This sounds a really difficult situation for you and I hope you get some answers soon. With regards to you not having/never having a mental illness I'm assuming you mean a primary organic illness as opposed to reactive illnesses such as depression or anxiety caused by the trauma of having an undiagnosed condition and innapropriate therapy/hospitalisations, because it would be incredibly bizarre to have you on all these meds which aren't treating anything at all and if that is the case I think you are being incredibly patient and stronger than most people would be in that situation, I'd have probably stopped them on my own.
Do your psychiatrists know just how badly these are impacting on your functioning? I know how easy it is to get into a negative cycle with caffeine when on medication that is sedating, though not to the extremes that you have. And I know how excessive tiredness can really impair you when you start at uni and everyone seems to be go,go,go all the time!
Is there any way you could organise to allow yourself to have some extra rest by rescheduling your work load. If you are struggling to meet deadlines at uni, you are more than entitled to ask for some extra time, as you would be for your disability on it's own, or having glandular fever on it's own, the two combined means they definately should be understanding.
I guess whatever happens it's probably more important for you to not stop taking tablets without medical advice because of your temporal-lobe epilepsy, I know medication withdrawal can cause fits.
Good luck and hope you find some answers.
xxx
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