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Complex Partial/Night Terrors

Thu, 02/19/2004 - 15:47
I am new to this forum so please forgive any mistakes I may make. I am looking for different information on How Epilepsy is actually diagnosed. I was told by the Epilepsy foundation that recurring seizures is termed Epilepsy. I had been in a car accident 12 years ago. 9 months after that my problems began. At first it only happened while I was sleeping. I would scream, jump out of bed and run until I hit a door or a wall. The only way I could tell that something had occured was by the injuries, my bitten tounge (lip) or my family telling me. I have tried to jump off of the balcony, taken off my clothes, gone outside or walked around afterward talking nonsense. At times my memory is affected. I have seen many doctors. They said I suffer from Night Terrors. About 8 years ago they started to happen while I was awake. Many times I had gone grocery shopping and woke up in an ambulance. It got to where I could feel it coming. I would run and bite something. One doctor witnessed this and said "it looked like a complex partial seizure." After 10 years I was finally put on dilantin. # years ago. Now one of my main concerns is that I have NEVER been diagnosed. The last doctor I saw said that I have a mental problem. This is based on Normal EEGs. I had only seen this doctor twice. Has anyone else had similar problems in getting help??If someone else can relate to my story or give me feedback I would appreciate it. Thank you.

Comments

Re: Frontal lobe epilepsy surgery

Submitted by tomsimmons on Mon, 2008-07-21 - 01:53

Hi Wendy,

My daughter has frontal lobe seizures and I'm wondering how your surgery went. Her EEG's also don't show a focal point so I have been very hesitant regarding surgery. Thanks, Tom

Hi Wendy,

My daughter has frontal lobe seizures and I'm wondering how your surgery went. Her EEG's also don't show a focal point so I have been very hesitant regarding surgery. Thanks, Tom

RE: Complex Partial/Night Terrors

Submitted by tibet2 on Tue, 2004-02-10 - 19:30
you should not be driving. you need both a gp and a neuro.

RE: Complex Partial/Night Terrors

Submitted by EpilepsyDotComEditor on Mon, 2004-02-16 - 16:07
It can be difficult to establish a firm diagnosis if the EEG is normal, but it's certainly not impossible. You do need a neurologist right away, and probably a GP too. Check with your local hospital or your child's pediatrician for names of good doctors and make an appointment.In the meantime, I hope you'll explore epilepsy.com for information on Diagnosis, Types of seizures, and so forth. (You can find all these in the left-hand column of the home page.) You can also read about "psychogenic" (non-epileptic) seizures at http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_psychogenic.htmlSometimes it is hard for neurologists to tell whether seizure-like episodes are really epilepsy, but they should be able to do it. And some people have both epilepsy and non-epileptic seizures!Do continue to take your Dilantin as prescribed. If you continue to have any seizures at all, please see a neurologist as soon as possible and don't drive!

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