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Health Professionals Need to become educated about Psychogenic seizures (PNES)

Recently I read a couple of comments about psychogenic seizures on an epilepsy professional Forum and was thoroughly disappointed and irritated to say the least. Although the tone of the comments was essentially professional and apparently trying to be helpful, I was taken aback by how dismissively the PNES patient was spoken of by these […]

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: GC recommends that you listen to yourself

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This blog post was written by a young woman who was diagnosed with psychogenic seizures (PNES) seven years ago. She has coursed a hard yet enriching road that eventually helped her overcome her PNES. Not only has she overcome the condition, she is now helping others to do the same. we thank her for taking

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Katie offers advice on psychogenic non-epileptic seizures at the workplace

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Katie is contributing this month’s blog post. In it she gives useful advice based on her own experiences about how to deal with PNES in the workplace. She describes “The Talk” that you may want to have with your boss and workmates and how you might explain to them what you need them to do

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New book Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: A Guide receives 5 star-review from Pacific Book Reviews

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I am posting as is: In the sciences of medicine and psychology, there are myriad subjects for practitioners to turn their focus to. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that something is going to get lost in the shuffle, and Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) appears to have drawn the short end of the stick in that game.

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: Ming shares her story of living with PNES

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My psychogenic seizures began like this: I was exposed to “Workplace Bullying.” Even though I had exemplary yearly evaluations my supervisor began the bullying and as it increased I reported it to the head boss. They planned to have 5 back to 5 meetings in one day with him and others (there’s a term for

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Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: How can you have a stress disorder if you’re not feeling stressed?

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The question I hear from almost all my patients who have received the diagnosis of psychogenic seizures the first few times we meet is: “How can I have a stress condition if I am not feeling at all stressed? The answer is: There is a difference between feeling stressed and being under stress. And developing

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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: A Guide-new book for patients and loved ones hopes to fill the information gap that currently exists

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For the past year and a half I have been writing a book on psychogenic seizures for those living with PNES as well as their caregivers and the professionals who work with them. As we all know, psychogenic seizures look very much like epileptic seizures, but are not triggered by electrical anomalies in the brain

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Treating Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: Only half of US psychiatrists accept payment through health insurance

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An article came out earlier this week in USA Today that underscored a very serious problem that persons with psychogenic non epileptic seizures (and other mental health conditions) face. Only half of psychiatrists accept insurance which means that if you need treatment you need to be prepared to pay large out-of-pocket fees. This is not

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Katie shares her experience of living with psychogenic seizures for 4 years

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Katie is 22 years old and will graduate from college this spring. She has also had psychogenic non-epileptic seizures for 4 years. She contacted me because she wants to be a voice and advocate for PNES, to help others realize they are not alone and that there is hope, and to make positive strides for

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I have psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) but was never traumatized: Is this you?

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In July 2013, we published an article in the Journal Epilepsy and Behavior looking at: Psychological trauma in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Trauma characteristics and those who develop PTSD. The full article can be found here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525505013001819). We found that 45 out of 61 (73.8%) patients reported experiencing at least one traumatic event in

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