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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

What's wrong, was it a panic attack?

10/2011 | 4 Comments

Hello there. I am new to this but would like to ask a question, so please excuse me if I use the wrong terms etc. When I was a child I used to have...
Jerks on awakening...

10/2011 | 10 Comments

I know someone who sometimes has jerks on awakening. The jerks are invisible but she feels them only inside the arms/shoulders. Sometimes in the legs...
Has anyone had symptoms like these?

10/2011 | 1 Comments

I have a friend who is going through a serious mental health crisis. She has lost an immense amount of weight and now looks anorexia. Sleep is...
Unexplained seizures

09/2011 | 6 Comments

Hi, Last November I went to bed, and woke up with paramedics in my room waking me up. My wife called because I was shaking uncontrolably and would not...
? Pseudo seizures

09/2011 | 2 Comments

Hi all my neuro tells me that i am having suedo seizures i have hurt myself plent of times in seizures and don't understand how he could say this. He...
Normal nor Abnormal EEG

09/2011 | 4 Comments

Hi, I thought I read on this site somewhere that having an EEG that is neither normal or abnormal, it could be anything. I can't seem to find it...
Normal nor Abnormal EEG

09/2011 | 0 Comments

Hi, I thought I read somewhere on this site that if you have an EEG that comes back neither normal or abnormal it could really be anything. I can't...
please help me...

09/2011 | 0 Comments

Ok I'm 38 yrs old and I have noticed myself spacing out more lately. I am more irritable lately and I can't remember like I used to. I can't stay on...
Am I having seizures and don't know it ?

09/2011 | 1 Comments

Hi, I am new to this forum ! I would like to hear what people in the forum think of this ! I don't know what to do at this point. For months, I have...
EEG video monitoring for surgery

09/2011 | 4 Comments

Hey everyone! I am just wondering if anyone has been through video monitoring... I am now 6 days through my 2 week ordeal of sitting in a chair 24/7...
Partial seizures with clear EEG?

09/2011 | 11 Comments

Hi everyone, This is my first post on this forum so please forgive me in rambling on.... My husband suffered a head injury in work 6 months ago, he...

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