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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Can mental illness be linked to seizure activity?
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Jan 03, 2002 12:00AM
, Jan 03, 2002 12:00AM
Certainly anxiety or high stress can trigger seizure or increase the frequency, but can not cause seizures if there is no underlying neurological reason for the seizures.
Seizures are a separate issue, with no cause and effect relationship to mental illness. If a person has seizures, they may have trouble coping with the fact of the seizures, but that is not mental illness.
Seizures are a separate issue, with no cause and effect relationship to mental illness. If a person has seizures, they may have trouble coping with the fact of the seizures, but that is not mental illness.
