Epilepsy patients may experience nervousness, irritability and anxiety (Shutterstock)“One in three people with epilepsy will at some point in their lives have a psychiatric disorder,” said Dr. Kanner, citing a population-based study of 36,984 subjects that compared people with and without epilepsy. It has been usual practice to classify anxiety disorders in people with epilepsy according to the temporal relationship between the anxiety symptoms and the epileptic seizures. Here are the types of anxiety linked to epilepsy:Peri-ictal anxiety – some patients experience nervousness, irritability and anxiety in the prodromal phase, i.e. About one-third of patients with post-ictal anxiety have also experienced anxiety prior to the onset of epilepsy. Also in this case, patients with temporolimbic epilepsy have the greatest predisposition.

Source: Standard Digital March 07, 2020 12:45 UTC