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I need Medical help but I can't open up so I can!! HELP!!!!!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,875,648 The Mix Honorary Guru
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First let me just explain. For the last few weeks / days I'll be playing with my friend like watching youtube or something than all of a sudden I my whole body would "Freakout"

My friend kept saying to me you need to tell someone about this and get it looked at. Every time i see him he says that.

I looked into it and turns out i have epilepsy. This information I got from the internet, and I have done loads of tests and all that crap but every comes out the same. I know not to always trust the internet but i agree 100% and i feel like i am. Im 99.9% sure.

The good news is we now know what it is but the bad thing is I dont know how I could even try to get help like open up. I need help yet I cant say. I dont want my friend to say it for me, but he might end up to.

Any ideas how I could say it but without saying it??? (if that makes sense XD)

Comments

  • AoifeAoife Community Manager Posts: 3,228 Boards Guru
    Hey Ellis,

    It's great to see you reaching out here and looking for some advice about how to open up to get some help. We're not medical experts here, but like your friend mentioned, it's important you tell someone about what's going on and see a doctor so they can make sure you're okay. It's not always easy opening up about what's going on but what can help some people is to write down everything you want to say and hand it to your doctor or a family member. Do you feel this might be helpful?

    You mentioned that you're friend knows about what's going on. Do you feel he might be able to help you open up to someone about what's happening?

    All the best,

    - Aife
    Maybe somethings don't get better, but we do. We get stronger. We learn to live with our situations as messy and ugly as they are. We fix what we can and we adapt to what we can't. Maybe some of us will never fully be okay, but at least we're here. We're still trying. We're doing the best we can. That's worth celebrating too ❤
  • Former MemberFormer Member Miniposter Posts: 91 Budding Regular
    Writing it down and giving it someone can definitely help! I personally think it best your family find out preferably before you have a seizure, especially as they can help you get help, for example I always tell my mom if i need to see a doctor because I get anxious phoning up the GP's office myself so I let her do it, lol - of course your friend could also fulfill that role of being the one to go forward and get help for you depending on how confident they are.

    You could also try and get a favourable family member alone - e.g. i always turn to my mom and never talk to anyone in my family about my health issues when multiple are present in a room, and my mom tells the rest of the family if she deems it important. but i know people who tell their brothers, sisters, fathers etc instead - whichever family member you feel the most comfortable talking to about it. Perhaps combine both and give the family member you're most comfortable with a piece of paper describing your desire for help.

    I would suggest trying to talk to your GP about it - while i don't think they can help you right away, they WILL and should be able to refer to a specialist which can set you on the route to improving your health. Also - you can phone your GP and see them by yourself at any age, don't let being young stop you because being brave enough could potentially save you from getting even worse. (though in general i'd suggest telling a family member first, especially if dependent on them for transport. depending on if the presence of a family member helps you to communicate the problem or not you could ask them to wait while you see the doctor alone)
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/arti...seeing-your-gp
    https://www.childline.org.uk/info-ad...g-your-doctor/
    Both of these links contain sound and short advice to getting to see your GP - the childline one even has a few paragraphs on being too anxious to convey the problem. It depends on individual doctor/surgery i suppose but i'd generally suggest to write down the issue and when you talk to your GP, tell them you wrote everything down and give them the paper you wrote it on.

    On a quick google search I couldn't find any specific advice/links to look at so sadly seeing your GP is the only thing I can suggest. If you haven't already, read this - http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epileps...Diagnosis.aspx - specifically the part about describing seizures for advice on what kind of info you should be prepared to tell a doctor about.
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