Abnormal Eeg During the Strobe Part? Posted: 12-14-05 13:40pm
Hi
i am 22, never had any health problems and
no history of convulsions or epilepsy in
my family, and had a first seizure 4 weeks
ago, in the supermarket after work. I had
just started a new job after 4 weeks of
unemployment and had spent a lot of the 4
months drinking, although not too
excessively, and had been quite stressed
out. I was in the supermarket and my
vision started to jump about, so I went to
leave, got to the checkouts and my vision
jumped about a bit again. Then the next
thing I remember I came round on the
floor, someone said they came round the
corner and I was fitting, for about a
minute. My muscles ached, but I didn't
bite my tongue or soil myself. I was
taken to hospital and after about half an
hour my blood pressure taken and blood
sugar and heart rate tested, all were
normal but they did find a urine
infection. I haven't had another seizure
yet, it's been 4 weeks, but I have had
muscle twitches, however I have been
really anxious so I thought maybe it could
be that.
I got my results from the neurologist
today. While most of my eeg was normal,
he said there were some epileptic bursts
when they did the fastest setting on the
strobe light. Does this mean I am
definitely epileptic? I didn't wet myself
or bite my tongue during the seizure but I
guess that doesn't really mean anything.
Please help, thanks
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kayakmom
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Posted: 12-14-05 21:41pm
You need to ask the neuro for sure what it
means. He is the best to explain.
Epilepsy means you had more than one
seizure. There are over 20 kinds of
seizures and not all include a tongue bite
or wetting.
My daughter had one eeg that showed
spiking only during the photic part and
the hyperventilation part. She was having
seizures but they have since stopped.
I would ask the neuro to clarify what this
means in your case and how to proceed....
