Epilepsy Mom
New User
Female (Atlanta - GA/)
3 posts since September 27th, 2007
New User
Female (Atlanta - GA/)
3 posts since September 27th, 2007
Epilepsy Mom's posts
The idea of sleep deprivation before an EEG is so that you are more likely to sleep during the test and then they get a section of the study that looks at your brain waves when you are sleeping. Lots of people have EEG's when they are already on anti-seizure meds and it doesn't make the EEG normal. The ideal situation is if you actually have a se... more
At least in the US, this is a big area of research at the present time. There are clinical trials going on with the use of natural progesterone. Perhaps they are studying this in your area too or you could watch for the published results of the studies. Physiologically, Estrogen lowers the seizure threshold and progesterone raises it. Thus the ... more
Strictly speaking Epilepsy is not one disease. It is a term used do describe a condition where a person has repeated seizures. So, your daughter could be said to already have epilepsy. This is not to say that she will always have it.
My daughter started having myoclonic seizures at about 14 months. The way it was put to me (in 1987) was that I ... more
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