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Screaming during a seizure???
Wed, 01/12/2005 - 16:02Comments
I have been known to
Submitted by grneydgurl on Thu, 2007-12-13 - 03:33
Re: Screaming
Submitted by suebear on Mon, 2008-07-07 - 02:48
I just happen to look at this and the first thing that came to mind was a grand mal seizure. I've had them since an infant and let me tell you. Pediatricians are not trained to know what to look for. You need to see someone who is which means go see a neurologist and have your child tested.
It took years to get the right diagnosis and it was a matter of seeing a neurologist who knew what to look for.
I just happen to look at this and the first thing that came to mind was a grand mal seizure. I've had them since an infant and let me tell you. Pediatricians are not trained to know what to look for. You need to see someone who is which means go see a neurologist and have your child tested.
It took years to get the right diagnosis and it was a matter of seeing a neurologist who knew what to look for.
Screaming during seizueres
Submitted by Chipsmommy on Fri, 2007-12-07 - 08:02
My 16 month old son has had a few episodes of what we now believe are seizures with screaming. He has not been diagnosed as having had a seizure yet but I fully believe what he had was a seizure. He will be asleep and after say like 2 to 3 hours of him falling asleep he starts screaming this blood crudling scream unlike anything I have ever heard him do before. His arms and legs are pulled in and we can't wake him when it happens. It lasts only about a minute maybe a minute and a half and almost when it's over his eyes will open but when you see them open it's not like he is controlling them opening it's like they open on their own. If you look at his eyes you can tell they are not focused on anything and that he doesn't seem to see you. Then once it's over he does I guess kind of come to but he looks around a few seconds like he is confused and then imeadiately falls into a very deep sleep like he is just exhausted beyond belief and then he sleeps the rest of the night and wakes up his normal self in the morning like nothing ever happened. I explained it all to our dr he doesn't see a pediatrician only our family dr but our family dr said it does sound like seizures to him and said that on Monday he wants to see us in his office to get us refered to a pediatric neurologist. They don't happen often but a few months ago is the first time he had them that i am aware of and he had 1 a night for 3 nights then he just had his most recent one about a week and a half to 2 eeks ago I don't remember the exact dates of any of them.I want to know if this sounds like a seizure to any of you.