Hey, I have to have an EEG done and i have
noticed my seizures tend to come when i
havnt had enough sleep, We have told the
doc that, we though he would have wanted a
sleep deprived EEG but no just a normal
one. Anyway He said if this EEG comes back
normal he dosent want to see me again. and
I dont want to be sent home thinking well
the EEG could have been a odd one a keep
worrying that i still have it.
So what i am going to do (sorry about the
long message ) i
am going to not get enough sleep the night
before.
Luke
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caz2007
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 7
Posted: 04-18-07 06:51am
hi luke
i have had an sleep deprived eeg What you
will have to do is say awake as much as
you can the Night before and then you go
to the hostpal the night before!
caz xx
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SleepyGrandma
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Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Illinois
Posted: 08-10-07 10:42am
You should have a sleep study done,
preferrably from a board certified sleep
specialist, who specializes in neorology.
I have grand mals in my sleep, and have
been on dilantin for years. I'm a heavy
snorer (female!) , and had a sleep study
done 10 years back that was inconclusive,
so I tried to ignore my symptoms until I
was falling asleep everytime I sat down.
I have had many eegs in the past, all
normal. I finally had another sleep study
done, and found out I was waking up 83
times an hour, due to stopping breathing
at night. Since I've started CPAP ( a
machine you sleep with that forces air
into your throat and keeps your airway
open ) I have not had any grandmals, and
have greatly reduced the number of "stare
out " seizures I was having. I have a
machine that tells me how many apneas I
have an hour, and when the number gets a
bit high, I may have a small seizure or
two. Many people who have nighttime
seizures have them because of sleep apnea.
The oxygen in their blood gets too low ,
and causes the seizure. The only way to
tell this is going on for sure is to have
a sleep study done. By the way, you don't
have to be overweight, or snore heavily to
have it. I still use the dilantin, but I
hope once my apnea gets controlled I can
get off of it or at least cut down. Good
luck. Virginia
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brynda
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Eeg Sleep Deprived Posted: 10-12-07 18:08pm
if i were you i would find another doctor
as in a second opinion if i were you. just
to be safe. you can always ask your family
doctor if you have one to refer you to
someone else if it is an insurance thing.
Cause if you are having them and you are
noticing them then there is a problem that
needs to be addressed. i would switch
doctors.
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sami_1982
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 200 Location: Australia
Hello Posted: 10-22-07 20:47pm
Sleep deprived eeg, I have had 2. First
one was when i started having seizures, as
i had a normal eeg, but it showed stress
or something weird in the 15th-17th
electrodes, i dont know what that means.
But anyway, after that a few months i
still was having grand mal seizures, so
another neurologist sent me for a sleep
eeg. I had to stay awake all night, i was
not aloud to have any coffee, or drinks
like coke. It was so hard to stay awake
alone. But the next day i had to go to the
hospital and have the sleep eeg. they do
this type of eeg because they want you to
fall asleep when its beeing done, so they
can see how your brain patterns are when
you are at rest. It didnt show anything.
But last yr i went in to hospital for a
veeg for 4 days, and i had to stay awake
all night and the nurses helped keep me
awake. and having eegs for 4 days
extensive.
I think maybe you should get a veeg done.
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amg
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Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 25 Location: Beautiful, WA
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Posted: 01-09-08 14:23pm
I have had both awake and asleep EEG's and
all the way up to a year ago it was always
that the awake was normal and the asleep
one showed abnormalities. Last year both
showed no abnormalities though. I would
say that you should make your doctor order
both... that was what I had to do last
year.
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summerdavis
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 4
Get a second opinion!! Posted: 05-16-08 00:37am
I just had a sleep deprived eeg....they
had me go to sleep two hours later than
normal and get up two hours earlier than
normal. This is a way to stress the brain
and see if that type of stress can
initiate a seizure. The other thing they
may do is have you hyperventilate and do
the whole strobe light thing (which is
slightly uncomfortable, that in itself
causes anxiety). I think it is important
that you push for this test so you
understand what is going on. Good
luck...this is hard
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