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2 year old -

Mon, 11/15/2004 - 10:10

Hi all, I'm new here and don't have diagnosis yet but am working on it. I'm just wondering if anyone has ever experienced anything similar to what is going on with my 2 year old daughter.  Mostly they have noticed it at day care but I have seen her do this a couple of times and even my cousin that has cared for her a couple of weeks ago while I was away saw it happen. 

She will just stop what she is doing, or mostly it is when she wakes up from her nap.  She stands up and starts to tremble and shake as if "she is freezing".  She seems to be alert and if you ask her a question she just keeps saying "No, No".  When I saw it happen she seem to be more looking through me than at me.  When it was over she kind of whined a little and then walked off and started to play.  It lasted 2 or 3 minutes.  At day care they said basically the same thing.  The say its becoming more and more frequent an we are sceduled for an EEG on Wed.  I just wanted to know if anyone has had anything similar.  Thanks.

 

Monique

 

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RE: RE: RE: RE: 2 year old -

Submitted by nique313 on Mon, 2004-11-15 - 08:44

Wendy,

Hmmmm Very interesting!  So how is your little boy doing now.  How do the meds effect his disposition?  I watched Kayleigh all weekend and saw nothing of course.  I dropped her off at daycare this morning just knowing that the minute I walk out the door, they will call saying something happened.  You know there is so much connection to seizures and migraines, I wonder if I could have passed a gene to her, if this turns out to be a seizure she is having.  I know its all conjecture but anyway.....her EEG will be sleep depreprived also.  We are supposed to keep her up late Tuesday and then wake her up early wed and the test isn't until 1:00 no naps.  HA!  She will be a bear by then but if it helps that will be fine by me I can cope for one day.  They say at day care it happens a lot AFTER her naps.....why would that be if sleep deprivations causes seizures....maybe not enough sleep during the nap....I don't know. 

Lack of Oxygen....with her being born with sever tracheomalacia....maybe she had some sort of lack of oxygen at birth.  She was on an apnea monitor for months until I jerked the thing out the wall.  At least that would give me a clue as to how this may have came into being, if it is what I think it is...Isn't this fun?  Sigh....I hope your baby is better.  Thank you so much for being someone to talk to....

Monique

Wendy,

Hmmmm Very interesting!  So how is your little boy doing now.  How do the meds effect his disposition?  I watched Kayleigh all weekend and saw nothing of course.  I dropped her off at daycare this morning just knowing that the minute I walk out the door, they will call saying something happened.  You know there is so much connection to seizures and migraines, I wonder if I could have passed a gene to her, if this turns out to be a seizure she is having.  I know its all conjecture but anyway.....her EEG will be sleep depreprived also.  We are supposed to keep her up late Tuesday and then wake her up early wed and the test isn't until 1:00 no naps.  HA!  She will be a bear by then but if it helps that will be fine by me I can cope for one day.  They say at day care it happens a lot AFTER her naps.....why would that be if sleep deprivations causes seizures....maybe not enough sleep during the nap....I don't know. 

Lack of Oxygen....with her being born with sever tracheomalacia....maybe she had some sort of lack of oxygen at birth.  She was on an apnea monitor for months until I jerked the thing out the wall.  At least that would give me a clue as to how this may have came into being, if it is what I think it is...Isn't this fun?  Sigh....I hope your baby is better.  Thank you so much for being someone to talk to....

Monique

RE: 2 year old -

Submitted by jennamay on Mon, 2004-11-15 - 10:10

Hi, Monique--

 

We hope you will find the following links useful. Included is information about diagnostic testing and the different types of seizures and symptoms. We wish you and your family all the best.

http://www.epilepsy.com/info/family_kids.html

http://www.epilepsy.com/info/family_faq.html

http://www.epilepsy.com/info/family_common.html

www.naec-epilepsy.org

www.epilepsyfoundation.org/

www.paceusa.org/

Epilepsy.com

Hi, Monique--

 

We hope you will find the following links useful. Included is information about diagnostic testing and the different types of seizures and symptoms. We wish you and your family all the best.

http://www.epilepsy.com/info/family_kids.html

http://www.epilepsy.com/info/family_faq.html

http://www.epilepsy.com/info/family_common.html

www.naec-epilepsy.org

www.epilepsyfoundation.org/

www.paceusa.org/

Epilepsy.com

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