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PNES- NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 17:45Comments
Re: PNES- NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
Submitted by dragon7s on Fri, 2009-01-23 - 01:12
I've just learned that my 23 yr. old son was misdiagnosed with epilepsy and actually is afflicted with PNES (Psychogenic NonEpileptic Seizures).
We were in fact lucky that his regular Dr. was on vacation and he happened to see another Dr. that was willing to delve in deeper as to the cause of my son's seizures.
He's scheduled to see a psychiatrist tomorrow and we are anxious to see what comes of it.
My son has spent years on heavy med's to try to control his seizures but has had to be admitted several times to the emergency room because his seizures weren't responding to the med's.
Hopefully he will now get the proper kind of help that he needs and can move on in his life to bigger and better things.
I'll keep you posted on how it's going.
I've just learned that my 23 yr. old son was misdiagnosed with epilepsy and actually is afflicted with PNES (Psychogenic NonEpileptic Seizures).
We were in fact lucky that his regular Dr. was on vacation and he happened to see another Dr. that was willing to delve in deeper as to the cause of my son's seizures.
He's scheduled to see a psychiatrist tomorrow and we are anxious to see what comes of it.
My son has spent years on heavy med's to try to control his seizures but has had to be admitted several times to the emergency room because his seizures weren't responding to the med's.
Hopefully he will now get the proper kind of help that he needs and can move on in his life to bigger and better things.
I'll keep you posted on how it's going.
Re: PNES- NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
Submitted by diana-gaidheal on Thu, 2008-11-13 - 02:37
I'm sorry, but what is PNES?
Diana
I'm sorry, but what is PNES?
Diana