Please Help, What Is This ? Posted: 01-09-06 11:35am
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had
experienced these symptoms. I have been
waking up unable to move, shaking,
hearinga buzzing noise, feels like fear
has entered my room. Sometimes it happens
during the day I feel like electricity is
flowing through me and that osmething is
crawling on my back .. There is also an
intense feeling of fear.
I also have bad mood swings so right now I
am on risperdal, the dr suspects possible
bipolar, however I have to go for an eeg.
I used to have fits when I was younger
when my temperature got too high, does
what im experiencing sound like a form of
epilepsy ? What should I expect when I
have an eeg ?
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kayakmom
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Posted: 01-09-06 17:16pm
Sounds like it could be a few things.
Glad your doctor is having you get an eeg
to rule out seizures.
The eeg is a pretty simple and painless
test. Usually you have less sleep the
night before, no caffeine, and they attach
the leads to your head with a paste after
carefully measuring. It can take 30
minutes - 1 hour usually.
They will want you to sleep for part of it
and may do photic stim and hyperventilate
you to see if that changes your eeg
patterns.
I hope you find answers.
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firefly09
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Posted: 01-09-06 18:03pm
Hi, thanks for replying, but what is
photic stim ? How does that work ? And
how do they make me hyperventilate thanks
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sami_1982
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Hi There Firefly09 Posted: 01-11-06 07:49am
Hello my name is sam,
the eeg wont last long it's totaly
painless, they attatch about 20 leads to
your head with a glue- then connect it to
a box that connects to a computer so it
can read your brain patterns eg activity.
They may not have told you but you must
wash your hair well make sure you have no
gell or wax in your hair ok. They want it
to be as oil free as possible. No drinks
of coffee or coke or tea. Just sleep your
normal way unless you have been instructed
otherise.
As for the hyperventilation part they ask
you to breathe deeply in and out for a few
minutes,
the photo stimulation part is where they
get a red strobe light and they put it
infront of your face and with the computer
they make different patterns and sequences
of light flash on and off , faster and
faster. Throught the hyperventilation
stage. You also get asked to keep your
eyes shut. And to keep your eyes open in
parts.
Thats all its nothing scarey. You will be
fine
i have had 3 of them.
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shortypants19762002
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Posted: 06-21-06 16:58pm
firefly09
wrote:
hi, thanks for replying, but
what is photic stim ? How does that work
? And how do they make me hyperventilate
thanks
i have never been through one that isnt
sleep deprived. Usually I have been told
not to eat or drink anything for twelve
hours before testing. What I believe she
was talking about is they flash lights and
have you open and close your eyes just
follow the instructions of the person
doing the testing and yes make sure your
hair is washed the night before and its
totally painless but have someone go with
you cuz you may be very tired afterwords.
All the ones I have had done where an hour
long and then they will be able to see if
there is seizure activity good luck
