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Q: seizures after head trauma
asked by: gbesecker on January 19th, 2008
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Hi, my fiance was in a snowboarding accident this past Sunday and recieved a pretty bad head injury. He had his first seizure about 9 hours after the head trauma, the second in the ER about an hour later. The doctors prescribed dilantin and told him he would be fine. Two days later he had two more seizures and we were back in the hospital. They said his level of dilantin weren't at a high enough level yet and kept him two more nights. While there he had another seizure then we were released the next day after briefly talking with the neurologist. We are still waiting for the EEG results, but the neurologist basically said he probably has developed some form of epilepsy. Last night was the first night home and he didn't have a seizure so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

My question is, has anyone experience something similar and has it been long term? I have been reading online that most cases of post traumatic epilepsy eventually goes away, but our neurologist is not very helpful and wouldn't schedule a follow up to read the EEG for 3 weeks! If anyone has any experience or insight please let us know.
Thank you
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TwinBoys
replied on April 13th, 2008
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I had a car accident within 5 hours afterwards I was sleeping and went into a grandmal seizure... I have had them ever since in my sleep... They have gotten better in yrs that have came and I have been off meds now for a year now and only one seizure that was induced by someone hitting me in the head... As for the EEG results nothing showed up on them except for a major concussion..
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neuronutcase
replied on August 12th, 2009
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I used to run an epilepsy support group, and 16 out of the 20 or so regulars that attended developed seizures after a head trauma or TBI. TBI's are one of the major causes of a seizure disorder. As far as EEG's go, if you have an episode right B4 or during the procedure, it's 1 of the best tools available to pinpoint where they are originating and how to treat it. Unfortunately for me, I had countless EEG's that came back normal. So many in fact, that I was accused of faking them or throwing myself into one. It took being hooked up 24/7 w/a video camera to catch 1 on the EEG. From there, the prognosis and treatment were easier. They could compare it to ct scans and mri's to determine FOR SURE, that it was the TBI that caused mine.
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