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Electrical Discharges on EEG - causality?

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Apr 19, 2020 | Replies (15)

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Update: I‘m doing very very poorly. The day I went desperately to that neurologist went very wrong. She was very insensitive and threw at me the psychiatric diagnosis. One week on and I started having pain all over my body and muscle spastisticity all over my body. My visit to my original neurologist is due in 2 days, but I‘ll go to her tomorrow, because I feel horrible physically and mentally(as if I drank 50 coffees at once). The past 3 days and nights were complete hell. It’s 4 am right now. Pain in my chest muscle fibers burning right now.I’d pace around the room to relieve that agitation but using my muscles triggers my spasms and pain. I have great hope that she will take me seriously. I was previously afraid to insist how bad I feel, because I respected her and I was afraid to take the psychiatric diagnosis from her too. Maybe it was wrong, she wouldn’t have done that, but I‘m traumatized from the doctor visits that went wrong. It‘s horrible to feel like your body is shutting down and nobody believes you and thinks you are crazy. It’s been very traumatic for me and for my mother as well. She believes me. But she can’t do anything, just watching me suffer and comforting me. All I need from you is a hug. Please like this post and give me a hug through that. I’m feeling horribly and my mother can’t hug me because this night I have to let her sleep, she will drive a long distance tomorrow.

Edit: When will women be believed when they are sick? If I was a man maybe... maybe I wouldn’t have been labeled as “anxious” “depressed” “crazy”. I would have gotten a diagnosis sooner. It’s so unfair. It’s so unfair for both men and women who go through that, but women are usually the victims. Because “hysteria” mentality still affects our collective conscience. That has to change once and for all :(( I hope my message arrives somewhere and it is able to change at least a bit, someone’s mentality and mistakes.

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@flowerbloom - I can only imagine that would be maddening to feel like you have a real neurologic illness and you are being told it's a psych issue by the new neurologist you went to see. I would be super frustrated if I felt others didn't believe me and implied in any way I was crazy. Hoping @hopeful33250 and @johnbishop will have some thoughts on this situation. @parus also may have some thoughts on this, as may @rwinney @lioness.

Have you had the appointment yet today with your original neurologist? How is your mom doing today with all of this?

@flowerbloom – Sorry you are having to go through this and your doctors are not listening or believing what you are telling them. Have you seen the story of Jennifer Brea? -- "Maybe this is all in your head": When doctors don't believe women
Jennifer Brea spent months trying to get doctors to take her symptoms seriously — until she started filming herself.
https://www.salon.com/2017/10/23/maybe-this-is-all-in-your-head-when-doctors-dont-believe-women/
She has also given a TED Talk that speaks to some of the problems -- What happens when you have a disease that doctors can't diagnose:
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose?language=en