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Originally Posted by Walking Man
Stress and lack of sleep are the two biggest seizure triggers. A fever can cause them too.
I don't know if you are having seizures. However some people with epilepsy have normal MRIs and normal EEGs. Most general neurologists are not adequately trained to treat epilepsy. You really need to see an epileptologist at an epilepsy center to be sure.
At the very least you should see a neurologist and have an outpatient sleep deprived EEG. It can't prove you don't have seizures, but might show you do, and it's the first thing they check.
Some people have seizures similar to what you described and that's all they ever have. Uncontrolled seizures are really bad though because they affect your functioning and quality of life, but even more because they can become more frequent, more severe (including grand mal), and more difficult or impossible to control with meds. I'm just saying that you should be looked at somewhere to find out what is going on. Your local GP or neurologist probably won't be adequate.
"Coping With Epilepsy" is a good forum online.
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Okay, I see. I'm actually not sure what the doctors were or weren't looking for. I was 8 or 9 at the time. I guess I could ask my mom or grandma if they remember if I was tested for epilepsy or not. The smells don't really happen that often, except these past two weeks. Which, I think these little ones are more of a hypochondriac type thing because they happen when I think about it too much and I can control it. The main one that caused me to write this post lasted a few hours and I couldn't control that one.
The thing that frustrates me the most (besides my body constantly trying to self destruct) is that these tests sound very expensive. And if I DO have epilepsy, that's going to add another bill with medication and I literally can't afford all of this. I'm in school and have the Pell Grant, which is helping me to survive and I live with my mom, but she sure wouldn't be able to pay for it. I'm in a chronic state of unemployment because everything decent is too far away. And why I'm having such a horrible time getting into fast food or retail is far beyond me. Its so frustrating
I hope there's some dirt cheap insurance out there I can find.
Thank you, though. That helps narrow down what I need to do and who to go to.