[epilepsy] Re: pseudo seizures

 

Laura,
Last week I replied,I didn't refer to an article that's titled,"When a Seizure Isn't caused by Epilepsy".Go to www.epilepsyUSA.org & look/read it in Issue 2 of epilepsyUSA.
Tim Baldwin
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "gigglebug18" <little_laughing_laura@...> wrote:
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> i have been diagnosed with epilepsy since i was 14(i am now 33)i started out having grand mal as i got older i developed other types. i have moved to a new state meaning a new neurologist she is conviced that i am only have pseudo seizures accusing me of "faking" since my diagnosis even though i have had multiple EEG's showing seizure activity. she had me do an 8 day stay in the epilepsy monitoring unit and since no seizures happened she said this proved her point and sent me to a pyschiatrist. i told her i have gone as long as 2 years without a seizure that it did not prove anything. also when i was pregnant for my daughter i went off all my meds the day i found out, no weaning whatsoever. has anyone else had this happen? because this is now in my medical records when i left her my new neurologist(after her) now believes this as well and doesnt want to do anything for me either, he says to continue with the pyschiatrist! even when i do have a seizure they say it is not a real one just some underlying mental condition!
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