Mum’s epilepsy misdiagnosed and dismissed as ‘mental health problem’

Madeleine Dippnall was misdiagnosed with mental health issues (Picture: Madeleine Dippnall/SWNS)After her panic attacks were dismissed as ‘mental health problems,’ a young mum discovered that she wasn’t suffering from a mental illness: she had epilepsy.Madeleine Dippnall, 29, was initially told by doctors that the cause of her panic attacks was a combination of depression and PTSD, which she attributed towards the breakdown of a traumatic relationship.She first suffered with he