Psuedoseizure Specialist?

[TexasMommy]

I am soooo desperate to find a doctor that specializes in pseudoseizures! Does anyone have any leads. I live in San Antonio, Texas, but I am willing to try anything at this point. My current doctor is kind of brushing me off to the side, but I am still lost and confused. Can anyone point me in the right direction?! I am willing to go anywhere especially somewhere in Texas, but at this point I will take anything! Thanks in advance!

 

[RobinN]

If I were in your same position, I would contact Thoughtful House (for children) and ask for recommendations for an adult specialist.

Another place to contact would be:
http://www.andrewsreiter.com/

A few other sites I pulled up on a quick search:
http://www.webspawner.com/users/charmagick/index.html

Elmer Green and his colleagues using biofeedback and hypnotic methods

Recently, quality of life in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) was shown to correlate with depression, not seizure frequency (JW Psychiatry Aug 31 2009). This new study examines outcomes of 260 consecutive patients 12 months after being diagnosed with PNES.

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (NES) are commonly encountered in clinical practice, and they may pose difficult diagnostic problems. For appropriate evaluation and treatment of NES, a multidisciplinary team approach is needed; typically, a neurologist with expertise in epilepsy, a psychologist or psychiatrist, and a support staff should be involved. Psychogenic NES have no single initial clinical manifestation, and various etiologic factors may contribute to their development. Of importance, psychogenic NES are "real" seizures that may be as disabling as epileptic seizures. Most often, …

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Proper and correct treatments of non-epileptic seizures are mainly depend upon the various causes or reasons of non-epileptic seizures. Neurologist, specialist, nurse and psychiatrist or psychologist are play an important role in deciding right treatment for non-epileptic seizures. There are some methods of treatment of non-epileptic seizures which can make well non-epileptic seizures;

* Encouraging professional psychotherapy can be provided good treatment for non-epileptic seizures by relieving stress and trauma.
* Regular relaxation exercise and some biofeedback are very essential for treatment of non-epileptic seizures.
* Non-epileptic seizures are also treated by different stress management techniques.
* Medications like anti-depressants, anxiety are also used in treatment of non-epileptic seizures.

http://www.depression-guide.com/epilepsy-seizure/non-epileptic-seizures.htm

.... and my suggestions would be to work on nutrition. It plays such and important part in neurological health. Vit D has also been shown recently to be helpful for depression. Dr Mercola just did an article on it. Fish Oil is also extremely important.