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Re: feeling p****ed off » bookgurl99

Posted by medlib on September 16, 2002, at 21:43:59

In reply to feeling p****ed off at therapist, posted by bookgurl99 on September 6, 2002, at 23:03:02

Hi Bookgurl--

I saw your earlier posts, but got sidetracked before I managed to reply; sorry I'm so belated. I certainly empathize with your feelings about your decline in cognitive abilities. I think that those who are born with special abilities of any sort tend to develop self images dominated by those traits--especially if below normal in other areas (as I am). In such cases, losses or declines feel like a limb's being amputed or you're bleeding out from a major hemorrhage--very self-threatening. I've heard many people express it as "I'm just not me anymore." Calling something like that "just anxieties" is insulting and demeaning, not to mention inaccurate. No wonder you're p.o.ed! They should be grateful you haven't yet reached "outraged".

People used to describe severe anxieties as "just nerves", meaning "she's doing it to herself and could stop if she really wanted to." It's depressing that some professionals can't get past that attitude, even though they "know" better. But then, PET scans have shown that people (normals) make decisions using the affective (emotional) areas of the brain, not the frontal cortex (intellectual area), as one might suppose. Ex- Knowing that factoid does *not* make me more tolerant of fools--especially professional ones I'm paying, Even though I know that they're only victims of their brain structure. I continue to view them as lazy or ignorant. See how that works?

Re "inaccurate": If you're feeling masochistic enough to wade through masses of medical verbiage, you could search Google for "seizure differential", or "pseudoseizure differential" or "psychogenic seizure differential". If you select urls from emedicine or universities, you can get an idea of what else might have caused your seizure that they haven't tested for.

Seizures are something I know a bit about (my son's had epilepsy since he was 13). If it's not inappropriate, would you be willing to answer a few questions about your seizure and/or cognitive impairment? Or what kind of specialist you're seeing next month? If not, I'd certainly understand.

Btw, at least in large cities, neurologists tend to specialize by disease entity; my son's neuro sees only epileptics. Others in his group practice see only Parkinsons, or only Alzheimers. General neuros are becoming rare birds. Hope you find someone who has the knowledge and will take the time to sort it out for you. Please let me know if I can help in any way. Good luck!---medlib

P.S. My son's *never* had an abnormal test result, and that's not all that unusual. Seizures can be very hard to document--especially if they can't be evoked in the lab. Do try to hang in (although a little impatience or a hint of exasperation wouldn't be unreasonable at this point, IMO). Uh-oh, I feel a rant coming on--better stop.---m


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