They are co-morbid. It's not the same disorder. They're not intermingled. They are just occurring at the same time. They might seem intermingled to you, but a team of doctors wouldn't treat them as one and the same. You would see a doc for your neurological disorder and one for the psych issues that go with it.
I have a cousin with epilepsy. She's not depressed at all. Just because it is more common does not mean it is the same pathology. People who have shitty diseases get depressed. It's not surprising at all. I repeat, you do not go to a psychiatrist to treat seizures. A psychiatrist will not provide you with tools to stop or minimize seizures because they can't. It is a neurological condition.
I have a cousin with epilepsy. She's not depressed at all. Just because it is more common does not mean it is the same pathology. People who have shitty diseases get depressed. It's not surprising at all. I repeat, you do not go to a psychiatrist to treat seizures. A psychiatrist will not provide you with tools to stop or minimize seizures because they can't. It is a neurological condition.
