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I Have Seizures

Despite clinical evidence in an EEG, the doctors have continued to label it as a psychiatric condition. It's not.

And yet my dentist refuses to give me general anaesthesia for tooth extractions and root canals.

The previous dentist refused to give me any form of pain relief before drilling into 4 teeth close to the gum line. This was after making a phone call to the dr I had at the time and being told that I had 'syncope.'

I collapsed on the floor after the painful fillings and the dentist had to help me up.

Oh by the way I had clinical evidence for both syncope and seizures, so I guess they thought they could pick the easier label and shrug it off as a mental condition.

I also have some functional challenges including learning difficulties, sensory overload and getting lost a lot. These too have been shrugged off as psychiatric.
kodiac · 22-25, M
Seizures suck ,i can't get a driver licence because of them .
Carazaa · F
@kodiac ill pray they will stop! They will!
kodiac · 22-25, M
@Carazaa 👍️
@kodiac exactly same with my daughter... best of luck to both of you
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
Mine was labeled psychiatric until they couldn't deny it anymore and the lag in proper diagnosis nearly cost my life. Even [i]after[/i] I was diagnosed, they tried to label new symptoms as anxiety until they became life threatening. Please try to fight this if there is evidence. Legal representation wouldn't be a bad idea. We wish we would have sooner, looking back.

Good luck. I'm sorry you're going through this 😔
purplepen · 51-55, F
@SwampFlower Thank you. I really need a healthcare advocate but they have refused to help me too.
BlueRain · F
I had an unexplainable one years ago.
NativeOregonian · 51-55
@BlueRain *hugs* :(
BlueRain · F
@NativeOregonian thank you!
TexChik · F
Ask him to get a board certified anesthesiologist to come in and do the sedation .
purplepen · 51-55, F
@TexChik I might be able to go to a different dental center and just hope they don't look at my health record.
TexChik · F
@purplepen what country ??
purplepen · 51-55, F
@TexChik Canada. And I wasn't born here, but I am a citizen. I did ask some medical lawyers but they refused to help me and refused to say why. I think it's because the healthcare system here has more influence than the law. It's like a law unto itself.
NativeOregonian · 51-55
Insist on an MRI immediately after a seizure, within at least four days, it will show where they are centered.
purplepen · 51-55, F
@NativeOregonian Thx for the suggestion, but when I got MRI's the doctors claimed that they were normal. The EEG's indicated seizures though.
NativeOregonian · 51-55
@purplepen Then it's time to get a lawyer as @SwampFlower suggested. *hugs* You're so very welcome 🤗

 
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