General My Sufferer Blacked Out At His Daughters School Yesterday

[Badger]

I asked him how he was doing because he hadnt been texting me much for the past 2 days and I got this message:

"Yesterday I went to Elie's school and had a sort of stroke/seizure thing happening. My limbs were all very heavy. I was slurring my speech. My memory was in and out. They actually called the police on me because they thught I was drunk. So then CPS had to come too. Anyway I saw my doctor tonight and they lined up an MRI for my brain and an EEG. Hopefully they'll find out something soon because nobody really wants me to have Elie (his 5 year old daughter) until we get this thing figured out.

To anyone who knows about dissociative disorder- is this episode potentialy related to that or is it some sort of panic attack? Im really worried about him and he wont let me talk to him on the phone. I think his stress level is too high to have any interaction with anyone right now.

 

[Abstract]

https://www.myptsd.com/threads/who-else-has-seizures-as-a-ptsd-symptom.30087/

Have a look at these Badger. You can also look up conversion disorder. Some countries list them under dissociation. Thats if it isn't physiological of course.

 

[DMerish]

I'm surprised he wasn't taken to the hospital. Something like that could be caused by several things: drug interaction, low blood pressure, high blood sugar, panic attack, maybe, stroke/seizure, etc. Sounds like he's doing what he needs to though (getting the MRI) and trying to keep his stress level down. Try to be glad about that, rather than worried - worry just adds to stress.

 

[Badger]

Not only was he not taken to the hospital, he drove himself to the dr yesterday. But they were pretty proactive about taking his daughter away from him, but when it came to taking care of him I didn't see the same concern. He shouldnt be driving until he gets those tests. God forbid he does that in the car and kills himself or someone else.

 

[Badger]

Just to update- offered to help. In some specific ways, like discussing with social services the option of me taking his daughter back and forth to school for him (and anywhere else she needs to go in thecar) an received a one line answer " Let me think about things."

Im his only friend, he doesn't have support, and right now it sucks not to be able to be there for him.