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Epilepsy or Migraine or Some Other
Sat, 03/11/2017 - 23:14Hi,
Past Medical Issue :
I had migraine at the age of 15 to 20. I am 34 and I do not have migraine at all.
At Present :
From the age of 21, I started fainting down unconscious.
This only happens as soon as wake up, brush my teeth and I head to the Kitchen.
If I hold a spoon or plate, it falls down from my hand without any knowledge.
If I sense that this is happening, I soon head to the bed and get some sleep. If I dont head to the bed , I usually faint down and I am admitted at the ambulance triage. This had has happened 7 times in a span of age 22 to 34. Once or twic I have bite my tongue on fainting .
I have visited several doctors and have done most of diagnostics :
I have done the below :
1. MRI scan of the brain
2. CT scan
3. EEG
4. Measured heart beat for a whole 2 days
5. Blood tests
6. BP and Sugar tests
All have been found normal and no issues were found at all.
One of the doctor said this might be a migraine syncope.
One of the doctor said its epilepsy.
One of the doctor said, I dont have to take medicine since I do not have a frequency as seen with Epileptic patient which is once or twice in a year.
I still haven't found out what is the issue. Could someone help me, in letting me know what is next diagnostic procedure that I have to carry out.
Comments
I had taken several MRI and
Submitted by Sanjurk on Sun, 2017-03-26 - 10:03
I had taken several MRI and EEGS. All EEG's looked fine. Today the EEG taken had shown variations and the doctor has said I have to start taking medicine for Epilepsy - lactimal . He has told me not to drive a vehicle. I felt devastated today.As I had mentioned - I have these seizures in a gap of every 6 months. I feel like I shouldn't take medicine now - I will follow a strict ketogenic diet, have a good sleep. Follow a good diet and see how it goes for another year and check if this has reduced the seizures. Also, would like to ask if I start medicine - should I be taking this for life long. Would any cause of missing these medicines cause seizures again. Can the doctor stop the medicine if the seizures do not appear in a 3 month or an year.
Thanks a lot. As you had
Submitted by Sanjurk on Thu, 2017-03-16 - 01:17
Thanks a lot. As you had mentioned two doctors with Epilepsy experiences, but one of the doctor said I have to start with medicenes. The other doctor said that its only twice in a year, I dont have to take any medicene. I am totally in a dilemma.