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Not sure what to do
Mon, 08/17/2015 - 13:28In April of this year, I had what I call my first of many episodes. I get dizzy room sways feels like someone is spinning my brain. SeverE headaches, extreme vertigo. That comes in short bursts but it can last all day. Vision. Had changed I get moments of "checking out" as my husband says. It can be one or two a day to 100+ a day. I have had a EEG which showed nothing
And a 72 hour videology AEEG coming up. I get brain fog, difficult to concentrate, hard to think of words.
My other symptoms are:
Tingles in face
One sided convolutions
Vomiting
Nausea
Hearing things that are not there
Legs giving out
Right side muscle fatigue
Twinge
Migraines
Blurry vision
Double vision
Feeling like I am on a boat
Slow motion feeling.
Bright lights with eyes open and closed.
Anyone with a thought what could be going on?
Most of what you listed could
Submitted by just_joe on Mon, 2015-08-17 - 17:00
Most of what you listed could be in different seizures. If you have only had the 1 EEG then fine. I had 20+25 different EEG's all came back normal. But that that time I was having several different kinds of seizures. It wasn't until I fell asleep in another EEG that the neurologists found abnormalities (seizure activity).One or 2 a day is fine but to have 100 they are clustering which isn't good and does wear the person out since each seizure drains energy.The 72 hour EEG will bring up more information, It being a video EEG also shows what is happening during the day.. Generally you will be in a monitoring unit so take something with your. Your laptop so you can keep up with the news and do have friends and family come by. I took movies with me and watched them. Things are a bit different today since I was in one about 10 years ago.I hope this helps and you do get the assistance you needJoe