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Challenges in the management of Psychogenic seizures: Are we playing a role in this?

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This weekend, I was reading a paper by Dr. Gaston Baslet and his colleagues (Treatment of Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: Updated review and findings from our mindfulness-based intervention case series, 2014 Clinical EEG and Neuroscience).  On page 9 the authors discuss something that was not the main topic of the paper, but that struck me as worthy […]

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Why can’t you just stop having these Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNESs)?

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Patients diagnosed with PNES sometimes share with me that they have encountered people who seem to think that they should be able to stop the seizures by somehow willing them away.  Those who hold this erroneous belief are not only from the general public but also health professionals (e.g. emergency medical personnel, doctors and nurses

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) awareness has taken off in 2014: new book on PNES, PNES/ non-epileptic attack disorder awareness colors, PNES conference hosted by NEREG

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The year 2014 has been very important for the raising of awareness and education about psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES).  On January, Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures: A Guide was published and has now sold almost 400 copies.  Some patients and family members decided to share this book with their neurologists and mental health professionals and wrote me

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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: beginning a grassroots movement on September 20, 2014?

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Even though psychogenic disorders, including psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) have been around for centuries, they continue to be the subject of ignorance and stigma.  Often, the general public as well as health professionals (including emergency medical personnel, neurologists, and mental health professionals) do not understand them and can end up making things worse.   Patients and

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It has a Name

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KT has written this powerful poem about her struggle with her mysterious illness-psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and the importance of finally being told what it was exactly that she has been suffering.  She has generously agreed to share with us and we thank her for that. Friends-close friends from near and far decide it is

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Why do Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) become chronic for so many?

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For the past year or so I have had a survey up on www.nonepilepticseizures.com homepage.  It asks: How long have you been suffering non-epileptic episodes? 109 responses were received.  Note that this is not a scientific survey that is based on those who wished to respond. Over 40% reported that PNES has been part of

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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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