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Why is ambulatory EEG 72 hours?
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 15:35Comments
Re: Why is ambulatory EEG 72 hours?
Submitted by electricat on Thu, 2010-05-13 - 16:35
Re: Why is ambulatory EEG 72 hours?
Submitted by tonialpha on Thu, 2010-05-13 - 20:18
The doctor wanted to see what I did every day. The normal stresses of my daily living, I only wrote down, what I did during the date. I pressed the button when I knew my seizure activity occured. If you press it to much the beeper can only record so much. I have simple partials a lot. My complex partials are dramatic and can show an abnormality. I have seen my EEG data and knew my aura did not show until my seizure occured. Everyone is different some patients data will occur or be seen before the patient is aware of it. It is an individual process w/ each patient. My focus is deep. Other patients will be in an area that is seen immediately.
I did it on the weekend and finished on Monday. The doctor told me he really didn't see to much. I felt flustered. He noted my seizure activity and said he was going to put me into the EEG Monitoring unit to get more detail.
The recording is a good idea on what your seizures are like. They do not generally put all the electrodes on. When you are in the unit they can put all the electrodes on or put on extra electrodes to be specific.
The doctor wanted to see what I did every day. The normal stresses of my daily living, I only wrote down, what I did during the date. I pressed the button when I knew my seizure activity occured. If you press it to much the beeper can only record so much. I have simple partials a lot. My complex partials are dramatic and can show an abnormality. I have seen my EEG data and knew my aura did not show until my seizure occured. Everyone is different some patients data will occur or be seen before the patient is aware of it. It is an individual process w/ each patient. My focus is deep. Other patients will be in an area that is seen immediately.
I did it on the weekend and finished on Monday. The doctor told me he really didn't see to much. I felt flustered. He noted my seizure activity and said he was going to put me into the EEG Monitoring unit to get more detail.
The recording is a good idea on what your seizures are like. They do not generally put all the electrodes on. When you are in the unit they can put all the electrodes on or put on extra electrodes to be specific.
Re: Why is ambulatory EEG 72 hours?
Submitted by emva01 on Thu, 2010-05-13 - 16:29
Hey there-
Hmmm, never had a 72 hour but I did have one done in Feb.. I was hooked up early Wednesday Morning (5AM) and un-hooked late Friday night.. I was able to go out and about, I got a super cute hat and you really could not tell. The only downfall is that you cant shower! You have to take more of a sponge like bath.. Have you asked your doc why he wants it to be 72 hours?
Hey there-
Hmmm, never had a 72 hour but I did have one done in Feb.. I was hooked up early Wednesday Morning (5AM) and un-hooked late Friday night.. I was able to go out and about, I got a super cute hat and you really could not tell. The only downfall is that you cant shower! You have to take more of a sponge like bath.. Have you asked your doc why he wants it to be 72 hours?