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1.Why do clinicians not tell you about what your #epilepsy symptoms are? Just woke up from a reset sleep but it’s led to morbid curiosity Googling. Those weird head sensations I get are called ichtal headaches. There are 3 types: pre, post & ones without seizures. I reckon I get>
2/ all 3, but I’ve never heard of them before, even though I’ve definitely described them to my #epilepsy consultant. I’ve felt like a bit of a knob, trying to describe the odd sensation that I call an ‘epilepsy head’ and how I can tell it’s different to ‘normal’ or a headache. >
3/When I get asked how I can tell I always feel like I’m coming across as a hypochondriac exaggerating a symptom. There it is, in black & white, on Google, so it must be true (tbf, the sources I was reading were peer reviewed articles😜) Seriously, why don’t medics tell patients>
