I've been feeling pretty lethargic and crappy for the past 6 months or so,
but nobody has really been able to find a cause for it so I've been
ignoring it as much as I can.

This past month, after making a change to my epilepsy medication, I've
been experiencing some weird neurological symptoms (dizziness, pins and
needles etc). My neurologist and I both thought they were a result of
simple partial seizures and increased my medication. This changed the
feelings, but they didn't really go away.

I saw my neurologist again tonight. Now I have to go for a brain and
spine MRI because he's convinced if what I was feeling was due to epilepsy
it would have been fixed with the increase in meds. Unfortunately the
symptoms I've developed in the past three weeks are also some of the most
common symptoms of multiple sclerosis, so he has to check for it. I have
to wait three weeks until I have the MRI, and I'm pretty freaked out. I
know there are plenty of other medical conditions that can cause lethargy,
dizziness, numbness and pins and needles and this will most likely turn
out to be nothing at all. He just has to check for it to rule it out.

I had an MRI 2 years ago when the epilepsy was first diagnosed, because
they had to rule out brain tumors, and that had me pretty worried to. Of
course, all turned out to be fine, and I have photograpic evidence that I
do have a brain :)

I'm sure it will be nothing, but damn this is going to be a very long
three weeks.

I'm ok, but thanks for listening to me vent.

I had an MRI 2 years ago when the epilepsy was first diagnosed, because they
had to rule out brain tumors, and that had me pretty worried to. Of course,
all turned out to be fine, and I have photograpic evidence that I do have a
brain :)
I'm sure it will be nothing, but damn this is going to be a very long three
weeks.
I'm ok, but thanks for listening to me vent.

I've been feeling pretty lethargic and crappy for the past
6 months or so, but nobody has really been able to find a
cause for it so I've been ignoring it as much as I can.

This past month, after making a change to my epilepsy
medication, I've been experiencing some weird neurological
symptoms (dizziness, pins and needles etc). My neurologist
and I both thought they were a result of simple partial
seizures and increased my medication. This changed the
feelings, but they didn't really go away.

I saw my neurologist again tonight. Now I have to go for a
brain and spine MRI because he's convinced if what I was
feeling was due to epilepsy it would have been fixed with
the increase in meds. Unfortunately the symptoms I've
developed in the past three weeks are also some of the most
common symptoms of multiple sclerosis, so he has to check
for it. I have to wait three weeks until I have the MRI,
and I'm pretty freaked out. I know there are plenty of
other medical conditions that can cause lethargy,
dizziness, numbness and pins and needles and this will most
likely turn out to be nothing at all. He just has to check
for it to rule it out.

I had an MRI 2 years ago when the epilepsy was first
diagnosed, because they had to rule out brain tumors, and
that had me pretty worried to. Of course, all turned out
to be fine, and I have photograpic evidence that I do have
a brain :)

I'm sure it will be nothing, but damn this is going to be a
very long three weeks.

I'm ok, but thanks for listening to me vent.


Kylie