy (is that even possible!?) after having brain surgery in March 2017.
I've not have any breakthrough seizures, it's coming up to 12 months!.., there has been 2 incidents I had a few months ago that I'd call auras that I always had as a buildup for my seizures to begin, but none materialised into full on seizures. I'm still on keppra and lamotrigine like I have been for a handful of years, which I'll be weaned off in the future.
My issues have arisen over the past few months. Due to the difficulties I had after surgery, I stayed pretty secluded from the worries of life, finance was dealt by my wife, I stayed away from returning to work, grocery shopping etc... I took things REALLY slowly.
I went out for regular fresh air walks through parks, going to see family/friends etc...
Things went well, and I felt it was time to comeback to reality, so I returned to work, begun doing tasks a normal 34 year old person, married with 1 child does.
The problems begin to rear it's head when this happened.
I begun suffering from anxiety, 1 particularly incident following a tiny misunderstanding with a colleague at work, that I blew out of proportion throughout the day, to a point I begun crying/shaking uncontrollably for a while that evening.
Having spoken to my gp, I'm having therapy to help me out of the anxiety.
Now I seem to have begun having slightly disturbing mental issues. Seriously imagining the idea of death, the consequences, sometime ideas of suicide.. I'm also having issues with pretty severe rage against other people. I'm able to tame this anger, but lord knows where I'm going with this. These sudden issues have really made me feel I've taken a step backwards, even though I'd felt I was pretty much 100%, and the worries of what may happen next is a concern.
Has anyone else had side-effects like the above post surgery? What are the side effects of surgery epilepsy?
What steps should I take next?