A fantastic observation, Yvonne. As a former patient of the temporal seizure
expert in Texas, I am ashamed I did not think of that. I was his patient
because of CP, not because of seizures.

Bobby

Yvonne Craig wrote:

> Just a thought, Robin.
>
> I am a psychiatric nurse with a background in neuropsychiatry.=20
>
> Temporal lobe epilepsy can sometimes mimic the symptoms of psychosis =
> (delusions, personality changes, paranoia). The post-ictal phase of this =
> type of seizure can last for some time. Given his history of seizures... I =
> assume he has been seen by neurology? An EEG?  A CTscan?
>
> I would be suspicious of such a sudden change in your son's behaviour / =
> mood. Generally psychiatric disorders start more subtly and progress over =
> time. Also, your son is young to be given such a diagnosis (not unheard =
> of, just unusual in my experience).=20
>
> Yvonne
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 10/02/00 08:38AM >>>
> He was not on any medications. He took Phenobarbital till 12 years old
> because he had 2 grand mal seizures at 2 years old. When he turned 12, we
> stopped the phenobarb since it had been so long since he had a seizure.
>
> Now they have him on Luvox and Seroquel. He has also lost his ability to =
> fall
> asleep at night since this happened, so they did have him on Ambien too to
> sleep, but after a couple of days the Ambien stopped working.
> Robin