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Is it really JAE?
Wed, 05/03/2017 - 11:23Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
So my son has told me that during his "zoning out spells," he isn't really unconscious. He says he can kind of hear people talking to him, but he's sort of seeing off in the distance. I've heard that this isn't typical of absence seizures. Someone suggested to me that it might be a focal seizure, for which Zarontin would be the wrong medication. Wouldn't the EEG have showed a very different pattern if it were focal seizures? His showed classic signs of absence seizures during the hyperventilation portion of the test. Granted it was only a 1-hour test, so perhaps he's having both and missed the focal?
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I don't know if they
Submitted by Broooke denver on Fri, 2017-05-12 - 21:42
I don't know if they prescribe ambulatory EEG's for children, but maybe it will detect more than just 1 hour of specific tests. If your not familiar with what it is - you are hooked up like regular EEG but then you get a fanny pack that records your info for 48-72 hours.
A lot of people are conscious
Submitted by mereloaded on Fri, 2017-05-05 - 15:48
A lot of people are conscious during their seizures! You don't "have to" pass out or become unaware. Focal just means that only a small part of the brain is affected. It is quite possible to have several types.