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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

partial seizures in series?

02/2007 | 0 Comments

My husband's neurologist suspects he has temporal lobe epilepsy. My question is, does anyone know if people with partial epilepsy can have seizures in...
VEEG and stopping drugs ahead

02/2007 | 1 Comments

I'm being scheduled for a VEEG and "THE MAN" says I'll stop meds the night prior. My neuro in the past said it takes three days to get meds out of...
I have to type in slow...

02/2007 | 0 Comments

I can barely see straight right now so I'll type this slow and hopefully after re-reading avoid to many typos. My original Neuro diagnosed me with JME...
Simple partial continous seizures?

02/2007 | 0 Comments

Hi, I'm 38 and have been an epilepsy patient for 17 years. My problem has been only localized to my frontal lobe, but I haven't had the means to...
New E-mail Address

02/2007 | 0 Comments

About a week in a half ago I had to change my e-mail address. Someone hacked into my ID and Password. I could not get in my e-mail anymore. As many of...
thank goodness for a diagnosis........

02/2007 | 1 Comments

my 13yr old finally diagnosed with epilepsy today , it is more of a relief than anything else, she has begun her medication today, (lamotrigine), at...
New Restrictions On Current EEG

02/2007 | 4 Comments

Hi All: I am seeking information for an upcoming EEG Test and consult with a new neurologist. I have been diagonosed with "Focal Epilepsi" in 1998. I...
Video EEG monitoring results

01/2007 | 0 Comments

My 15 year old son was admitted for 6 days in December for video EEG monitoring due to breakthrough seizures (Med: Trileptal) that had changed from...
Myoclonic Jerks EEG

01/2007 | 1 Comments

If I had one of these jerks while hooked up to an EEG, will it show up? or are they so brief that it won't "catch" it? Also, is photic stimulation...
Flash Memory Test

01/2007 | 10 Comments

Would be interested to see how we all go with this memory test. You may need to sign up for a account to acsess this test: I scored 54% hahah .. http...
EEG & Tegretol

01/2007 | 11 Comments

I was diagnosed as bipolar Dec '06 & my doc put me on Tegretol & Clonazepam. I'm scheduled for an EEG Jan 19-22 to (hopefully) find out if what I had...
Need help w/ EEG results.....

01/2007 | 2 Comments

Saw neurologist today for followup appt. on the ambulatory EEG. I had no events while hooked up. She said it was not showing any epileptiform...
Changed seizure -type diagnosis?

01/2007 | 2 Comments

Three years ago my daughter was diagnosed with absence seizures. We have been through the countless EEGs, the monitoring, the change of medications...
Me Again...annoying ER visit

01/2007 | 0 Comments

So on Saturday I woke up feeling like utter crap. I'd been having trouble sleeping, and when my husband came home from work, I tried to sleep a bit...
Different Seizure Types with JME?

12/2006 | 5 Comments

Short and to the point: I was recently diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, something that took me by complete surprise on account of the fact...
I think it's all over ...

12/2006 | 10 Comments

Hi Guys, I'm back. Have been a bit quite latley. Not sure if I belong here any more. Well, I had my 5 hour VEEG and then a 5 day amulatory EEG...
Epilepsy????

12/2006 | 0 Comments

Here is our story/frustration at having our son properly diagnosed. Winter of 2000 - Child male age 5 - No seizure history. Healthy Happy. Oldest of 4...

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