>I worked in the mental health field for almost ten years and can't
> remember any of my boarderline's have sz's. that's not to say they had
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> Chris
> "rewired"
Several of the stronger seizure types (Grand Mal, Complex Partial), before
they're controlled can often? end in loss of consciousness. I think most
of the seizure types except Petit Mal (and Absence that's part of it?) can
involve **loss of awareness of surroundings or potential risk to oneself.
I don't know which areas of the Brain might be involved with what they
call Borderline Personality Disorder. Is that something where they
identified a particular area as being the Prime source of that condition?
I found (on my own) that the Temporal Lobes (where most CP Seizures
start) used to be called 'The Seat of the Soul' since they're where we store
'who we are in'. So if someone was losing awareness of who they were, or
behaved as though they weren't aware of themselves ? or potential danger to
themselves, that the T.Lobes could be one area affected during an incident.
However some of the areas that might trigger a Grand Mal might also produce
some of the symptoms that look like Borderline etc.
I'd expect *now, though that there might be a difference in either the
EEG (Electro Encephalogram) or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Image) of where the
Damage was, between Borderline Personality etc. or some of the seizure
types? I'm assuming (without knowing) that BPD has a Physical cause
(damage or erratic electrical firing) like most of the Epilepsy types might
have. That may not be correct.
Under Julie's Idaho website (www at end of one of her posts), there's a
First Aid for Seizures chart which gives an excellent description of what
the 4 main seizure types 'look like' from the outside, as well as what to do
to help with each type. There might be some symptoms described on that
Chart that you can compare to any symptoms you're aware of?
Before my C.P. seizures were controlled, if I got an Aura (also Simple
Partial if it happens alone?), if I didn't get somewhere cool to sit down,
or something cool to drink to help it pass, I could move into what I called
'The Twilight Zone' where I was no longer aware of what happened until I
woke up on the floor, sometimes with a crowd around, or in a stretcher. (I
had to be told what happened, since I didn't remember anything from soon
after above Aura started.)
The first few I had in 1993, I woke up in hospital and had been there
2-3 *days.
At that time, I started on some pills-> Dilantin first that gave really
erratic control the first 18 months, later Tegretol Controlled Release
(1993 to now, slowly increasing with each seizure) that got to one seizure
each ~6 weeks, to reduced dose of Teg.CR and Frisium (Clobazam) we added
slowly, over about a year, as part of the Tegretol was removed, to where
last 2 szrs. I had were Dec.97 and June '98.
With respect to your question at top, if there's nothing on the First Aid
Chart mentioned that looks like symptoms you had? another route might be to
compare any medications you use, versus what is used for Seizures. The Ep.
Foundation of America http://efa.org has a Medications Glossary- once you
get to the Medications part, you type the medication name then click on GO
or SEARCH. If none of your pills turn up there, I'd guess there isn't much
relationship between the two conditions.
Note though on paragraph above, *some medications can be used for more
than one thing. I had heard that Tegretol is used sometimes with people
who have had Strokes or Heart Attacks, even if they don't have seizures.
/G.
Chris aka Rewired - 23 Feb 2005 23:46 GMT
Boarderline personality disorder is not something like epilepsy, but is
a learned behavior, which is why it is hard to do anything about.
Unless the person wants to do it, but so many of "boarderlines" don't
think they are doing anything wrong.
some of the scariest seizures i had were in the middle of someplace
that there were no people around. I felt safer knowing that people were
in the area, not in the same room but at least close by.
Chris