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Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures?
Sun, 02/27/2005 - 17:20Topic: Family & Friends
My 3yr old just had three seizure like episodes in one day that only physically effected her eyes and sense of awareness. The first one happened when she was sitting on the floor. She fell over, eyes were rolling, and became very lethargic. She was rushed to the hospital and was very sleepy for hrs. During her sleepiness, she had two more episodes that resembled the first one. This time it was monitored that her oxygen levels significantly dropped during those episodes. Could this be Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures? The reason I think this may be so is because her very first episode was when her mother ran off with her to another state because she "felt a calling to due so." The seizure like symptoms -like above- happened a few months after the mother's move. A long court process finally ordered my daughters return to me. Then, nine months later she has three. My daughter has always been by my side from when she was a baby crying to playing soccer in the backyard. We do everything together and have the strongest connection. Could a nine month period of time away from me cause an emotional seizure?
RE: RE: Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures?
Submitted by spiz on Wed, 2005-02-23 - 01:41
Batman, You probably feel I'm following you around but you just seem to know so much. I was wondering if you could give me answers to questions that I've had for so long. First of all, I want to fair to the doctors I've seen over the years. I admit I have an attitude towards the majority of them. I had always felt that doctors were geniuses that knew everything about anything and when the epilepsy showed up and they couldn't fix it and make it go away, well, there went their pedestal with them on it. This was 30 years ago and they didn't know next to nothing about it but that doesn't mean they weren't doing the best they could with what they had. The very first thing I remember ever happening was my mother had come in my room to wake me up. I opened my eyes-I could see her, I could see her mouth moving but I couldn't hear her and I couldn't move except for my eyes. I don't know how long it lasted-it seemed forever- but I was finally able to move. I remember my chest felt funny and there was loud hum in my ears. I stood up and immediately went down.My sister came in and helped me up and down I went. My dad came in, they both helped me up and I was lucky if I could take two steps before I'd go down again.I'd try to sit up and it felt just like someone was behind me jerking me backwards real hard. When I tried to talk I would jerk again and all that came out was a real loud gasp. The first doctor they took me to said it sounded to him like a seizure brought on by a mini-stroke. So I was diagnosed with a seizure disorder-no meds. Six months later I'm diagnosed with petit mal epilepsy and put on dilantin and clonopin. Years later my neuro told me that by going over my records, he felt I had JME from the beginning but I think back then you were either petit mal or grand mal. I was diagnosed 10 years ago with having TLE. I am now on Depakote and Tegretol XR. My question is could my not being able to move have been a seizure and not a stroke? I mean I was only 15 at the time. I've only had it happen again like that again (at least that I'm aware of) a handful of times. Thanks, Spiz