Or are they having the seizures partly because they already are?
I know an epileptic man who, when taking certain medications, AND when not taking them at all, behaves very peculiarly at times, in increasing intensity over each day with the wrong med or no med.
His new neurologist told him it was "normal" for an epileptic to behave with extreme paranoia, creepy sensations, explosive anger, lack of motivation or interest in others' feelings, and impulsive behaviors, among other things. I wouldn't know because the family was not allowed to go in and tell him what all he had been doing prior to the new med. All I know is he functions fine enough to go online and do game design, moderate a website, cook, etc. He's intelligent....
A past trip to a psychiatrist (while seeing a neurologist) got him a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Shouldn't he have mentioned this to a new neurologist, AND shouldn't his family be allowed to tell the doctor what they've seen him do?
2006-10-04
01:47:30
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