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first video eeg. help please
Sat, 11/01/2014 - 23:30hi im dani. im 22 and have had siezures since i was 14. i never talked to doctors about it till last year because i was scared. i still am but im more scared about the damage happening from the siezures. i got a sleep deprived eeg last year sometime ( i have a pretty bad memory so i dont know when it was.). it came back normal and the doctors just ignored my siezure problem ( great doctors i know). im now seeing a new doctor and he had me go to a neuroligist. btw they are some weird people lol. he is having me do an extended stay video and audio eeg. i just want to know what might happen while im there. im already freaking out cause im getting an iv.... im terrified of needles... so any advice would be great.
Relax I have had several
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2014-11-30 - 09:42
Relax I have had several different EEG's. One ambulatory which they set it up and you carry the thing arround for a few days. During it you may have to take the equipmewnt in so they can download the information and yo uleave and go back a days later.In my Video EEG I was in the hospital and they set it up and i laid arround in the unit room. They hada tv and a VHS so I watched movies and tv a lot. Friends came by and visited for hours. When I had a seizure I pressed the button so they were aware I knew when I had a seizure and marked the area. They had done a MRI the hour before I was put in the unit. All of this was done to see if I could have a procedure done. After the testing was done I saw doc and he showed me the MRI and he had looked at different areas of the EEG. I was not elegiable for the procedure because the scar tissue causing my epilepsy is in more then 1 lobe of the brain. You shouldn't have any problems. However the EEG can only read electrical impulses to a certain depth and what may be causing your seizures could be deeper. I hope this helps JOe