article_snippet: Louise Thomas - and Louise Thomas - and doctors - were convinced Louise Thomas - and her doctors - was one of the millions affected.
article_snippet: Louise Thomas - and her doctors - problems were neurological rather than psychological.
article_snippet: And Louise Thomas - and her doctors - story is not uncommon.
article_snippet: Unfortunately, Louise didn't see a specialist for years.
article_snippet: But the drugs didn't work, and Louise would stop taking the drugs after a few months.
article_snippet: The specialist diagnosed Louise with temporal lobe epilepsy, a common type affecting the part of the brain concerned with emotion and hearing, as well as language and memory.
article_snippet: The cause, in Louise case, was unknown, although brain tumours, head injuries, brain infections and strokes can all cause epilepsy.
article_snippet: Even after being diagnosed with epilepsy, one neurologist thought Louise was experiencing non-epileptic seizures as well - seizures that are believed to have a psychological basis and are not caused by disrupted electrical brain activity.
article_snippet: After Louise diagnosis, Louise was given antidepressants - which can sometimes help with non-epileptic seizures - along with anti-epileptic medication, which works by changing levels of chemicals in the brain that conduct electrical impulses. '
article_snippet: Because of seizures, Louise had to give up Louise driving licence.
article_snippet: Louise medication was switched to lamotrigine - a different anti-epileptic drug.