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Hey Folks. Having Major Struggles After My Last Seizure. Anyone Else Deal With Depression And Anxiety Weeks After Their Seizure?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
West Milford, NJ

I recently had my third seizure at 29 years old. My first was a Febrile Seizure at age 5 or so. My second was around 22; I went to a music festival after barely sleeping, didn't eat, drank and smoked marijuana. Third was after a long night of drinking and poor sleep. Smoked marijuana and instantly went into one. I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with IGE. I haven't started my Keppra yet as I've already been dealing with anxiety and depression for the last year or so. I haven't been able to have a… read more

January 17, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Drs will hand you anything and yourself is all you have I've almost died due to malpractice

January 18, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Love your honesty thanks for it

January 26, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I take a pretty high dose of Keppra and I've always dealt with really bad anxiety panic attacks and chronic depression but it got to the point where I couldn't sleep or eat and I couldn't really be coherent so even though I knew there were side effects I tried it I loved it it got me back on track and what I did was natural remedies tease essential oil diffusers vitamins and the list goes on as well as getting on an antidepressant and I was already on a high dose of Xanax so I didn't have to fix that but I did still have anxiety I would say that the pros way out the cons and everybody around me would say so too just knowing me

January 26, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Unfortunately I allowed it

January 25, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Francis, I'm not a lawyer but that sounds like you have a lawsuit there. I hope you get to feeling better, and if you need someone to talk to who understands, privately or not, I'm here for you. Meditation and conversations have really helped me able to breathe and function at least for the most part. We all struggle with enough, the added epilepsy seemed to really cuff me. Keppra has at least let me mentally feel like I can let go of that. However, I've only ever had 3 seizures. So i understand im a fortunate person in that sense.

January 25, 2023

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