hi all -
i don't normally post here but i am lost, literally. the docs have decided (and i actually agree on this one) that my seizures are caused by stress. problem is that i seem to like stress. so in the last year i have gotten a dwi (had a seizure and wrecked but wasn't drinking), moved with my boyfriend 2 1/2 hours away from my 85 year old father and my 66 year old mother (with one leg). then i left him, rather he left me, and I moved back in with my parents (yes, i am 29). god this is hard. then i thought that i was pregnant and so i quit taking all of my medication - all of it. i didn't ask my doctor because, well, i couldn't get there to ask him. the last major seizure that I really had was on the 19th - i even got a black eye from that one. i told the person who is halfway responsible for the pregnancy (yes I take responsibility as well - probably too much which causes more stress). regardless, i went to the obgyn for the yearly thing and he said "oh." "OH??" What in the hell does "oh" mean?? Apparently it means that I was probably pregnant and miscarried. Now this has caused a little stress (HAH) and therefore I am having seizures - often. 3 over the past two days. And, of course, he the boy not the doc doesn't believe me or he doesn't care - probably the latter. The doc suggested that the pill is affecting the dilantin and vice versa - I don't know. I am taking my meds again - even though they make me feel awful. when i am on the dilantin i can't think and have had seizures while taking it. when off i feel pretty good until i have a grand mal (as they are my seizure of choice i guess).
So what to do??
Do I go for disability? Is it possible? It is not like I can get a job and drive or anything.
Any advice would be appreciated. Much appreciated.
my email is damayer@airmail.net and just put seizure in the subject.
Thanks so much for your help.
dam
Thanks for listening.