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I have Epilepsy as well as PTSD, Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety, & now Bipolar 2. I thought I read somewhere a lot of Epileptics had some of these mental health issues. I have all 4. Is this common?
I have twin aunts that are retired nurses & say the meds can cause it. I'm on SSDI, so it can't be work. Home life is fine. So it has to be the Epilepsy or the meds😁
Smell is a weird thing for me , I be never had a sense of smell before this past of fall, and it comes and goes in episodes, but I have heard that sometimes with people with epilepsy have phantom smells either right before or after their seizures. Yesterday and today I am having another period where I can smell and taste, and I've experienced phantom smells twice. Smells that noone else have, which this is a new addition the phantom smell, but I didn't have them around seizures. Has anyone that… read more
Strong smells would make me bring on a seizure I used to hold my breath if my neighbor one time had strong smells coming out of her apartment I just watch myself around strong smells x x
I find myself constantly lacking sleep, but feel so tired, I try to stay in a regular routine, but my mind is in constant overdrive, I have focal epilepsy, (TLE) recently resigned from my job at the blood bank due to so much discrimination, even though my condition never affected my work, I was continually hounded by management telling me I shouldn’t be doing this job, I have been very stable seizure wise, and cleared by my neurologist and GP’, but was stood down indefinitely for reasons not yet… read more
Hello! So nice to meet you. I am so sorry that happened to you. I always feel like I have a lack of sleep even when I get 9 to 12 hours of sleep. I usually toss and turn at night. If I take a nap… read more
Also, the heating element can be bad and needs to be replaced if the new oven is burned off from the material. Even after cleaning with chemicals, residue can still smoke. Some cleaning methods… read more
I am very triggered by strong odour, especially heavy perfume . my close friends and family know this and we have a no odour policy
but my question is when I'm around associates or it a class situation. what should I do , should I say I'm trigger by smells ? leave the room to avoid the trigger
it happen today, had an art class and one of the women had a really strong perfume on.i did not know how to manage the situation. And stay in the class. what would you recommend dealing with this… read more
The only way a smell triggers me is when I start getting auras ill smell everything 10x worse and will start getting nausea and dizziness shortly after almost for certain a seizure but it's good to… read more
I had an overnight EEG 4 days ago now and ever since I've been dizzier and had more light sensitivity. I haven't had any issues in regards to epilepsy, migraines in over a yr so I think it's from this. Has anyone else experienced this? I also got extremely fatigued from the smell of the glue.
I had to do an overnight EEG for the weekend and I did not have any of these side effects. Sorry to hear about what you’re experiencing. 😕
With my seizures i start feeling a strange feeling in my left thumb that spreads through my hand and up my arm to my head. My body gets tense and jerks for a while then goes limp. But I have also… read more
What does everyone mean by what " triggers" you this may be a dumb question but can Episodes/ fits be triggered by things other then like getting scared or stuff like that ?
I feel like when people are talking to me about random things I sometimes get this feeling like a random word almost sets something off?
A trigger is something that will start a seizure. A simple example is not taking medication-that is a trigger. People take medication to stop seizures, so if a person does not take their medication… read more
Have anyone had this test done?
Me too and I have had many. There has not been helpful for my diagnosis.
I'm just curious just about everything else. Can too me except smells.
I think someone may have said their auras might include smells as well. They are not my triggers, but anything is possible.
Leslie