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Normal EEG but continuing seizures
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 13:55Hi,
I have been having e for the past 12-13 years. It was rather well-controlled with medication (phenobarbital) till about 6 to 7 months back, when it started again but with different characteristics. The characteristics changed again about a month back, but my EEG which was sleep-deprived with medication came out to be normal.
Is this possible or could it be because of the mugs of coffee that i had to stay awake? Incidentally, the week i had my eeg, i was seizure free.
Would appreciate if anyone could throw some light on this! :-)
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Re: Normal EEG but continuing seizures
Submitted by sardarbur on Fri, 2009-07-03 - 13:12
Anti-seizure meds suppress the neurons from misfiring, so you could say that they help to stop the activity. I have done quite a few EEG's in school as well during my clinical rotation and I have seen patients that are on anti-seizure meds and they still show seizure activity on the EEG, but I have seen normal EEG's on patients with seizures as well. My dad has epilepsy and his seizures have been under control for 27 years. The EEG that I did on him at school still showed spike and wave activity on his EEG despite being on meds. The brain is definitely a mystery!
I hope that I could answer your question and I hope that the Keppra works for you! Good luck!
Anti-seizure meds suppress the neurons from misfiring, so you could say that they help to stop the activity. I have done quite a few EEG's in school as well during my clinical rotation and I have seen patients that are on anti-seizure meds and they still show seizure activity on the EEG, but I have seen normal EEG's on patients with seizures as well. My dad has epilepsy and his seizures have been under control for 27 years. The EEG that I did on him at school still showed spike and wave activity on his EEG despite being on meds. The brain is definitely a mystery!
I hope that I could answer your question and I hope that the Keppra works for you! Good luck!
Re: Normal EEG but continuing seizures
Submitted by Evergirl62884 on Thu, 2009-06-11 - 23:11
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