PNES is diagnosed using some of the same technology as epilepsy. Electrodes (tiny discs the size of a dime) glued to the scalp and attached to an EEG (electroencephalogram), are used to confirm any electrical disturbances on the brain, specifically the neurons. Epileptic seizures are a result of misfiring neurons the discharges appear like earthquakes… Continue reading Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures [pnes]and Epilepsy
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Anxiety, Fear, and Scared Shitless!
I never thought I was an anxious person and I don’t think I knew the true definition of anxiety until 2015. Or maybe a little before then. We all get those ‘butterflies’ in the stomach sensation, that ‘oh shit’ feeling from time to time. But, for me, it’s more than that. When it was just… Continue reading Anxiety, Fear, and Scared Shitless!
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
A whole other kettle of fish. Also known as PNES, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures is a common seizure disorder caused by psychological factors rather than epilepsy. The public has no idea what this is. To be fair, neither did I, until 2017. Trauma of one sort or other manifests itself in a myriad of ways from… Continue reading Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
Epilepsy, from my point of view
Epilepsy is one of those medical conditions we all ‘know about’ may know someone with it, but don’t understand it. A family we know had a son with it, but I didn’t know him too well, I went to school with his younger brother and never witnessed his seizures. The first time I saw a… Continue reading Epilepsy, from my point of view