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Fri, 09/30/2016 - 11:45Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth
Is it possible to be epileptic even if all the tests don't show it (e.g EEG)? My sister who is 12 years old fainted 3 times over the course of 3 years with the last two being within 2 months. We went to 2 doctors who saw it as epilepsy but ever since the medication, although she never faints but has often felt as if objects around her were changing in size a few time and headaches. We're worried if the fainting was due to epliepsy.
Yes it is possible to have an
Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2016-09-30 - 17:52
Yes it is possible to have an EEG come back normal and still have epilepsy. I had 20-25 different EEG's and they all came back normal. Then I fell asleep in one which showed abnormalities. What she is seeing and her head aches could also be seizures