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epilepsy = bipolar?

Have epilepsy - LTL.  Had surgery, am still on medication.  Friend is studying psychiatry - comparing epilepsy and bipolar.  She is trying to push me into bipolar.  Medical opinion please?!  Another question:  Medicine calculated on weight.  I weigh 100kg.  Am on Lamictin, Clobazam, Topamax.  How would you then calculate my cocktail?  How is the info in the medicine packaging then calculated?  Eg Lamictin goes to 400mg and odd cases to 500mg.  How is the body weight calculated and what if I should loose for example 20 - 30 kg's?
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THANK YOU for answering questions!!
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Bipolar is often confused with temporal lobe epilepsy, because TLE has ALL the psichosis if it isn't well controlled, since they are mostly part of the temporal lobe. -Vanessadd
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