iv never seen or heard about alert dogs before, i would assume i would not be eligible currently as the meds are working for me, plus my issue is more getting a stable dose of the meds, enough to work not too much for the side effects issues and then i should be fine to continue again, the downside is this takes a long time on the NHS, while i was private i was getting meetings every 2 weeks scans every couple months, constant blood tests and regular small changes in meds up and down accordingly, then i had to go NHS which means meetings are now once a year for about 5 minutes, so now i deal with my gp rather than the specialist changes only happen via gp if i have a change of issues otherwise its wait for a year for the next small change
im not having constant grand mal attacks, im fairly sure iv not had an attack for just over 2 years, i think its just side effects and the odd twitching which wont go away anytime soon, its mainly my awareness and tiredness which is why im restricted to the house currently, tiredness im trying to combat with fitness and hopefully more reductions in meds, awareness im hoping comes either with being more awake or ill just change my life style habits to avoid things which cause those issues
for example my worst location currently is the supermarket, any area with lots of small products, so spices or meds area, just overloads my head a tad makes me feel dizzy and then i start walking into things as i just lose the awareness that they are there, next is by busy fast roads, so cars passing quickly by, anything really that involves a lot of info in a fast period of time
so currently that means deliveries for shopping plus i now live in a quiet area so generally its quiet traffic around here, i do the odd shopping run to see how im doing as i get fitter or after a change of meds
my best description of my day is like i'm a little drunk all the time and very tired, i walk into walls and furniture, my personal favorite was a giant sign outside the supermarket, it was head height about 3ft by 3ft, i cant remember what it said but i used to hit it every time i left the supermarket, i was still working then so i was moving around all the time, i did not know about nearly being run over till a few people i used to work with asked me why i was wondering in the middle of the busy city road on my way to work, after i stopped working i know i was nearly run over a few times when i went out on my own as some people pulled me out of the road
im confident as i learn to live with the issues and avoid certain things i will be fine
i no longer do the strange things, apparently one night i got up cleaned the kitchen for several hours with interesting outcomes, i.e freezer stuff put in the oven, fridge mostly destroyed, another night i got up started cooking got back into bed and set the kitchen on fire, i was not aware of any of this ofc but all thats stopped anyway, now i only cook certain things and its setup with timers so it turns off even if i forget etc, the house is quite well setup for me but some things cant be helped there will always be sharp knives around, they are semi safe all have covers etc
wow i do go on at times
tldr: alert dogs sounds interesting but don't think ill qualify as i'm getting better slowly and i don't suffer too badly, ill keep it in mind if things don't improve tho
