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When You Seizures Triggered Did Your Temper Go Manic?

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Ransomville, NY

Dr's said seizures caused manic episodes which could last up to 30 minutes after the seizure was onsetting.

December 27, 2023
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Medications can trigger anxiety, mood swings, aggression and many other temper issues.

December 27, 2023
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I experience manic episodes after each seizure cluster. It's a condition known as "Postictal Psychosis", Ictal meaning "seizure moment". I could last 3 minutes, 30 seconds, or half an hour to days. But it will go away. It's a pain in the ass to go through cause it feels like you have NO control over your inner self. And that is maddening to me. I have antipsychotics and many other chill pills to help me deal with the emotional and physical effects of a seizure. It's said to get worse as you age and keep having seizures. That condition is known as a Comorbidity. Accumulated problems from a disease or condition which get worse as we age. Search on the internet for that exact phrase, "Posictal Psychosis", there's some information out there pretty much just explaining what it is, but there's not much else. You'll have to see your neurologist and maybe get a referral to a psychiatrist for some meds like antipsychotics. I use one called Rispiridone. It's a pretty old drug and known to be safe, especially for children, so I'm not worried about too many side effects or addiction, and it works for me without making you dead ass tired or fog headed

December 28, 2023
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That's true. A significant part of seizures occur in the temporal lobe area, which contains the human "emotion factory," a set of structures known as the Limbic system. When I had seizure surgery in 1995 the surgeons removed a significant amount of my Limbic system. And that had a MAJOR impact upon my ability to handle emotional things...

December 27, 2023
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