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EEG & Tegretol

Wed, 01/10/2007 - 11:04
I was diagnosed as bipolar Dec '06 & my doc put me on Tegretol & Clonazepam. I'm scheduled for an EEG Jan 19-22 to (hopefully) find out if what I had was a seizure. I called my neuro to find out if either drug would interfere w/the EEG & his nurse assured me it wouldn't, but it would seem like it would. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

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THANK YOU so much for the

Submitted by mcdonaja on Wed, 2007-01-31 - 19:47
THANK YOU so much for the info. You're right. Our son has many things going on and I think the neuro that we were using just couldn't get his head around everything that was going on. Heck it's been almost 8 yrs living with it and we can't get our heads around it. Thanks again for the info you were MOST helpful......just one other thing, could a tech get CPS spikes confused with Psychomotor variants? As mentioned we had the same tech each time and with our son's first EEG the tech found it normal with the benign psychomotor variants, the 4 or 5 that followed he indicated spikes & waves consistent with CPS.....just wondering if he could have got them confused or if the neuro is just making excuses trying to get rid of a complex case....also what else would cause the slow spikes & waves noticed during one of his EEG's...any ideas? J

Re: THANK YOU so much for the

Submitted by tonialpha on Wed, 2007-01-31 - 20:37
CPS or complex partial spikes have a spread to them vs a psychomotor variant does not. ( simple explanation) A focus of a spike and slow wave is generally indicative of a seizure focus unless there are other symptoms that need to be ruled out, again a good Epileptologist is someone that will weed it out in a clear manner with other tests if need be.

Re: Re: THANK YOU so much for the

Submitted by mcdonaja on Thu, 2007-02-01 - 07:02
Thanks a bunch. I've learned more from you in one day than our neuro over the past five. Can't thank you enough! J

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