Flying
Flying
I have a tremendous fear of flying and can't take things like Valium for stress, or a couple bevvies like I used to. Most of my seizures are triggered by stress. Should I fly? It's a hell of a long way up to seize..and I live on an island..
My neurologist has given me a 1mg Ativan for when a seizure is starting to come on or just the stress alone so you might look into that
I get very stressed at the thought of flying ( doing staycations now ) 4 hours is my limit) I'd been having partials seizures all day( ,flew out of Gatwick to Lanzarote) I remember ,towards landing my head starting to twitch to the left ,my arm was tapping on the window !!!My husband was embarrassed/ cross as if I'd done it on purpose No one even noticed
@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member Ativan is a seizure med 1st, pain med 2nd. some people (including me) can't do that. the main ingredient is benzodiazepine (witch i took). it did nothing.
A MyEpile...
One of our airlines in the UK does a fear of flying immersion therapy day. Easyjet I think? Two of my friends have done this and said it was brilliant. Maybe see if you can find something similar locally?
Have you considered taking a boat to the mainland but social distancing yourself to get to where you need to go.Plus the Corona Virus is everywhere and airlines worldwide maybe grounded very soon.
