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Is there such a thing?
Fri, 05/23/2014 - 00:16Hi I am new here. My son(almost 3) has been recently diagonosed with Epilepsy. His first seizure(grad mal) was on April 2 2014 and he has had 9 more since. he started med and so far only time will tell, but I'm hopeful. Just in the past days though I have noticed him with these random spurts, almost like he is having a seizure that last for 1-3 seconds and he is standing. To me its like he is being startled, but without anything to startle him. His hands kinda fling out quick and his eye look focused. Then as quickly as it happens it stops. Is this possibly some sort of different seizure? can you even have more than one type of seizure?? TIA
Yes, one can have more than
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2014-05-23 - 07:49
Yes, one can have more than one seizure type. And seizures can change over time. Was your son diagnosed with generalized or focal epilepsy? Because focal epilepsy can secondarily generalize but there are also syndromes that have more than one type of seizure, and sometimes the initial diagnosis is made on incomplete info and needs to change. Can you get this behavior recorded? If you don't already track odd occurrances, please start. I know I spend a fair amount of interaction with neurology on the phone and I 'm sure you can call you son's neuro with followup questions/observations to make sure any issues get addressed. Don't be shy about following up when your gut says something isn't right.