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absence seizures memory

Thu, 11/13/2008 - 13:35

Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

My daughter is 11 and was diagnosed a year ago with absence seizures. For the past maybe 6 months I have noticed her memory is terrible. She will know her math facts and then all of a sudden something switches and she no longer remembers them. I have watched her switch and actuallly saw her face change. It was really weird. She also gets tongue tied easily and if she reads out loud very long its like her tongue kind of gives out on her (it's the only way I can explain it). Do any of you have these issues? She works her butt off in school but is really struggling. Her teachers are finally starting to see the memory thing but arent sure what steps to take next. She is already on an IEP and is in special ed for math. She is very bright,witty and outgoing but will not draw any attention to herself for fear she will have a seizure with everyone looking at her. She is only having 3-4 seizures a day now which seems liveable to us. If you know of any special tricks or therapies to help with her memoty please let me know. thanks sally

Comments

Re: Yale Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study

Submitted by pgd on Tue, 2011-07-26 - 16:11

Regarding the Yale Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study (ages 6-18) mentioned above, my guess is that the fMRI may not show what Yale hopes it can. This is based on a 2009 MRI study. See: 2009 MRI for cognitive difficulties limited (ADHD Inattentive, central auditory processing - CAPD/APD, dyspraxia, almost invisible left side hemiparesis) - http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ADHD_Bulletin_Board/message/39889 (06/24/2009).

Re: absence seizures memory

Submitted by tncabell on Tue, 2011-07-26 - 20:36

my short term memory is shot. i am seeing a neuropsychologist that is doing mind games with me to improve it. i just started so i dont know if it will work, but i will let you know. the epilepsy foundation helped me find this. maybe you can look into something like this.

Jenn

I am 17 years old and I have

Submitted by adueno on Sun, 2018-05-27 - 13:23

I am 17 years old and I have absence seizures like your daughter. I've had them for almost two years now and it has changed my parents world as well as mine. I am beginning to notice while yes it is important to take the medicine the doctor provides I have begun to change my diet. If it were my decision, I would eat hamburger fries and a milkshake but I've noticed every time I have an excessive amount of sugar or carbs the more seizures I have, maybe you can try a low carb diet with your daughter for two weeks and see if the seizures go down because I was going from 10-20 seizures a day, to now 0-1.

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