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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

Sneezing & (possibly seizing)???

10/2015 | 1 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I was sitting at my desk at work and I sneezed. This was really weird because immediately after the sneeze I had a "deja vu"...
Question if study has been done on metals

10/2015 | 0 Comments

I just wondered and wanted to post somewhere for a researcher to potential find if there has been studies using spectrum analyzers to test the metals...
Precocious Puberty & Hormone Treatment

10/2015 | 5 Comments

Hello, my daughter is 8 and was diagnosed with complex partial epilepsy about a year and a half ago after having some episodes and a positive EEG. She...
Understanding My EEG REPORT PLEASE HELP

10/2015 | 2 Comments

I am a 33 year old female having horrible migrain type pain that is constant in my head. It feels like my head is constantly shaking on the inside of...
Video EEG Tips

09/2015 | 0 Comments

Hello everyone, I am a 37 year old female with TLE. I had a week long video eeg last week to determine exactly where my seizures originate. Before my...
Should I get 2nd opinion?

09/2015 | 1 Comments

Hello all, I am very confused about what I should do. Will try to shorten my story... As a child, I had a few absence seizures. For the next 25 years...
Not sure what to do

08/2015 | 1 Comments

In April of this year, I had what I call my first of many episodes. I get dizzy room sways feels like someone is spinning my brain. SeverE headaches...
"Markers" on EEG

08/2015 | 1 Comments

My daughter just had her 2nd EEG - the first Neurologist described her EEG as having "multiple subclinical seizures per hour" - the 2nd one said they...
Is my neurologist the worst?

07/2015 | 0 Comments

I was referred by another doctor because she thought I was having seizures. The neurologist, from day one, was dismissive and demeaning. She told me...
1 1/2 year old with possible seizures

07/2015 | 0 Comments

My daughter just turned 1 1/2 and she has had 3 episodes in the last 3 months where she wakes up between 4-5 am with a terrified cry followed by rapid...

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