(((EB))) wish I could help please go to your GP xxx

EB - I too have such a plan as if my pain gets intolerable, I will definitely use it. It also in a funny way gives me security and calm.

Thanks RD that makes me feel a bit better, CB made me feel as if I was crazy to have my plan

Carp my gp is so hard to get hold of its unreal, I will try again tho

Can you write EB? Or change surgeries; yours sounds like a nightmare.

Link (roll over me to see where I go)

I've just read this and although my epilepsy isn't as intense as hers our stories are almost identical and our medication is. She also talks about her severe mood swings and at times her desire to commit suicide. Maybe a lot of my trouble is linked to my epilepsy rather than depression in the conventional way if that makes sense. CB always swore my mood got worse on my new meds but because they were good for my epilepsy I refused to change them. The only difference in the medication is I'm not on progesterone yet and she's changed her diet to ketogenic and it's helped. Think I need to revisit my neurologist and ask some questions

That is a very good idea xxx

eb - from our experience having a plan makes mental health professionals very anxious when assessing risk of suicide. I guess it ramps up the risk of actually doing something. My daughter had her assessment with CAMHS at the start of a week, they had us back before the end of it. After a long and difficult consultation we had a plan in place but they did then tell us that had things been different they would have been advising us to cancel our holiday in the sun that started that weekend.

That's been my concern USB which is why I have been reluctant to see gp. I think if I do I will either omit that detail or play it down a lot.I am more minded to speak with my neurologist tbh as she's more likely to understand the impact my epilepsy and meds could be having. My next appt is end of April I think