birth control switch and increase in possible seizures

I am not diagnosed with epilepsy, but I have very epileptic type symptoms. A doctor 7 years ago (actually my psychiatrist at the time) told me that I most likely have Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. The potential complex partial seizure diagnosis was kept on my record at the hospital due to repeated episodes of me smelling something like it is VERY gross and dead that no one else can smell sometimes, then entering a dreamlike state where sometimes I walk around aimlessly and talk to myself. I am also bipolar and have severe Post Traumatic Stress disorder from being violently attacked and raped 2 years ago. I had to take a medical leave for the Post Traumatic Stress because of anxiety (that would cause me to vomit every day). Just to give a little history...While i was on medical leave last year, I had to switch psychiatrists (the one who gave me the potential seizure diagnosis retired, Dr. C, then I was given this new psychiatrist, Dr. EVIL who REFUSED to give me any sort of med to handle the anxiety). My new psychiatrst, Dr. V, said that part of the reason that the PTSD had accelerated symptom-wise to the point of me being temporarily disabled, was becuase Dr. Evil not treating me with the appropriate meds.I have been on Lamictal for years because I have an atypical form of bipolar where I have extreme mixed episodes. But the Lamictal was not helping with the PTSD symptoms and the severe anxiety, so I was given a tricyclic antidepressant, Doxepin to only help with the vomiting daily, plus Klonopin to handle the anxiety attacks. I also have 'shakes' sometimes, not full blown grand mal seizures, but mostly upper body stiffening then convulsions, that last number of seconds in which I do not lose awareness, but can't talk. After they happen, I usually stare off into space for a bit I am told. I have over 30 of these a day.I find out later that all tricyclic antidepressants (TCA's) lower the seizure threshold. Within one month of being on Doxepin, I had wrecked my car due to loss of consciousness. I felt 'weird'.. like I was going in and out of a dream. I just thought I was tired and had to make it back to work (I was coming back from seeing Dr. V) so I rolled down my window to keep awake. Within 4 miles I had lost motor control and went off the road, I was partially conscious after my car went off the road but I couldn't move!! So I couldn't take my foot off the gas peddle. It took me 40 yards crusing down the gravel shoulder of the road to finally be able to move my arms, but I still coudln't take my food off the gas and I didn't even know my foot was still on the gas because I was very confused. I hit a mailbox and skidded across to the other side of the road where my car ended up hitting a junked out loader for a tractor in some lawn.This was the first episode where I knew something else besides the PTSD was causing physical problems.Recently, I have switched birth control, from being on the pill, to using the NuvaRing (so I wouldn't forget to take the pill, my memory is WRECKED lately). In the two months that I have been on the NuvaRing, I have had 2 larger seizures where I will have my typical shaking for a bit, staring off into space, but that increased in frequency until I slid out of my chair at work and convulsed on the floor for a number of minutes. I wouldn't consider this a grand mal seizure as I was in and out of consciousness but couldn't talk to get help. I work in cubicle land for an engineering department at a large corporation and my cubicle is very out of the way. No one noticed that I was having a problem. Luckily my father works at the company too and came over to bring me something, and he held my head so it wouldn't hit anything. This happened yesterday. The other episode happened on May 3rd I believe (my memory is becoming decreasingly accurate, I forget everything now and canot concentrate well). That time I had suddenly felt like I was going to throw up and went to the bathroom, and someone found me passed out on the floor. The last thing I remember was crouching over the toilet, drooling, waiting to vomit. They woke me up but I was very out of it, and they sat me down in the foyeur to the ladies bathroom and I had more convulsions on and off, then my head would drop, I would go limp, then stiffen and have more convulsions. Again, I was in and out of it consciously.. so the safety squad called an ambulence.I had seen a nuerologist earlier this year and he did a sleep deprived EEG which came out normal according to him, and had a normal MRI. He was going to test me for narcolepsy, but due to the fact that I take a LONG time to go to sleep due to the PTSD, I knew his Multiple Sleep Latency Test would be a waste of my time and money so I cancelled it and my future appointment with him as i felt he was not taking me seriously.Now, since the switch from the pill to the NuvaRing has caused (or what I think has caused) an increase in severity and frequency of whatever is really wrong with me, I have an appointment with a new nuerologist June 14th.Does anyone here use the NuvaRing?? I read in some fine print that if you have seizures, you should talk to your doctor about using the NuvaRing, even though it has approximately the same type of hormones as the Pill.Also, the type of possible seizure problem I am describing, doesn't follow the description for any typical seizure I have read about. I am wondering if the new nuerologist is going to just say it is a conversion disorder (PNES, Psychogenic seizures) due to my clean EEG and MRI previously.I am nervous about all of this and haven't been driving due to totalling my car last July. If it is psychogenic, it has been seriously messing with my personal and professional life. I feel like a freak at work now because a lot of people know what has happened and I feel they are treating me differntly now, almost like I'm retarded or something.Has anyone here ever had problems getting a diagnosis??The nuerologist I was seeing formerly said that I have a 'clean bill of nuerological health' and I think he is full of BS.Sorry for rambling, so here is a recap of the questions I have asked:*Anyone here on the NuvaRing, and if so has it affected your seizures and/or frequency of seizures??*Has anyone here ever had problems getting a diagnosis and been nearly dismissed by nuerologists??Thanks,Jodi (age 26)