Mum 'thought she was going crazy' after epilepsy misdiagnosed for four years

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A mum-of-one has told how she thought she was going crazy as doctors repeatedly failed to address her epilepsy symptoms.For more than four years, Rachel Wilson's condition was misdiagnosed as sinus problems, an allergy and then anxiety.The mum, from St Helens, had to stop driving and leave her job - but still had no idea what was wrong with her as medical officials continued to tell her that her symptoms were just anxiety, reports the Mirror.Rachel was fearing that she was going 'crazy' until, eventually, she issued a desperate plea on Facebook.She asked friends and family for help identifying her symptoms - and incredibly, a chance conversation with a friend who saw her post led the mum to discover she had epilepsy.Rachel recalled the first time she suffered a seizure - while driving with her son Sonny.She said: "It was completely out of the blue, I was driving to Manchester with my little boy in the car."Luckily, we were in traffic lights, and I just had this with a weird sensation."Almost like I was going to faint and I opened the windows.

It was really strange."On the way home, I had another one and we were on the motorway and I was completely paralysed, I couldn't even indicate for the junction we needed to get off at."I was having them every time, while I was working.

I couldn't put my finger on it."After visiting the doctors, she was diagnosed with sinusitis and underwent surgery which made no difference and then sent for allergy testing.But when the pandemic struck - she struggled to access help, and her mental health nosedived.She said: I was misdiagnosed for a long time, and due to the prolonged misdiagnosis, I was made to feel like it was psychological."At times, I felt like I was going crazy.