Help I ready to give up

[Leslise]

I have abscess and tonic clonic seizures can anyone help me and tell me how tell to get though the bad day

[UnwelcomeVisitor]

Good morning,

As a man who has had epilepsy for many years now I can understand where you are coming from. Uncontrolled seizures can really drag us down from time to time.

It is a known factor proved by neurologists that sometimes anxiety, panic attacks and depression can be directly linked to epilepsy. Obviously when we go through rough patches depression can certainly kick in and as I have always said that negative thinking can really take us down, and we certainly don’t want to go down. If possible it is always best to keep ourselves fairly near to the surface.

Maybe it is time for you to ring your neurologists secretary asking for a revised appointment allowing you to see the neurologist at an earlier date.

As you may know there are some twenty three different anti-epilepsy drugs (AEDs) some of which could help to control epilepsy in a better way and thus making life much more bearable. Likewise a complete overhaul of your AED strategy could be needed.

I wish you well and I sincerely hope your life can become a somewhat different one.

Please keep me updated.

Regards

Richard

[UnwelcomeVisitor]

This is certainly not an easy question to answer as any person who has uncontrolled including myself will tell you.

There are so many different and difficult facets to epilepsy. Likewise there so many different causes that are both known and unknown to us.

In your case it could be a change of your anti-epilepsy drugs (AEDs) coupled with a change in your lifestyle. Good examples of this are each and every night getting a good nights sleep, an example of this will be going to bed at an earlier time and thus ensuring that you get 10 hours sleep on a nightly basis. Not drinking alcohol as it is medical fact alcohol and AEDs do not go together.

Always ensuring that you eat well and at the same time each and everyday. In particular this means not living on snacks. A good breakfast can makes a world of difference to all of us. Lunch is the next essential meal for your daily diet etc.

May I suggest that you telephone your neurologist secretary and explain your circumstances and request an earlier appointment to see your neurologist.

I hope that this has helped you and that you receive an earlier appointment.

I wish you well and please keep me updated.

Richard

[EpilepsyAction1 Partner Epilepsy Action]

Hi

It sounds like things are a struggle for you at the moment. I just wanted to make sure you know about the various types of support that Epilepsy Action offers: epilepsy.org.uk/info/suppor...

Hope that helps a bit.

Regards

Cherry

Epilepsy Action Helpline Team