Sami,

i'm in sydney & if you are too I know of an absolutely amzing fantastic wondrous psychiatrist (i'm understating how good he is!!, seriously).

My daughter (15) was wrongly diagnosed with anorexia nervosa & almost went insane as a result of the drs at westmead, then I found this incredible man & she was saved (literally). Her eeh also came back showing severe stress & he believes it was also bought on by medication!!
His "cure" is so simple & it's worked within a couple of months, is as follows. Take a 30 to 60 minute gentle walk between 6 & 7 am (at this time there's something in the sunsrays - even if overcast - that works on the chemicals of the brain to help reduce stress) also you might be like my daughter & need to drink 750mls of perrier water a day to get the sodium & potassium levels back to normal, if these are out by even a little it can be serious & they get out when we lose salt (through sweating)last but not least my daughter's body, because of the stress had stopped converting tryptophan to 5htp so she's on a supplement of 50mg p.D at night of 5htp (you need a presciption for this) but tryptophan basically works on the serotonin levels in the brain to reduce stress, it occurs naturally in all sorts of things, pumpkin seeds, natural yoghurt, cottage cheese, many nuts, bananas, turkey etc etc, but if you're overstressed the body can't convert it to 5htp which is what normally happens.

A shrink is a psychiatrist (dr & he can write prescriptions) a psychologist isn't a dr & can't write scripts. But maybe you should get another opinion. If you have (if not you can get it under freedom of information legislation) your eeg pictures showing (well I don't know if all machines use the same colours - but my daughter's showed the right side of her brain bright red & the left side plain white) the colours of the left & right sides of the brain, take them to another psychiatrist or dr you trust or email me, even if you're not in sydney, maybe the dr here can suggest someone near you.

It doesn't sound as if what's being done is really helping you. My daughter had reached a point in westmead hospital where I thought she would either kill herself or the drs, within days (literally) of changing hospitals & dr you could see her healing. She's now home & will be starting university march 1st (yes, she's 15).

I have epilepsy and my stress makes me worse. I was just wondering if anyone else here has seizures from stress.
Ty for your advice. But I am very badly photosensitive and I cant go out in the sun for long b4 I have a seizure. I get burnt really quick because of my medication but ty. I am seeing a shrink she is ok I am due for brain surgery soon so I hope I will be better after that. Ppl tell me to give give give I am trying I dont know what else to do
ty bye

You say that ppl tell you to give give give? What do you &/or they mean give what?

It seems like you need to be give (as in helped) to not be asked to give.

I sincerely pray that your brain surgery goes completely aok & that it makes the best possible difference.

Post or pm me if you want to talk.

I'm sorry if you thought I was being difficult in suggesting the possibility of an altrnative to epilepsy, but I worl on the basis that people are sometimes wrongly diagnosed & others need to know this, especially if they're seeking help/advice, so that maybe they can search further for answers.

Dear purple,\
I have decided to not go ahead with the brain surgery its to frightening for me to think about.
I have only had this thing for 3 months and well I have had my meds doseage changed and well you see its kinda helping. Just that when I do get sad really sad to the point of uncontrolled crying a seizure kicks in I cant do anything about it and I am so frightened. Sometimes when I am happy a seizure kicks in from no where and I am frightened because once again I have no idea what is happening to me. Then sometimes I just have seizures because of the sun being to bright or a light or a flicker of the television. Like lastnight I was cooking dinner here at home and I burnt the entire thing. I cant remember how that could have happened I am a great cook. All I can think of is that I must have had a seizure.
We can talk I would like that. I dont have the support from my mother she doesnt want to have anything really to do with me and my father he also lives so far away my parents are divorced and live in different areas of australia. I am gay and I live with my partner here in sydney. Life is good but its hard being an epileptic.

I sent you a private message - I hope you got it!!?? Hope too that you are ok & that the new meds are maybe helping even more?? In the meantime, this may sound corny but smile, it will make you feel better & those around you too, it also actually releases chemicals in your brain to help you feel better!! :d

i have had to stress seizures in the past few days, and have never had one in my life!!! i am on medication for it, but it hasn't stopped the bad headaches, the nauseau, and the confusion within my brain. no one seems to understand what i am going through. they keep saying, go to the doctor. when in reality, i need them to back off and not put so much stress on me. so far, i have only had two, and maybe i won't have them again. but i need some feed back from someone who is going through the same thing that i am. hit me up when you get a chance.

karen

I have had epilepsy since I was 16, took them almost 2 months to finnally catch one on an EEG. I still have seziures once and a great while now, but once i have one(i dont black out) i feel tired with slurred speech etc but im fine after its over.

I have problems with stress and never handled it well. I told my neurologist about it and he states that stress cant cause epilepsy which i find a load of crap. So to answer your questions yes, i have seziures sometimes very infrequently when I am stressed out.

Hi,

This is my first time writing on a forum,, I am really really worried.
The other night i was sleeping next to my mum and was woken up with her hitting her head eyes gone white and body in fits, I thought she was having a bad dream so i tried to wake her up.

When i put the light on she had lost all control of her body, it was like she was a heavy sack which I couldn’t sit up, she starting making a loud snoring kind of noise and she was foaming saliva around her mouth with her tongue coming out.
For a second I thought this is it oh my god. I called my brother in then called an ambulance. When they tried to put an oxygen mask on her and hold her still to inject her with something to calm her down her body was reacting in a way that she was trying to escape, she was rolling all over the bed.

When taken into the hospital the initial reaction was that she had a stroke, but when she came to, although they found the left side of her body weaker it was still responsive. She slurred when communicating and could not recall anything.

The CIT scan came back with no abnormalities in the brain at all, no sign of a stroke and she does not have epilepsy. Her blood reports came back fine as well.
It has never happened before. The doctors say there is no indication as to why this could have happened.
Her sugar levels where a little high but it was not out of range and she has been complaining about headaches before and after the event, her bloody pressure was also fine.

Does anyone have an idea as to what it could be, any advice would be helpful.
We are shocked by the event and feel as though we cant leave her alone as we believe it was a close call.