Hello my name is Michelle
Harris . I have epilepsy. I am recently new to all of this crazy world of
dizzy spells, weird feelings and blackouts . I had my first seizure in
february of 99 while I was at work . I work at a hospital and I was found in
the bathroom . After being there for a week the only thing they found wrong
with me was an irregular c.t. scan .All of my eeg test were found to be
normal. Normal was not the word I was looking for . I started to think
something else was wrong with me . After my second hopital stay a month later
,I finally wanted to go a special hopital where they knew what was going on
with me. I finally got the help I needed at Shands Hospital in Gainsville ,
Fl. The hardest thing through all of this was I found lack of support from
all of my friends. My co-workers to this day think I was faking all of my
health problems because at the time I was sick they all had access to all of
my test results. Temporal Lobe epilepsy was ruled out. It seems I only have
sezures when I am over tierd or on my menstral cycle . All of my friends did
not believe me , but at the time I was in restraints , so I really did not
feel like convincing anyone. After I came back from Shands I felt a little
betrayed when asked if I had a nervous breakdown or if I was seeing a srink.
So now we come to the part where I really thought I was on my own. My husband
has been wonderful but he could only do so much. I figured out that people
cant understand something that nobody talks about. Everytime I would bring
the subject up people are still asking urban legends on epilepsy. Since I
work at a hospital I thought I would find others like myself and join a
support group so I could talk to people like myself. The support group was
the best thing I have ever done and now when a patient comes in the hospital
I feel like it is my job to sprend the news about the support and the new
found friend that are avaiable . This day I am happy to say I keep in touch
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