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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

Age 59 and scheduled for my first EEG

11/2006 | 7 Comments

Hi, My name is Mari(Mary) I am new to this forum. I just had my first appointment with my Neuro on Tues. Am scheduled for EEG on the 15th. Here is my...
3 days in hospital no diagnosis

11/2006 | 1 Comments

On August 11th I woke up at 6 am with a bad pain in my lower back, I stood up and my lower back felt worse, the next thing I remember my boyfriend ask...
What if...

11/2006 | 1 Comments

Hopefully, I will be getting a presurgical workup at UCLA in the next several months, but what if I don't have any seizures on the VEEG? Even if I...
why do i need an awake and sleep EEG!

11/2006 | 5 Comments

i'm going to mayo for a second opinion.recently i had a intercranial monitoring w/depth electrodes.no help.i've had mri,eeg,veeg(2)pet i was going to...
what to do?

10/2006 | 5 Comments

Hi, I am very new on here. Bear with me if my post may be too long but I am really confused. Recently, I have been diagnosed with Social and Panic...
ambulatory EEG

10/2006 | 2 Comments

I am a little confused. From what I've been reading on here you are supposed to be off meds when you have an ambulatory EEG or a VEEG. When I had my...
Simple Partial Sezuires Explained?

10/2006 | 11 Comments

Hi! For those out there who have simple partials, are you able to explain how you feel to me? I am trying to understand if I am having anxiety about...
Telemetric Study?

10/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi Guys, What is a Telemetric Study? Apparently I have to have a 6 hour one. Is it just like a EEG? Does it measure the same stuff as the EEG? I can't...
One flew over the cuckoo's nest....

10/2006 | 1 Comments

So I am now officially cone-head girl with all the gauze the ambulatory EEG tech wrapped my head up with. (I swear he made it extra coney high...LOL)...
"My first VEEG"

10/2006 | 1 Comments

Hey it's Steph back online.I need some advice because I have to be sleep deprived FOR 2 DAYS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!SEND SOME FEEDBACK PLEASE THANX :)
VEEG- Big disappointment

10/2006 | 2 Comments

I was in for one week, and didn't have a single seizure, even w/ stressful family crap going on that caused me to leave a week earlier. Course, the...
No caffeine w/ Sleep deprived EEG!!!???

10/2006 | 2 Comments

Why did the EEG tech say I couldn't have any caffeine to help me stay up all night while I am being sleep deprived? not even my usual morning cup::...
Panic attack or seizure?

10/2006 | 2 Comments

I am not sure if it was an awful panic attack or...something more. I don't remember much, but here is what "went down." 1600: Get out of school and...
why a VEEG?

10/2006 | 2 Comments

Why do some people go through a VEEG? to establish a diagnosis of Epilepsy? to find out if their medication is effective in controlling their Epilepsy...

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