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Hi,
About two yrs ago I was diagnosed with non epileptic attack disorder (nead) it has changed my life as I am still at school and it is very unplesant to be stood doing something then to fall on the floor and have a fit for anyone to see they happen often 4 or 5 a week and I'm at a loss as to what to do please help
Sam

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Hi Samantha,

It is very important for epileptics, that their illness does not affects their self-image. The stigma of epilepsy that it is commonly seen a "mental disorder" which comes from ignorance and non-sensical mythology. Thus you need to educate people about what epilepsy is and how to help an epileptic person when he has an attack. One of my clients was an severe epileptic with similar feelings as yours and he started teaching people what epeilepsy was and what to do when he had an attack.

For more information on epilepsy see:

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and look up Epilepsy.

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapist

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia

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BA(Psych) Sydney University, Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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