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1min+ absence seizures with tonic component?

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 05:55
Hi, my daughter just started having absence seizures. Was wondering whether anybody has experienced similar, and whether you think these are still typical absence seizures or something worse? we will see a doctor within next couple weeks depending on when we get an appointment. Particularly the length of the seizures worries me. - child: 3 year old female, normal development / intelligence, has had a bit of a temper since she was born although would not characterize as aggressive as she is also very affectionate most of the time - seizures last between 30-90 seconds (longer if she's tired/hungry), 3-5 a day so far - head tits up/sideways, always same size, and eyes roll back in head for whole duration of episode. a couple blinks sometimes in middle. from general reading on web it seems normally absence seizures are 5-6 seconds, and usually less than 30 seconds, while my little one has not had one of less than 30 seconds... thanks

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Absence seizures can be short

Submitted by just_joe on Mon, 2016-05-16 - 11:18
Absence seizures can be short or long but in them the person looks like they are daydreaming. What you posted could be partial or complex partial seizures. The length of those can be closer to your child's.

typical absence seizures can

Submitted by just_joe on Tue, 2016-05-17 - 19:12
typical absence seizures can range in length of time. In those seizures the person look like they are daydreaming. Other seizures can look like them. Focal seizures do but they can vary in what happens in the, With mine O could not respond so the theacher went to the nextstudent but my answer came out before theirs. Focal seizzureswill also land in partial seizures, simple partial and even complex partial. If they fully generalize they can become seizures that look like a grabnd mal (tonic-clonic) but in mine I was concious of what was happening. If you can video one of the seizures andshow itto th neurologist, That is when you can ask What type of seizures are these? Do the dosages need cahnging? Is there a better medication for these seizures?The best way Ihave gotten results is by asking questions and answeringhis questions.I would also suggestyou gt the Epilepsy diary on this site and use ot. There is a note pad in it so you won't have to find all the pieces od paperyou have notes on. By givingthe neurologst permission to bringit up[ he then hasmore to look at like th graphs and your notes and he sees lall thmedications your child has been talkingI hope this helpsJoe

A thought would be to tell

Submitted by just_joe on Wed, 2016-05-18 - 17:32
A thought would be to tell you to go to the help section on this site. You will find out many types of seizures and you can read about them. The different types of epilepsy and seizures along with triggers,

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