Diagnosis that has been suggested: Brain injury due to alcohol causing rum fits and epilepsy.
Current medical status: Petit mal seizures and abscences brought on by alcohol abuse. I didnt drink any more than friends so never gave a thought to consequences.
According to the symptoms you provided, you might have experienced absence seizures. If the brain tissue is not damaged then an MRI might not show any change. An EEG, on the other hand, will show the location of the cells that shoot the impulses that cause absence seizures. Adequate treatment would be recommended by a neurologist.
Clonazepam is effective in the short term but rapid development of tolerance often develops. Your doctor might want to change the dose or the medications, if needed.
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