I've been seizure free for 2 year until
this past saturday.
Aside from intense pain in my torso, i've
noticed my waking life seems dream like,
and the days seem to pass much quicker
than before. My sleeping patterns have
gone awry, and my memories of the past
couple days seem skewed in some way.
I've chalked the pain up to simply
overworked muscles due to the fit. I'm in
very good health, my diet is proper and I
excercise regularly, so I suspect that the
pain has been caused by my very strong
torso muscles spasming much more intensely
than before, when I was in less good
health. Does this sound legit? I have
yet to see a doctor, but I live in canada
so the social health care system (sounds
like a blessing doesn't it?) doesn't work
so quickly, and in my experience the
doctors are only going to answer every
question with an "i dunno?" and a stupid
look. Does anyone know about strokes
being confused as seizures? That may
explain the pain.
More importantly is the dream-like feeling
that my entire days are filled with. It
seems that this last episode has messed
everything up. My eating habits are
wrong, I can't find the energy to work
out, and as I mentioned my memories are
all confused. My sleeping patterns
parallel an insmoniac's and my dreams,
though I can't remember them fully, are
vivid as my waking life now. Anybody ever
had this feeling? I can explain it as
either, 1. Questioning reality, or 2.
Loosing my sanity.
Logically speaking, I would suspect that
my mental state may be affected by some
kinda onset depression caused by the
seizure, which would explain the low
energy, irregular dietary habits,
inability to sleep, and dream-like waking
life. Does anybody out there know
anything about depression as a side-effect
of epilepsy? In addition, as you may be
able to tell, I make my mental/physical
well being a high daily priority. I work
from home, and then never too hard, so I
don't deal with much stress and when I do
I deal with it well. So my question is
more in relation to a physical change
caused by the seizure that may be
affecting my current mental health, rather
than a emotional change.
