Posted by Lorraine on June 30, 2001, at 12:47:17
In reply to Re: Stigma: it will just never go away, will it? » Lorraine, posted by Elizabeth on June 29, 2001, at 19:39:11
> > She bristled a bit and said FMS is an immune disease.
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> Like that's a proven fact. FMS is a syndrome of unknown etiologyPrecisely! And that is what I think depression is also.
> > Well, in my case, my QEEG showed subthreshold seizure activity--which is why an anti-convulsant was added to my regiem. I wonder if that is the case with others that take anti-convulsants.
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> No, not usually.Elizabeth--how would they know? Most people don't get a QEEG done. Also, I had a temporal lobe only EEG print out from the Neurofeedback people and showed it to my pdoc; it still showed these sharp spikes or subthreshold seizure activity. I said, it looks like the anti-convulsant (Neurontin) isn't doing anything to these spikes; he said "You're right!"; pondered it a bit and then said "you know, maybe you need to think about Xanax or Ativan". What do Xanax or Ativan have to do with subthreshold seizure activity?
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> > My QEEG also suggested that I had brain lesions, causing my neurofeedback clinic to question me extensively about the possibility of brain trauma--from car accidents etc.
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> That's something that would show up on a structural image (like an MRI).You're right. I should think about having one done, although I'm not sure it would make a difference in the treatment course.
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