tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793789911940846656.post361287268511164268..comments2013-04-02T03:53:59.983-07:00Comments on Brain Drain: Allen Wylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10295516674242503530noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793789911940846656.post-84756037079668480722010-08-12T12:34:17.870-07:002010-08-12T12:34:17.870-07:00Hi, Dr. Wyler
The treatment of epilepsy will alwa...Hi, Dr. Wyler<br /><br />The treatment of epilepsy will always be a complex issue, with complex and varying results, and rate of success, which degree of success can also vary over time. Further, you know how close the connection is between brain neuronal function, mood, and behavior.<br /><br />I feel any increase in suicidal behaviors, whether attempted (as in some personality disorders) or the unfortunately successful suicide, is due to similarly complex pathology and disorder. Neuronal dysfunction leads to though or mood disorders, depression, and is further aggrevated by the social isolation, difficulty in finding employment, and lowered self-esteem many patients with epilepsy face. Medications can also complicate patients' function, especially in patients who have refractory, difficult-to- control epilepsy.<br /><br />Having known your work in the past, I am proud to have worked with you, and have seen many patients who underwent successful surgery for their epilepsy, and reported significantly improved mood and cognition in their postoperative course.<br /><br />Regardless of the degree of connection between medication and suicide, we see it is vital (in the truest sense of the word) to get patients the best control of their seizures by any means possible.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00479981848203587110noreply@blogger.com