Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan

That's fairly typical of how epilepsy behaves and seizures in sleep. But I think the important thing is that this is the conversation I would like people to have because very often the conversations I'm having with patients are they're saying, but it must be epilepsy, but it must be epilepsy because it feels so impossible to them that the brain could do this without a disease.

That's fairly typical of how epilepsy behaves and seizures in sleep. But I think the important thing is that this is the conversation I would like people to have because very often the conversations I'm having with patients are they're saying, but it must be epilepsy, but it must be epilepsy because it feels so impossible to them that the brain could do this without a disease.

That's fairly typical of how epilepsy behaves and seizures in sleep. But I think the important thing is that this is the conversation I would like people to have because very often the conversations I'm having with patients are they're saying, but it must be epilepsy, but it must be epilepsy because it feels so impossible to them that the brain could do this without a disease.

And what I would love... you know, it's much like if you're deciding, does someone have migraine or do they have something else? You just have a conversation about it could be this, it could be this. And people are fine with the alternatives. But most of the conversations I have are people are almost begging to have epilepsy because they know how stigmatized the alternative is.

And what I would love... you know, it's much like if you're deciding, does someone have migraine or do they have something else? You just have a conversation about it could be this, it could be this. And people are fine with the alternatives. But most of the conversations I have are people are almost begging to have epilepsy because they know how stigmatized the alternative is.

And what I would love... you know, it's much like if you're deciding, does someone have migraine or do they have something else? You just have a conversation about it could be this, it could be this. And people are fine with the alternatives. But most of the conversations I have are people are almost begging to have epilepsy because they know how stigmatized the alternative is.

So this is exactly what I would like to see happening is you've got two possibilities and both are equally respected so that either can be considered.

So this is exactly what I would like to see happening is you've got two possibilities and both are equally respected so that either can be considered.

So this is exactly what I would like to see happening is you've got two possibilities and both are equally respected so that either can be considered.

Exactly. Yeah.

Exactly. Yeah.

Exactly. Yeah.

We don't fully understand. You know, when I was studying training as a neurologist, so let's say in the 1990s, we didn't have a clue about this stuff, but we are beginning to develop evidence.

We don't fully understand. You know, when I was studying training as a neurologist, so let's say in the 1990s, we didn't have a clue about this stuff, but we are beginning to develop evidence.

We don't fully understand. You know, when I was studying training as a neurologist, so let's say in the 1990s, we didn't have a clue about this stuff, but we are beginning to develop evidence.

theories but they are only theories but an awful lot of it really is around the concept of what we call predictive coding so how your brain processes information it isn't absorbing information as if we were video recorders or something our bodies behave as we expect it to behave in the case of Matthew I'm going back a bit now with remembering the story 2015 I'm asking you to go back a decade yeah I can hardly remember what I had for my breakfast but

theories but they are only theories but an awful lot of it really is around the concept of what we call predictive coding so how your brain processes information it isn't absorbing information as if we were video recorders or something our bodies behave as we expect it to behave in the case of Matthew I'm going back a bit now with remembering the story 2015 I'm asking you to go back a decade yeah I can hardly remember what I had for my breakfast but

theories but they are only theories but an awful lot of it really is around the concept of what we call predictive coding so how your brain processes information it isn't absorbing information as if we were video recorders or something our bodies behave as we expect it to behave in the case of Matthew I'm going back a bit now with remembering the story 2015 I'm asking you to go back a decade yeah I can hardly remember what I had for my breakfast but

So Matthew had some tingling, I think, in his legs. I've forgotten exactly how it started, but it started with some disturbed sensation in his legs. And then he was reassured by his doctor who didn't find anything wrong with him, but he wasn't really reassured. And he felt that he had a more serious problem than that.

So Matthew had some tingling, I think, in his legs. I've forgotten exactly how it started, but it started with some disturbed sensation in his legs. And then he was reassured by his doctor who didn't find anything wrong with him, but he wasn't really reassured. And he felt that he had a more serious problem than that.