No known psych hist
admitted academic medical center
convulsing in bedroom
taken to er
administed lorazipan
no change in presentation
loading dose of another med stopping convulsion
therapudic levels of usual anti epileptic
no infection or metabolic disturbance
no use of illegal drugs
admited to neuro
eeg ordered
began confulsing again
intravenious lorazipan administered
no epileptiform activity on eeg
placed on video eeg monitoring while anti epileptics were tapered and discontinued
convulsive motor activity with no epilelptic on eeg
psych requested
denied depress, sleep disturb,
no thoughts of si
no mania/psychosis
no family history
denied recent psychosocial stressors
"life finally where she wants it to be"
concerned about seizures disrupting life and cost of hospitalization
became irritable after eeg results came bac negative

Irene 29

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Completed short course of CBT
anxoety had not reappeared
never taken osych med no psch his
study psych, worked as hospital orderly
considerered career in med
prev. worked regularly and had friends
reoccurant obdominal pain wrapped job prospects and social circle
chrones falirs cause missed interviews
single since college
emailed other memebrso f bowel disorder people
aunt also had chrones
diff. obtaining collateral information from prev. doctords