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Absence Seizures for Adults?
Tue, 09/25/2007 - 01:20Hello, I'm new
I'm a 21 year old and I started noticing that I was "blanking out" oddly a couple of years ago
Finally after 2 years, I see a doctor, he tells me I might have "Absence Seizures"
and he referred me a Nuerologist tells me I have Complex Partial Seizures (without testing me or anything at all)
but my Seizures are not Several minutes long, they are only about 10 seconds
and I keep telling myself I have Absence Seizures, but Im an adult
Here's how seizure is:
A sudden vertigo/dizziness like trance, only lasting about 5-10 seconds, I forget my surroundings for a second, they happen one or two days a week, up to 12 times a day
and some weeks they don't happen at all
and only a few times I've had a bad headache afterwards
Anyone had this same problem as an Adult, can Adults get Absence Seizures?
Comments
Re: Re: Re: My wife had them as an
Submitted by indyfan on Fri, 2007-09-28 - 15:47
how many days does it take to do?
Re: Re: Re: Re: My wife had them as an
Submitted by bernardcwe on Fri, 2007-09-28 - 16:38
It took somewhere between 5-6 months of sessions (3x week at first and then 2x week) before my wife realized the full benefits. I've seen studies that only measured progress through 3 months. At 3 months we almost gave up because we hadn't noticed any real benefits/effects of the sessions, but we stuck it out and it was like a switch had been turned on when she got into month 5.
Everyone is different though. A lot depends on the patient and the practitioner overseeing the sessions.
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Re: Re: My wife had them as an
Submitted by bernardcwe on Fri, 2007-09-28 - 08:22
Yes. Most neuros don't know much about neurofeedback or the research that has been done on it. Most neurofeedback practioners are actually psych docs. Insurance generally doesn't cover it for neurfoeedback, but they mostly do for ADD/ADHD. I am hopeful that it will gain better traction in the medical community. It's so much safer than just about everything else docs are currently prescribing (drugs, vns, etc.). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out my chart of alternative epilepsy treatments.