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Mental Health In Epileptics

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Lehigh Acres, FL

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?

June 17, 2023
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Sometimes I’m not sure if IT’s medication, epilepsy or work related stress, as my home life is good

June 18, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have PTSD, anxiety and I’m a chronic overthinker, lack sleep, which makes me emotionally drained

June 17, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Shell2. I agree at this stage in my life I am having a hard time figuring out if it long term side effects from all the meds, I’ve been on over the last 30 years or if it really is mental illness either way, you would think somebody would’ve had this figured out by now. I personally have been trying to figure out which is more important to my overall health treating the mental health or treating the epilepsy. I wish there was a way to do both if you find one, let me know.

July 20
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

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😁

June 19, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Lack of sleep too & from what I'm told an overthiner. It's nice to have people with problems in common. I don't feel so weird.

June 17, 2023

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