rage and medical help? is it a fraud?

[Janus]

I have been screaming at people now that i have Lamectal AND keppra . No seizures but i even called the epilepsy clinic last week about the problem of anger. No response so today i called again and told them that if the doctor is too busy to get back to me and in frustration i stick a gun in my mouth, it will be their medical fraud! And yes, even you, miss secretary will go to jail! You need to let me see the doc or refer me to someone else that has time AND an adult vocabulary!
I know this seems over the top but something has to be done. I am loosing friends here and making my girlfriend cry every day. My house is a complete wreck and i get so overwhelmed by trying to just clean one area (kitchen table ex.) i just want to go outside and swing an axe at the tree in the back yard. UGH! I do not want to be like this. it is hell. And i quit smoking 11 months ago so i wonder why? Sorry to bring you down with this rant.

 

[Fedup]

Janus

There is no problem, I know just what you mean and the fact you know it makes it worse. You good to quit smoking, I am trying but its not going good. Its a bit annoying when you can not get in touch with a doctor as you know and all you can do is keep trying. I am sorry you are having a bad time of it my friend.

:hugs: for you my friend.

 

[Cint]

This is not over the top. Unfortunately it is part of having E and being on some of the meds. They can make a person CRAZY!! Do you have a psychiatrist? What about seeing your primary care dr. ASAP? Your meds need to be lowered or something. If you are feeling that bad, go to the ER.

 

[Janus]

i did get a call back from the doc and he said to stop taking the evening keppra and call him in a week.

 

[Dolores]

So glad to hear a doctor called and gave you something positive to do. Sometimes being "over the top" is the only way to get people's attention that you need help. I think that most of us handle it so well, at least from an outsider's point of view, that they don't realize just how much we are being affected by the electrical storms in our brains.

Hang in there :hugs:

 

[rich956]

So glad someone replied to you;;;I had issues with Keppra also and have just gotten
completely off the 3000 mg a day keppra and have started to feel somewhat better.
I got so low emotionally that my mental health doc called my nouro himself and told him to change meds...
And were all here together: Best Wishes !
Grats on the stopping smoking...Stopped 7 years ago for me !

 

[valeriedl]

I'm on keppra and I get angry really easy - keprage is what it's called on here.

I've gone off on people in all sorts of places. Grocery stores, restaurants and I went to a concert last year where I almost got into a fist fight with 2 people. There's a good bit more than the concert story that I think anyone may have wanted to punch these two guys in the face however.

I've talked to my neuro about getting off of the keppra but he's not really sure what to put me on. I've been on so many different meds and meds that I'm on now are doing a pretty good job of reducing the amount of seizures that I have. But he is thinking about something else for me to take.

When it comes to dr calls I get really mad at them about not getting return calls. If I don't get a call the next day then I'll call back. Then I start calling 2 times a day, then 3, then 4 ext... until I finally get a call back from them.

I always try to actually talk to a person and leave the message to them instead of leaving one in a voice mail. Most offices have a list of numbers to press for certain things. Press 1 for appointments, 2 for refills, 3 to leave a message for your dr and things like that. If you keep pressing 0 then it puts you to a person. If you talk to a person 4 times a day they get sick of hearing from you and make the dr call you back just so you'll quit calling them.

Luckily all of the people who work at the front desk at my neuro's office are American and speak English. My neuro however is foreign but he speaks English pretty good. It is hard understanding him over the phone sometimes though.

One thing that relaxing (if you want to describe it that way) is doing some serious cleaning. I put my head phones in and scrub the crap out of things. It makes it better than punching a hole in the wall. I do it one room at a time because I'm usually worn out after doing the first room.