[Xavier89]

Hello everyone. I apologize in advance if this is posted in the wrong section. This may be quite a lengthy post, so bear with me.

My wife and I have been together for 5 years. About 3 years ago, she developed severe OCD and PTSD, stemming from previous emotional and physical trauma. As with most mental health, it brought its friends -- depression, anger, anxiety, etc. It has been a very rough few years, making use of a myriad of prescriptions and psychiatrists. Recently, she had been feeling better and had been motivated to get our lives back on track.

About two weeks ago, she was prescribed Seroquel. On the third dosage, she started to lose feeling in her body; it was completely numb. She couldn't taste, smell, or feel anything. She was advised to stop taking Seroquel. A few days later, she went completely catatonic. She didn't know where she was or who our daughter was, and could not speak. Every few hours or so, she would seemingly snap back to reality, but only for a few minutes. This went on for approx. six days.

She woke up Friday morning, as if to have completely snapped out of it. The kicker: her apocalyptic OCD seemed to have disappeared. She went to a doctor this morning and he said she, more than likely, suffered from a severe temporal lobe seizure, and that it wasn't a side effect of Seroquel like we had initially thought.

I guess my question is: has anyone ever heard of something like this? I've heard OCD being a result of epileptic seizures, but I've never heard it the other way around. Thanks for y'all's time. Sorry for the long post.

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[possum220]

I haven't heard of anything like that. It might help to put your mind at ease to seek another opinion. Other than that I would google the drugs and see if they can give you any information.

[kindachaotic]

Welcome to PC!!
If it were me I'd get a second opinion from a neurologist.
Have some definitive tests done, get correct dx & meds if needed.
Hope she feels better very soon!
Keep us posted.

[Xavier89]

Thanks friends! I appreciate the responses :-)

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[ocdwifeofsociopath]

I wish my ocd would just disappear lol. I agree with kindachaotic. I would see the best neurologist possible. I think in this case it's worth the money of whatever needs to be done to know for certain.