I've experienced all of your symptoms. I sought help on numerous occasions when I thought I was at the end of my rope. I was referred to
psychiatric treatment. I took SSRIs which helped a little, but did not seem to address the core problems. I saw several psychologists over
the years. It seemed that I was teaching them at $75 per hour. A few were genuinely sympathetic, but I can't afford friends who charge
$75 an hour. lol. No psychiatrist or psychologist ever thought to refer me to see if there was a physical reason for my symptoms. Apparently,
that was someone else's responsibility.
I suffered ocular migraines as residue from a neurological/psychiatric trauma I experienced at age 17. The best advice
I got was from a US neurologist who told me that US Neurology didn't know a lot about ocular migraines (circa 1980), as "they had
bigger fish to fry". He told me the British neurology had done more research in that area. After suffering spells, depression, dp/dr for
38 years, I finally found the answers to my mental illness in British Medical Texts and Journals. My trauma at 17 was an intense series
of temporal lobe seizures. My lifelong spells were focal temporal lobe seizures. I ordered an EEG and MRI with Epilepsy protocol. My EEG
showed "significant pathology in my dominant temporal lobe, consistent with a history of epileptic seizure". With this understanding, my
life came into focus and began to make sense. I took charge of my treatment. Today, I am virtually symptom free, and hopefully I will never
experience another depressive episode, severe insomnia and anxiety, intrusive thoughts, intense deja vu episodes, panic spells, etc.
From my experience, I would give this advice. US Mental health is Caveat Emptor. They are all happy to take your money and profess
to be experts in mental health. Psychology, however, is a House of Cards. (book by Robin Dawes). Psychiatry is trial and error.
One simply cannot rely on the experts for a proper diagnosis and treatment. They earn your money so long as they "do no harm".
The 2nd piece of advice would be to get an EEG which will monitor 11 different areas of your brain, including your temporal lobe, and
determine if you have any measurable pathology in your temporal lobe. My symptoms emanated from a dysfunctional temporal lobe.
When I was exposed to the facts, this became readily apparent to me. But, the "experts" could provide no diagnosis.
psychiatric treatment. I took SSRIs which helped a little, but did not seem to address the core problems. I saw several psychologists over
the years. It seemed that I was teaching them at $75 per hour. A few were genuinely sympathetic, but I can't afford friends who charge
$75 an hour. lol. No psychiatrist or psychologist ever thought to refer me to see if there was a physical reason for my symptoms. Apparently,
that was someone else's responsibility.
I suffered ocular migraines as residue from a neurological/psychiatric trauma I experienced at age 17. The best advice
I got was from a US neurologist who told me that US Neurology didn't know a lot about ocular migraines (circa 1980), as "they had
bigger fish to fry". He told me the British neurology had done more research in that area. After suffering spells, depression, dp/dr for
38 years, I finally found the answers to my mental illness in British Medical Texts and Journals. My trauma at 17 was an intense series
of temporal lobe seizures. My lifelong spells were focal temporal lobe seizures. I ordered an EEG and MRI with Epilepsy protocol. My EEG
showed "significant pathology in my dominant temporal lobe, consistent with a history of epileptic seizure". With this understanding, my
life came into focus and began to make sense. I took charge of my treatment. Today, I am virtually symptom free, and hopefully I will never
experience another depressive episode, severe insomnia and anxiety, intrusive thoughts, intense deja vu episodes, panic spells, etc.
From my experience, I would give this advice. US Mental health is Caveat Emptor. They are all happy to take your money and profess
to be experts in mental health. Psychology, however, is a House of Cards. (book by Robin Dawes). Psychiatry is trial and error.
One simply cannot rely on the experts for a proper diagnosis and treatment. They earn your money so long as they "do no harm".
The 2nd piece of advice would be to get an EEG which will monitor 11 different areas of your brain, including your temporal lobe, and
determine if you have any measurable pathology in your temporal lobe. My symptoms emanated from a dysfunctional temporal lobe.
When I was exposed to the facts, this became readily apparent to me. But, the "experts" could provide no diagnosis.
