Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Hello,
My name is Brad. I was recently diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. I'm 26 years old. about 3 weeks ago, I was driving and started feeling very nervous and sweaty. I was feeling uneasy all day long (what I've always just assumed was anxiety, never been treated). Now while I was driving having those feelings, I started seeing a white light flash in my right eye. Now this is the first time this has ever happened to me. I blacked out and somehow managed to drive close to 2 miles before getting into and accident. Luckily, no injuries.

Now I just had some questions that may have not been cleared up by the neurologist.

1- Any way this could have just been a panic attack and not a seizure?
2- I was prescribed Keppra, which I'm so hesitant on taking because of the horror stories of AED treatment. Will seizures become worse or happen more frequently if I don't take?
3-I work in an office and stare at a computer screen for most of my day. Will this have any effect on me?
4- Can epilepsy be cured? My doctor said it's possible for me to stop taking medicine after 2 years.
5-Ultimately, I'd like to get opinions from others on if the possible side effects from the medicine are worth it considering this is the first time something like this has happened.

All opinions are greatly appreciated as I am new to this and really trying to understand this disease. Thank you in advance.

Hey Brad

Welcome to the Forum.

That was a scary experience. I urge you to refrain from driving as much as possible. You should be more cautious especially if you don't know what may trigger your episodes.
Now with regard to your questions.

First, it may be possible that what you experience was a panic attack although from what RanMan already mentioned a neurologist will be able to tell. If I was going to speculate I would have to say that what happened is you're already suffering from anxiety and that triggered the seizure.

Second, honestly I'm not fond of medications and I don't like the side effects it impose but I also believe on it's necessity. I try other methods as much as possible but when nothing else works I then take up medication. And I always consult my clinician regarding my treatment decisions.

Third, it actually would depend on how you gets exposed on the computer screen and the things you see and there are actually computer screens that are not threats.

Fourth, there are some cases that claims that epilepsy was cured. In my opinion epilepsy can be lived with by handling the symptoms. Once the symptoms are controlled epilepsy and seizures will subdue but we can not be certain that it's actually gone for good.

Lastly, side-effects are inevitable. It would depend on your body on how much you get affected. I'm not fond of medication because of this reason. Sometimes meds affect my functionality big time. That's why I consider other approaches and take meds only as a last resort. Other approaches in handling epilepsy are nutritional supplements and diet. Endoca hemp products have anticonvulsant properties that suppresses seizure activity. This product is 100 percent natural meaning that it may have little to no side-effect. It also have many other medical properties which are all beneficial. And ketogenic diet is a eating regimen which is said to reduce epileptic seizures

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