I ¶ì¤·¤àd panic attacks after my break-up - but they were ¸½¼Â¤Ë a Ä´°õ¤¹¤ë of epilepsy: Mother, 29, says she was misdiagnosed with ÉԷʵ¤
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A young mother ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd with ÉԷʵ¤ after a break-up was shocked to learn epilepsy was ¸½¼Â¤Ë to ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ë for her panic attacks.
Madeleine Dippnall was left 'hysterically' crying and gripped by paranoia ¤Ë°ú¤Â³¤¤¤Æ the end of her two-year 'traumatic' ´Ø·¸, which saw the 29-year-old move »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë in with her parents in Cornwall.
ƱÍÍ¤Ë as ÉԷʵ¤, doctors ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd her with ¶ìǺ and PTSD.
Ms Dippnall, Ϸǯ¤Î 22 at the time and living in an ËÉÙ¤Ê part of north west London before packing her ½ê»ýÉÊ up, also lost nearly 6st and was À䤨¤º vomiting, Ͷȯ¤¹¤ëing doctors to ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ë her with anorexia.??
°åÌô she was given only helped with a fraction of the ÌÜÏ¿ of ÌäÂ꡿ȯ¹Ô¤¹¤ës she was ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd with, leaving her º®Í𤵤»¤ëd as to whether something else was ¿Ê¹ÔÃæ¤Ç.
Madeleine Dippnall, 29, was told by doctors her panic attacks were ¸¶°ø¡Ê¤È¤Ê¤ë¡Ëd by ÉԷʵ¤ and PTSD which she put É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë to the end of a traumatic ´Ø·¸
After ¶ì¤·¤àing a seizure out of the blue six years later, which saw her wake up on the bathroom ¾²¤ËÂǤÁÅݤ¹, Ms Dippnall was ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd with temporal ¹â¤¯µÝ·Á¤ËÂǤÁÊÖ¤¹ epilepsy.?
The graphic designer's symptoms 'literally washed away' ÌëÄ̤· thanks to seizure-¡Ê·Ù´±¤Î¡Ë½ä²ó¶è°è¡¤¼õ»ý¤Á¶è°èing ËãÌôs.
²òǤ¤¹¤ëing her diagnosis, Ms Dippnall said: 'I felt µßºÑ that I wasn't crazy. Now I know what's going on.'?
Around one in 100 people in the UK have epilepsy.
Temporal ¹â¤¯µÝ·Á¤ËÂǤÁÊÖ¤¹ epilepsy ¡½ one particular type ¡½ ¸¶°ø¡Ê¤È¤Ê¤ë¡Ës seizures which start in the areas of the brain with the same »Ø̾¤¹¤ë.?
They are ÀÕǤ¤¬¤¢¤ë memory, ¿³Íý¡¤¸øÄ°²ñ, and understanding language, ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð the charity Epilepsy ³èÆ°¡¿ÀïÆ®.
Seizures which start in this area of the brain can can make you feel ¶¼¤¹d, get deja vu, hear things that aren't there, experience an unpleasant taste or smell and ¸¶°ø¡Ê¤È¤Ê¤ë¡Ë fidgeting ¡ ½ Partly explaining Ms Dippnall's symptoms.?
The graphic designer from Cornwall, was ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd with epilepsy after ¶ì¤·¤àing a seizure out of the blue
After ¶ì¤·¤àing panic attacks she went to a psychiatrist who ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd her with PTSD, ¶ìǺ, ÉԷʵ¤ and anorexia, which saw her Éé¤ï¤»¤ë µÞÍî¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤·ã¸º¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë to ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ than six ÀС¿ÅêÀФ¹¤ë
²òǤ¤¹¤ëing her ·èÄ꡿ȽÄ꾡¤Á¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë to move »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë to Cornwall, Ms Dippnall said: 'I needed to be by the sea.?
'We had to get away. It was horrible.'
She said of her symptoms: 'You have the adrenaline ƱÅù¡Ê¤Î¡Ë to ¸ºß on a roller-coaster.
'Everything sweats. I'd go to the ÀöÌ̽ê to be sick. I'd be hysterically crying. You have this ¶²¤ì¤ë of God in you that something awful is going to happen.
'My mum used to put my Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë under a Îäø¤Ê water ÄÀ¤à.
'¤¤¤Ä¤«s I'd get catatonic. I couldn't move. I'd go within myself.
'But if you were looking at me you wouldn't really know what was going on.'
Ms Dippnall, pictured with her husband Christopher, 35, was on the °åÌô for about three years and didn't see much ²þÎÉ
Since her diagnosis, she's been able to enjoy her life again with her step-children, two-year-old son, Bo (pictured), and her husband Christopher who ºîÉÊ as a carpenter
Since ¸ºß ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd, she's been taking lamotrigine, a Ìô¡¿°å³Ø to help with her ¾ò·ï and said her ÉԷʵ¤ has 'literally washed away'
Ms Dippnall was on a cocktail of °åÌô for about three years and didn't see much ²þÎÉ, ½Ò¤Ù¤ëing it as '¼ºË¾¤µ¤»¤ëing'.?
One night in April 2023, she woke up with the insides of her mouth bleeding. She had had a seizure.
She said: 'My ÃÄÂΡ¿»àÂÎ was cramping all over. I'd bitten the insides of my mouth. I had a nocturnal seizure, a tonic clonic (where the muscles twitch and start jerking).
'The next night I woke up on the bathroom ¾²¤ËÂǤÁÅݤ¹.
'I said to Chris, my husband, oh my God I think I've had a seizure.
'I went to the GP and he put through an ¶ÛµÞ¤Î referral. I was ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd with temporal ¹â¤¯µÝ·Á¤ËÂǤÁÊÖ¤¹ epilepsy. I felt relieved that I wasn't crazy.
'I was angry at all these ¸¢°Ò¤Î¤¢¤ë people who told me I had mental problems. If this went untreated I could have really had ÌäÂ꡿ȯ¹Ô¤¹¤ës.'
Ms Dipnell ²òǤ¤¹¤ës having a?seizure when she was about 19, but says it wasn't Ä´ºº¡¿Áܺº¤¹¤ëd ŬÀÚ¤Ë
After taking her new °åÌô lamotrigine she said she is 'feeling good' and building a graphic design ¾¦Çä¡¿»Å»ö from her off-grid cabin where she lives
Ms Dippnall Äɲ乤ëd: 'My dad had an instinct all along. He said, "those are not normal panic attacks that you're having".
'I had a seizure when I was about 19 but it wasn't Ä´ºº¡¿Áܺº¤¹¤ëd ŬÀÚ¤Ë because of the way I È¿±þ¤¹¤ëd to the ¼Â¸³¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës.
'I felt like something was going on and there was something wrong with me. I felt like no one was listening to me.'?
Since her diagnosis, she's been able to enjoy her life again with her step-children, two-year-old son, Bo, and Chris, 35, who ºîÉÊ as a carpenter.
She said: 'Since ¸ºß on the epilepsy °åÌô I ¹Á¡¿ÈòÆñ½ê't had a Áª¤Ó½Ð¤¹¡¿ÆÈ¿È episode and my ÉԷʵ¤ has literally washed away.
'My husband says the difference is like night and day.'