NEW TO NEUROLOGY EPILEPSY

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I HAVE BEEN TREATED AS BIPOLAR SINCE I WAS 17 YR.S OLD HOSPITALIZATIONS MEDS SHOCK ETC. NOW I HAVE JUST FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE LEFT FRONT TEMPORAL LOBE SEIZURES THAT ARE VERY SEVERE WITH KINDLING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN-EEG I AM NOW  NOW 50 YR.S OLD LAST MONTH BRIAN MRI SAID TO BE 91/2 OUT OF 10 -GOOD MY SYMPTOMS DEFINITIVELY MATCH THE CRITERIA I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS TYPE OF EPILEPSY, HERE IS MY QUESTION, I AM TAKING RISPERDAL 0.5 MG AT BEDTIME , DEPAKOTE 500MG TWICE DAILY LEVEL IS 69, CITALOPRAM 40MG DAILY NOW I AM SEEING A NEUROLGIST WHO HAS STARTED LAMICTAL VALPROATE PACKET STARTING EVERY OTHER DAY WHAT I AM ASKING IS , IN REGARDS TO PATIENTS WHO ARE MISDIAGNOSED AS BIPOLAR WHO ARE ACTUALLY EPILEPTIC NEVER HAVING RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR SEIZURES WHAT IS THE TREATMENT OR OUTCOME OR BEST COURSE OF TREATMENT AND DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONCE THE SEIZURE ACTIVITY IS UNDER CONTROL THAT I COULD COME OFF OF THE PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS? IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN TO A NEUROLOGIST THIS WOULD HAVE MADE MY LIFE SO DIFFERENT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I WAS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, OR MT FAMILY MEMBER? WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST FOR INSTANCE THAT I DO OR WHERE TO GO?