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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

epilepsy or seizures???

04/2007 | 0 Comments

.... I passed out twice at work on saturday and after the 2nd time i passed - the 7th.- out i had a seizure. i have to get a table tilt test done next...
different types of 48 hour eegs

04/2007 | 0 Comments

Two months ago I had a seizure that was witnessed by a fellow passenger and a flight attendant but was not fully described to me (had I only known...
Would like some thoughts!

04/2007 | 3 Comments

Hey ya'll! I had an outpatient EEG done today. (about 50 min. long) It had been twenty years since my last EEG, and my new neurologist thought it...
Question About Diagnosis

04/2007 | 1 Comments

got my eeg report and it says abnormal awake & drowsy EEG record ,sugestive of interictal generalized seizure disorder and the medicine prescribed is...
HELP ME!! Please!!

03/2007 | 8 Comments

Okay. So um. I'm 15 years old and I had a seizure in one of my classes back in Novemember. It started in my arms and eventually spred throughout my...
New here w/ ? (sorry, long)

03/2007 | 2 Comments

Hi Y'all, I'm new on the forum and have a question or two, if y'all don't mind. I've been reading through the posts here and know no one can provide...
Epilepsy or "Pseudo Seizures"

03/2007 | 1 Comments

In Oct. 2005, I suffered a head injury in a cab accident. About two months after the accident, I began experiencing nocturnal seizures. My primary...
DOOSE SYNDROME

03/2007 | 9 Comments

Hi! my 5 yr daugther was diagnosed with Doose Syndrome (Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy). Can anyone help me in getting information about this syndrome? It...
Myoclonic Seizures

03/2007 | 2 Comments

Hello all, I have been tested for myoclonic seizures twice. Once with a regular eeg and another with a 48 hour turbin I had to wear and both tests...
Was this a seizure?

03/2007 | 1 Comments

A while back, I noticed that I was getting a strange feeling in my arm and figured it to be nothing. Well, that night I woke up and my arm was moving...
What type of Epilepsy do I have?

03/2007 | 2 Comments

I was diagnosed with Epilepsy when I was about 13 or 14. I am 32 now. My siezures have always been about the same. I have had two Grand Mal siezures...
My son is going in for a VEEG

03/2007 | 1 Comments

Hello I was just wandering what to expect with a veeg. My son is 20 months old and we are having one April 16th. If anyone could kind of explain what...

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