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Left-sided decorticate posturing during seizures- abnormal?
Wed, 01/07/2015 - 01:41My husband began having what looked like grand mal seizures about three months ago, a month or so after a stroke (he was 27), and roughly six weeks ago he began developing left-sided decorticate posturing (shoulder pulled forward, elbow extended, wrist outwardly turned, and fingers straight but flexed at the MCP jt). This also happens when he's conscious but in a lot of pain. I couldn't find any information on this kind of thing anywhere, and I wondered if anyone else has seen or heard of or experienced this kind of thing? The neurologist so far seems happy to write my husband off as I suppose wanting to have a problem (despite the fact that we're newlyweds)? It's been incredibly disheartening.
Anyways, the tl;dr version: is abnormal posturing (decorticate, decerebrate, opisthotonic, etc) associated with epilepsy, pseudo seizures, or neither?
Thank you so so much!