Epilepsy Talk
Déjà Vu or Prescience?
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Think of it as knowing something from the past…or feeling a premonition of the future.
Those who have experienced the déjà vu feeling, describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity, with something that shouldn’t be familiar at all.
Those who experience prescience, feel they have the ability to see into the future in some way.
Tags: aura, deja vu, future, ictal, past, prescience, temporal lobe epilepsy
How Creative Are YOU?
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I was born a writer. Just like I was born with brown eyes.
In 5th grade when we were assigned to write a poem with an illustration, everyone wrote about the spring, flowers, stars, the city, the country.
I wrote about racism. My illustration was a black silhouette pasted against white paper.
My teacher promptly sent me home with a note for my parents, accusing me of plagiarism.
Dilantin – Hero or Horror?
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Since it first came out, Dilantin has always had its fans and its detractors.
Who can forget Jack Nicholson’s out-of-control behavior as the “crazy” in Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”!
But some committed themselves to championing Dilantin for anxiety control and mood stabilization…
Tags: Brain Atrophy, Dilantin, Gingivitis, Jack Dreyfus, Neuropathy, Richard Nixon, seizures, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Ode to a doctor’s visit.
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We see them for four 30 minute visits or 2 hours in that year while we’re struggling…
They forget that we live 365 days or 8,760 hours a year with our illness…
Marijuana’s time has come. Even the government agrees.
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“If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.
Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.” — William F. Buckley Jr.
Tags: marijuana pros and cons, medical, recreational
When it’s not “just” epilepsy…
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At least 50 percent of adults with active epilepsy are also living with other health conditions say experts at a leading epilepsy medical research charity.
Several diseases, including depression, anxiety, dementia, migraine, heart disease, peptic ulcers and arthritis are up to eight times more common in people with this neurological disorder.
Conditions commonly misdiagnosed as epilepsy…
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A moment of unresponsiveness — the inability to recall what just happened…convulsions or jerking movements…sudden stiffness of the body.
These are classic symptoms of an epilepsy seizure — triggered by abnormal electrical impulses in the brain.
And while these symptoms may indicate epilepsy, other brain abnormalities or injuries could also lead to seizures.
Having a seizure doesn’t automatically mean you have epilepsy. And without testing, the diagnosis – or misdiagnosis – can be pretty scary.
There are loads of conditions that have symptoms similar to epilepsy.
Here are the most common…
Epilepsy related conditions…
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In chronic conditions, such as epilepsy, the coexistence of more than one illness in a patient is the rule rather than the exception…
Men and women with epilepsy have a two-to five-fold increase in the occurrence of conditions, such as migraine, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disorders. Along with gastrointestinal disorders, pulmonary disorders, dementia, chronic fatigue, mood disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders.
Words of wisdom sent to me on my birthday
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From Anthony Hopkins:
“Let go of people who are not ready to love you.
This is the hardest thing you’ll ever have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing…
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