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If I were to consider a temporal lobectomy for my complex partial seizures and/or OCD, would my remaining 'lobes' take over its functions? I know this sounds drastic, as I haven't yet been 'officially' diagnosed with seizures, and I don't 'officially' know they're coming from my temporal lobe(s)...but my OCD is definitely severe enough alone to consider having one if it would cure me!
Association of temporal lobe epilepsy and obsessive-compulsive disorder in a patient successfully treated with right temporal lobectomy:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15907757
Epilepsy & OCD:
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/mood_obsessivecompulsivedisorder
How commonly is surgery used to correct complex partial seizures? Is it sort of a last resort after meds and VNS are tried? And from what I've been reading, complex partials, especially those arising from the temporal lobes, are hard to control with meds?
Association of temporal lobe epilepsy and obsessive-compulsive disorder in a patient successfully treated with right temporal lobectomy:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15907757
Epilepsy & OCD:
http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/mood_obsessivecompulsivedisorder
How commonly is surgery used to correct complex partial seizures? Is it sort of a last resort after meds and VNS are tried? And from what I've been reading, complex partials, especially those arising from the temporal lobes, are hard to control with meds?