The doc said i have the mental illness that i acts sick to get attention that i'm probly not having any seizure i asked then why did the eeg doctor stopped the test after i had a seizure while doing the test, the physo doc said that he would need a video eeg to belive that. He was there to check if the seizures were hurting my memory, the first question he asked me was had i had any traumas i my life i said yes and named them off and told him that i delt with those problems 25 years ago he just wanted to talk about what had happend to me that long ago then when all the test were over he did do some memory test i asked him what he thought and he said that mabe i couldnt do my best in some of the things that i had, because i wanted people to think that i'm sick so they will feel sorry for me and that mabe i should take prozac i told him that weight gain was part of the health issues that i told him as why i didnt want to take the antiepaletic meds for the rest of my life.
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Hi\n\nI feel that what your doctor could be referring to is a diagnosis of psychosomatic disorder.   Psychosomatic means :   Of or relating to a disorder having physical symptoms but originating from mental or emotional causes.\n\nWhilst the symptoms you are experiencing are very real, they have no organic origin.    It is more a case of the influence of your subconscious mind on your body.\n\nMost people with this disorder are genuinely in need of help and this help needs to be two fold.\n\nFirstly your physical symptoms must be addressed because as I said before, they are real.\nSecondly, you need Counselling to locate what is causing this to occur and how to locate ways within yourself to stop.\n\nI hope this helps.
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You're not sane you little imp.  lol  You just think you are, which is a form of psychosis.\n\nDon't go to the doctor though, because the meds they give you are actually tracking devices, which as you know from your last question, aren't anything you need to have on you.
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u should go have a psycoligacal testing done and get a professional opinion , then go to court and make ur case, it is hard to understand your situation cos we cant make out what ur situation is due to the way u have said it,\n\ni wish u the best
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I am bipolar. I have been on antidepressants for who knows how long. Bipolar is an illness that you don't get rid of. You have to learn how to handle it. You have to learn how to live with it. I am also on Lamictal, but I'm on Resperdol too! I take several medication that are used for depression, but they are also used for seizures too! The lamictal I'm using for my seizures. The resperdol I'm using for my bipolar. The other medication I use for my bipolar (depression) is seroquel. Sometimes you need to take two medications for one medication to work, but never take more than two medications for the same use. When you take more than two med. for the same use they confuse each other. Which can cause more problems with you and your depression. Medicine is not the only thing that is going to help you though. You also have to do some of the work yourself. Actually, you have to do about 65%-70% of it. The medicine just relaxes you and your mind, so that you can hopefully do the other 65%-70%.
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I'm not a Doctor but I have some knowledge in the medical and psych fields. You can just about cause yourself anykind of physiological problems with a psychological/neurotic problem. Look at hysterical pregnancies. It's good that you are investigating all possible avenues of diagnostics and you should surely discuss them with your Doctor as a possibility. If he/she doesn't want to consider it, then seek the opinion of a good Psychiatrist. It doesn't mean that you're crazy, it means that you're like many others in this world that have such problems and you're not alone. Try meditation or even acupuncture if you're so inclined but get some good medical advice first. God bless. Tina :)
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Question: As a child did you ever run a really high temp? My brother ran a sudden high fever(cause never found, of 105 and soaring)that nearly killed him. He was wrapped in towels and buried in a tub of ice to bring the fever down. But while waiting on the ice to be brought he was bathed from head to toe in rubbing alchol. At that time the doctor did the only things he knew to do. The fever came down but my brothers normal temp of 98.6 was changed to 96.0. So a temp of 99.0 is not low grade fever anymore; at least not for him.  Are you under great amounts of stress? Stress can do wild things to your body. Under tremendos stress  the muscles literally separated from the bones in my chest area. Doctor's at first thought it was a heart attack but my pulse did not indicate such to be the case. I felt as if a huge weight had been droped on my chest, but it was stress. Vicatin would not even allow my body any relief, and the doctors had said if it didn't help that morphine was the next step.Fianlly, after several months of just letting nature run its course; I finally stopped hollering with every breath. I would shake like I was in a ice house on min. and feel normal the next; but my temp. was up and down like a yoyo. Do you have any other symptoms, coughing, sneezing,dizzy spells, black outs, nausea? Have you been to a doctor yet? If not; I strongly reccommend you go see one immediately. Keep in mind not all diseases or illness's cause the same reaction in a person. You can take 50 people with the flu. Some it turns into more upper respitory infections, and some of those can be fatal. Others just feel crappy and tired. While some can't see much difference in the flu and what most people would call a bad cold. My temp. runs 98.6; 99.0 is low grade, and any thing more than 102.6 I start calling the doctor. As I said I strongly reccomend you go straight to a doctor and have them check you out. I wish you well.
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Sure. Try this one on for size. I was born back in 1957, with a tiny\nwhole in my heart. In the summer of '58, when I was just 16 mos.\nyoung, I had to go under the knife for open-heart surgery. \nThen, when I was closed up, a blod-clot formed, went all the way \nup to my brain, and formed a lesion: the final result was Epilepsy,\nwhich I continue to live with today--and which quite recently was\nthe result of depression, which epileptics are more prone to than\nanyone else. \nI am not yet absolutely sure that the symptoms of my depression are over with per se. (Only time shall tell.) All I can say for sure right now is that the anxiety attacks I've had up til now were 100 times than any seizures I've ever experienced over a time span\nspan of nearly 37 years.
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after full med work up to ensure youre not over taxed and that all systems are functioning. you can have your dr rx you something\ntoo lil ot go on but sounds like youre overworked, stressed.  (mental exhaustion)
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I went to the doctor and he said, "I am sorry we lost your test results but I can confirm you either have Aids or Alztheimers", "that's terriable I said what should I do"? The doctor said "go home and if you remember the way then don't sleep with your wife"
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I read both of your questions, Rosey. It is too bad that you were not diagnosed correctly to begin with. A good psychiatrist would not have put you on antidepressants without a mood stabilizer if your diagnosis was Manic Depression (Bi-Polar Disorder). \nI think the drug you are inquiring about is LAMICTAL, an anti-seizure medication. You can read about it at : http://www.lamictal.com/epilepsy/hcp/indications/faq.html\nI don't think this medication will cause bloating, and most people have no problems with it. You have had a bad reaction in the past and it is causing some anxiety, I think. What I know for certain is that if you are Bi-Polar you need a medication. Living without the meds is miserable. You won't know if Lamictal is a good medication for you or not unless you try it. The Depakote you were on does not usually cause serious stomach problems, so maybe you have a sensitive stomach. \nYou have discovered a lot about yourself : 1.you cannot take antidepressants without a mood stabilizer because it triggers the mania, 2. you have a sensitive stomach, 3. you are currently anxious. .......  Start keeping a daily diary about how you feel after you start on the Lamictal. If you have adverse reactions, call your doctor. Take your diary to your doctor on your next appointment. It will help the doctor assess your progress. There are other anti-convulsants that are available if this one doesn't work, and as a responsible adult you will be able to help your doctor make informed decisions. ...... Good Luck ! I understand EXACTLY how you feel !
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No one here can tell you exactly what the problem is. If your doctor was so unconcerned that she did not do tests to try to find out what is wrong then I would not go back there again. I would seek another doctor and report the first to the AMA if the second one finds something. With a lot of disorders more can be done to fix the problem if something is done quickly. Sometimes if you wait to long to see a good dr. nothing can be done. §
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There is no test at this time to pin point where a seizure is exactly coming from.\nIt would be very nice if they new, but they do not. They make a educated guess though....\nDo you have epilepsy? \nI have years of experience as well as having many family members also having this. My youngest is on medication for it. \nI personally think one can control there seizures, however the quality of life would not be like everyone else.\nStress on the body causes a seizure, including medications, exercise. \nFrom past research I have done I read where the medications for seizures were "tripped" over by doctors doing tests in insane asylums. Where patiants were nothing but the doctors personal guinea pigs. I still feel we are doctors guinea pigs! I personally fired one neurologist (for yelling at me and my child. He gave my child the wrong medication then destroyed the paperwork and told the disability people he never saw us. I have prof of all this but could not find a attorney who wanted to go against this doctor) and his partner I could not work with for the one I fired was in the same office. I did file a grievance against this doctor...\nA good neurologist in my opinion is hard to come by. I am in a small community in Oregon though. Washington has GREAT doctors and programs! \nBecause of having seizure disorder we can not take many medications other can. We NEVER no when a seizure is going to happen. The last one I had was about a month ago and was a big surprise to me! AND scary! I feel it was due to pain medication I was given by a doctor who ignored what I told him. \nEpilepsy Foundation has done nothing for us but ask US for money. Money we do not have. Epilepsy is a very expensive thing to treat. EEG's are very old fashioned, someone some day will come up with another way to read electronic impulses, if of course they had not come up with something already which we do not have in our area. Driving 6 hours to a bigger facility is very stressful! \nAnyhoo these are SOME of my thoughts on this subject.....
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Most likely you don't have a 'mental condition.' Unless this has happened to you prior to this and more once. Many times when we are stressed or just having an intensely deep conversation, our minds protect us from overload: either from feelings or thoughts or both. \nThere is a good chance that you will remember what was told to you at some point in the future...probably at the oddest times. Then again, you may never remember a lot of what was said. That isn't a bad thing in most cases. If you never remember, it may not have been necessary for you to hear at the time...and may never be necessary for you to know.\n\nDon't worry, it isn't Multiple Personality Disorder. If it were that, you would have had many other experiences of gaps in your memory. (of course, I am assuming you haven't...sorry, not polite to assume)\nIf you had Multiple Personality Disorder, there are many additional symptoms as well as memory lapses.\nIf you have any questions, feel free to email me: tdawnandrews@yahoo.com\n\nI hope this helps.
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I've had epilepsy since age 7, when I had a brain abcess.  I never know when I'm actually having a seizure, but I feel strange afterwards.  You may have had them at night, when you weren't aware of them, or others may just not have been around, and you didn't have a grand mal seizure, so you didn't lose complete control.  I often have seizures, and the only way I know I've had one is I feel a little strange, and maybe a little out of it, and my husband confirms that I just had one, or tells me about it even if I didn't realize it.\n\nOne way I notice I may have had one is if, for example, I'm sitting at the computer, and I sort of "come to myself," realizing that I don't remember what I was just doing, and I have real trouble concentrating for a few minutes afterwards.
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Demand a second opinion. Positive note I had similar symptoms for years rarely a day off. I had a brain scan, a EEG and other tests turns out I have hemiplegic migraines - very scary. I have an aura with mine - a bad taste often triggered by what I eat or smell. Gloss paint sends me off my legs for up to 2 weeks. I was investigated for having a stroke! Go back an see your Dr if symptoms don't improve and demand further tests! Have allergy/ sensitivity tests done, mine showed my triggers as being corn, melon, larger etc. I changed my diet and took FEVER FEW natural health supps and have made a fantastic recovery, with the occasional relapse. I f your symptoms are new to you and you have had no further investigations than a DR appointment, go back and demand more. Take a friend or relative with you if your reluctant to push the issue. You only have one life - enjoy it. Luv J xx
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Regarding responses you've already received...Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and Bipolar Disorder are probably not what's going on.  The symptoms you describe sound much more like Borderline Personality Disorder to me.  Google it, go find it on WebMD, whatever...just check it out and see if the descriptions sound familiar.  No matter what you choose to do, the most reasonable and sensible course of action is to first see your regular doctor to rule out any physical illnesses that could be producing your symptoms (i.e., problems with your pituitary, thyroid or adrenal glands, etc.).  Next, if your doc doesn't find evidence of any physical causes, have him/her refer you to a psychologist or counselor for evaluation.  Jumping to conclusions and trying to diagnosis yourself is just asking for trouble especially if you're already depressed - you'll end up thinking you have every symptom of every horrible illness you hear or read about! :)  Go seek answers and help from competent professionals who have actually spent years of their lives learning about how to diagnose and treat illnesses.  That's what they went to school for - so the rest of the population can pick their brains and get answers when they need them without having to do all the studying themselves! :)
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Talk to your doctor if you want professional help.  It sounds like things are functioning the way they should, so asside from potential psychological problems, you're probably still good to go.