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Complex Partial/Night Terrors

Thu, 02/19/2004 - 15:47
I am new to this forum so please forgive any mistakes I may make. I am looking for different information on How Epilepsy is actually diagnosed. I was told by the Epilepsy foundation that recurring seizures is termed Epilepsy. I had been in a car accident 12 years ago. 9 months after that my problems began. At first it only happened while I was sleeping. I would scream, jump out of bed and run until I hit a door or a wall. The only way I could tell that something had occured was by the injuries, my bitten tounge (lip) or my family telling me. I have tried to jump off of the balcony, taken off my clothes, gone outside or walked around afterward talking nonsense. At times my memory is affected. I have seen many doctors. They said I suffer from Night Terrors. About 8 years ago they started to happen while I was awake. Many times I had gone grocery shopping and woke up in an ambulance. It got to where I could feel it coming. I would run and bite something. One doctor witnessed this and said "it looked like a complex partial seizure." After 10 years I was finally put on dilantin. # years ago. Now one of my main concerns is that I have NEVER been diagnosed. The last doctor I saw said that I have a mental problem. This is based on Normal EEGs. I had only seen this doctor twice. Has anyone else had similar problems in getting help??If someone else can relate to my story or give me feedback I would appreciate it. Thank you.

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Re: Complex Partial/Night Terrors

Submitted by sloneck9 on Tue, 2005-11-29 - 22:55
PS: When I had the sleep study, my EEG's were normal and no indication of epileptiform activity. But now they are epileptiform in nature. wendy in oregon

Re: Complex Partial/Night Terrors

Submitted by plopdan on Tue, 2008-04-01 - 06:27

Only about 30% of people show an abnormal EEG so it's no real proof of epilepsy except those that show an abnormal EEG which is almost absolute proof of epilepsy.  One woud think your doctor would have explained this to you.  There is one reason that I can think of why a person can change from one to another but you should get your doctor tor explain this to you!

 Plopdan U.K

Only about 30% of people show an abnormal EEG so it's no real proof of epilepsy except those that show an abnormal EEG which is almost absolute proof of epilepsy.  One woud think your doctor would have explained this to you.  There is one reason that I can think of why a person can change from one to another but you should get your doctor tor explain this to you!

 Plopdan U.K

Re: Complex Partial/Night Terrors

Submitted by ScreeFi on Wed, 2007-05-09 - 14:11
Hello, I'm twenty now, but all my life I've had episodes that two years ago were diagnosed as complex partial seizures. I also had night terrors until I was perhaps seven or eight years old. Because I experienced an extreme sense of unreality with both events, I've always considered them linked. I'd love to learn more about possible epilepsy/night terror links. If you have found anything out, I would love to know! Thanks!

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