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epilepsy and studdering?
Mon, 08/09/2004 - 02:38I have an 11 year old boy who was just recently diagnosed with epilepsy...cant remember the name of it, he doesnt have siezures only activity on the mri...anyway he has recently started to studder badly he also has "tics" that come and go. Does anyone else have anything like this? I am just curious to know if they are related in anyway. The doctor didnt seem to know. Thank you for any feed back.
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RE: RE: epilepsy and studdering?
Submitted by XNeedlesNpInsX on Tue, 2004-07-27 - 00:21
hey I read your message and I also have seizures I am 13 right now and I've had them since i was about 6 I have petete mal seizures if you find out what kind of seizures your son had please write me back.
From:Judit
hey I read your message and I also have seizures I am 13 right now and I've had them since i was about 6 I have petete mal seizures if you find out what kind of seizures your son had please write me back.
From:Judit
RE: epilepsy and studdering?
Submitted by tibet2 on Sun, 2004-07-25 - 11:32
Hi, You should probably call the doctor's office and get a copy of your son's report, or at the least see if you can find out what kind of epilepsy your son has. MRIs show the structure of a person's brain and help the doc identify a physical cause for seizures - things like scar tissue or calcifications. So an MRI can't show seizure activity, it can only show a structural cause for seizure activity. The exception to this would be if you were somehow fortunate enough to have had an fMRI, but that isn't a standard diagnostic tool for epilepsy. An EEG shows electrical activity in the brain. Different epilepsies have different patterns on EEGs, so it can be a very useful diagnostic tool. Some people have normal EEGs, but still have epilepsy. Stuttering is a verbal dysfluency and verbal dysfluency can be part of the "seizure package". It's common for people to have difficulties with speech during and after a seizure. Often people have difficulties finding words and that is called "aphasia". But stuttering could be a way of stalling while trying to find a word. In any case, talk to the school about having an evaluation by the speech therapist. Before you find scedule an appointment for your son, find out what kind of epilepsy he has. That will help the therapist. You should talk to your son's neuro about the "tics", they could be motor seizures. You should be able to ask the doctor questions and to have answers. Do you feel comfortable asking questions? Sometimes you can't ask all the questions you would like in a given meeting, especially if you have a long list of them during an initial meeting.Is your son on medication? How are you holding up? I hope you are both doing well.