Posted by Eric on March 30, 2001, at 20:06:07
In reply to epilepsy?! (long, some ranting), posted by Elizabeth on March 30, 2001, at 6:20:36
Hi Elizabeth, sorry to hear of your travails. When shit hits the fan, sometimes it really hits the fan. When it rains it pours. I feel bad that they just assumed you ODed on benzos and treated you like that. One bit of advice for you, even though I realize you wont take it. Try to get off the opiate stuff if you can.
Wouldnt it be neat to know that your depression problems perhaps have an underlying cause or exacerbating factor like epilepsy? That the doctors can actually detect with tests? Least then youd know why youve had so much difficulty.
Hey...maybe if they diagnose you with epilepsy you could just have one of those VNS implants put into you? There was an article here in the local paper about six months ago about a man who had problems with epilepsy and severe depression. The depression seemed to somehow be related to the chronic seizures and epilepsy. Sooooooooo they just put a VNS implant in him and according to the article his epilepsy AND depression was then under control. It was in the High Point Enterprise about six months or so ago, I still remember the article.
If it turns out you have epilepsy you dont have to get accepted into a VNS clinical trial to have one implanted into you...hint hint. Kill two birds with one stone with a VNS implant?
take care,
Eric
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