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Can Dystonia cause seizures? What is the relationship between these conditions?
Thu, 12/03/2009 - 19:32Yesterday I visited an epileptologist and he said that I my epilepsy may be caused by Dystonia. He said that since my myoclonic seizures are so generalized, especially since I have shaking in both hands as well as many different forms of seizures (petit mal, tonic-clonic, partial-complex, and atonic) that my case was different from a different type of seizure patient.
Has anybody ever heard or know anybody who could help me with this? I have been scouring the Internet but there hasn't been anything that I can find. Help!
Can Dystonia cause seizures?relationship between these condition
Submitted by kerry6854 on Sat, 2011-06-18 - 21:49
hi have you found anything more on this, it sounds simular to what im going through myself, 2 1/2 years later and no diagnosis. seizures that leave me disfigured and my body trunk twisted for anything from 30 mins to 4 days after a seizure or cluster of them, all i do know is my right eye is completely shut and after botox there is less pain and less seizures for up to 6 weeks definatly not as violent? hence dystonia and epilepsya possibility! mine was triggered from a fall. how did everyone else start thanks kerry
hi have you found anything more on this, it sounds simular to what im going through myself, 2 1/2 years later and no diagnosis. seizures that leave me disfigured and my body trunk twisted for anything from 30 mins to 4 days after a seizure or cluster of them, all i do know is my right eye is completely shut and after botox there is less pain and less seizures for up to 6 weeks definatly not as violent? hence dystonia and epilepsya possibility! mine was triggered from a fall. how did everyone else start thanks kerry