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Saturday, 22 December 2012

Suffer my son Epilepsy

Suffer my son Epilepsy


Problems:

My mother (41 years old) from a single female child age 12 grade 1 junior. Since almost one year my daughter often experience a period of nearly fainted once every 2 weeks. In fact, at the beginning of junior high once nearly every day. After undergoing several tests CT scan (normal) EEG epileptic tendency (though 3 doctors neurologist that I visited was a little hesitant going diagnosis), blood, heart, lungs, everything is normal, but the conclusion of the psychological examination showed immaturitas personality that causes the child less able to adapt to the social environment.

The subject is very low tolerance for stressful situations and test results bender showing signs of organic disorder. What does he mean? What is no indication that our daughter stress? How to foster self-confidence? Because once told me he complained / felt himself a fool, but his IQ is 107. Indeed, my daughter is a bit lazy and lacking discipline learning. My daughter's personality according to the results showed fairly open but tend to limit themselves, it is difficult to guess what he wants and leads to irritability, immature, emotionally unstable and prone to chaotic while comprehension, verbal, logic and abstraction showed quite good.

One of the doctor's nerves would never recommend to a psychiatrist, what's the difference with a psychologist bu ya? In consultation the mother gave, we thank you.


Yours respectfully


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Answer:

Dear Mrs. Henny, thank you for your patience waiting for a response from my consultation. From the story Mom, can I conclude that physiologically and in terms of his intellectual abilities normal (blood, heart, lungs normal, verbal comprehension, logic and abstraction good enough). However, women have a tendency to epileptic mother who relapse triggered by psychological stress. It can indeed occur in children less mature personality (immature), where he became less able to adapt to the social environment and a very low tolerance for stressful situations (according to the results of a psychological examination of the mother's daughter). Junior high experience was an experience that feels very stressful and cause great anxiety for my mother's daughter. He needs time to adapt to new environments, in order to feel safe and comfortable and confident. That is why, the tendency epilepsy who is in her last appeared in the form of a sudden fainting attack quite often, especially in the early junior high.

Regarding the Bender test, it is one of the psychological tests for the presence of organic abnormalities of the brain or brain dysfunction. Thus, the test results also confirmed with Bender suffered epileptic mother's daughter, where there is an electrical charge and release of excessive or uncontrolled neuron cells in the brain, thus receiving and sending impulses from the brain to other parts of the body affected.

As for the question about a psychiatrist and a psychologist mother, they both explore the problem of 'psychic' or psychological. The difference, a psychiatrist is a medical specialist, which could be used in the handling of patient medical drugs (such as anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, seizure medications, etc.). While psychologists, coming from different disciplines of medicine and countermeasures taken in consultation with the client, counseling, psychological tests or the variety of therapeutic techniques. So, to help establish the diagnosis, psychological could do a series of interviews, observation and tests and then provide appropriate treatment. However, if the process required medical treatment or even surgery, for example, then it should work with a psychiatrist, neurologist doctor (neurologist), and so on. From a psychological standpoint, it could be related epilepsy or has a complex emotional changes that can alter the behavior and personality as well as inhibit interpersonal relationships. Children become difficult to control his temper, irritability, or it could be a loss of motivation to learn in school, loss of sensitivity to the environment, being egocentric or withdraw from their social environment. This could become more severe with the wrong attitudes of the public, such as isolating considers infectious diseases, and so on.

Most importantly, people with epilepsy do need to be addressed as early as possible, because the slower penangannya the negative effects that can damage brain nerve will be even greater. Some of my suggestions:

1. Understand and accept the fear or anxiety. People with epilepsy can not be cured usually fear, fear of swimming, fear of riding a bike and recurrent fear in public places then become an embarrassing spectacle for people. Patiently and diligently, cultivate confidence mother daughter by telling the real facts about epilepsy suffered. What is clear, epilepsy is not contagious, not a hereditary disease and not mental retardation. In fact, the fact that many famous people who also suffer from epilepsy but can still work beyond normal people need to tell mom that he was optimistic and more confident in his life.

2. Dig potential and talents or find out what the hobby activities in your free time, then push your daughter to be at it so fruitful achievements to be proud of. Thus, he will be more confident and happy.

3. Whenever possible, avoid situations that could increase pressure for the child and prepare him to face any situation. For example, if you will visit a new place, saying that he would meet with in the A, B or will do this and that. Avoid fatigue, lack of sleep, eating late, cold, or too forced in learning. Parents should not apply the rule of the rigid discipline that easily cause anxiety and stress for children with fragile personalities. Better, give vigor and adjust the capacity or ability children in learning. Sensitivity and alertness to provide assistance in learning when a child needs is also very necessary.

Naturally, if parents feel anxious and frustrated thinking about the future of children who suffer from epilepsy. Mom certainly anxious mother daughter suddenly imagined seizures and ostracized by people with the wrong assumptions about epilepsy. But the mother should be optimistic. With the help of proper treatment, many people with epilepsy are able to live normal. To broaden the horizon and meet the need for information, bu Henny can join an association of parents with epilepsy that exist in different regions.

4. Try to remain calm and alert when the child suffered a sudden. Surely bu Henny already know the steps that need to be (and should not) do when the mother daughter face a seizure. Prepare yourself by providing medicines in a place easily visible / affordable and keep important phone numbers-numbers / emergency, such as a hospital or doctor.

If the mother daughter taking antiepileptic drugs, always consult with doctors, since there are sedative drugs that have side effects slow down the process of thinking. Since the advent of school age, the wrong medication can interfere with the ability and academic achievement.

Of course, what I say here is not enough to answer all the questions you. The steps that need to be planned in detail and Mrs. consult directly with a psychiatrist or psychologist who practices in the Capital city. With patience and compassion in assisting mother and encouraged her to make efforts to recover, I believe my mother's daughter can grow and develop normally like his friends.


Maya Harry, Psi

Sources: Indonesian Women

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