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EEG results

Wed, 07/23/2014 - 22:07

Hi every one, I am new to this site and a little confused. Actually a lot.  Just the other day I received my EEG results sad to saw I failed, my MRI was negative. Back in June I felt my left side of my body start to tingle and my left hand started to shake. That's the only time I had this and the doctor says it was a seizure. My drivers license is at stake.  The symptoms are exactly like a panic attack. Could I have been diagnost wrong I don't want to take a potential life long medication unless I have to. The doctor could not even tell me what the cause was. Thank you

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You say failed your EEG.

Submitted by just_joe on Thu, 2014-07-24 - 11:24
You say failed your EEG. Generally you have a normal EEG or an abnormal EEG. In a normal EEG the brain waves are like they should be. In an abnormal they see seizure activity. They see where in the brain that activity is comming from.I know personally that I had 15-20 EEG's come back normal. I went thru a battery of tests and all were normal or they hadn't found anything. The last tests was another EEG, In that EEG they found abnormalities. By finding them they knew where in the brain the activity was comming from. The neurologists then liiked closer at the MRI of the 1960's and a closer look found scared brain tissue That scar tissue was from a hemmorage to the brain. The hemmorgae came from a blow to the head. So in my tests they found out my epilepsy came from a blow to the head when I was 69 years of age.Most peoples EEG's come back normal and all tests come back normal.If the left side of your body tingled or felt wierd amd your left hand started shaking then it might be more like a focal seizure. Those seizures start in one area of your brain. If they don't generalize the seizure stays there. I had been having focal seizures. My right hand felt wierd and at times it wanted to rise up. Now if a focal seizure generalizes (covers the entire brain) then you go into a convulsion which would look like a grand mal seizure. The main difference is in that seizure you would not lose conciousness. In mine my arm would start to rise up. If my arm ever got shoulder high I wnet down like a rock in a convulstion. I saw the fear in peoples faces. I heard them talking, I heard someone tell someone to get the nurse.So if your seizure was not a panic attack it could do what I posted.As for medication if you had a heart ailment you would be prescribed medication. Would you complain about those medications? What about the medications for diabeties? The medications today are being created to stop seizures and have fewer side effects then the ones I took when I was a teen or in my 20's,As for doctors not being able to tell youu what cause the seizure or your epilepsy. You are among the millions of people out there who have gone thru tests only to have them all come back normal. Understand that the EEG doesn't gather the brain waves from deep in your brain which is where they might find a area that had a growth defect. That does not mean your not smart or normal it means the brain grew different in that area. I had been tested for almost 2 years before the battery of tests was done. So I do know what it is like not knowing the cause. I also know what it is like not getting questions answered when I asked the neurologist "What is epilepsy" You see I wasa teen so the neurologist asnwered Mom's question and never said a thing to me. I know what it is like having to take medications for long periods of time since I have been living and dealing with epilepsy for 50+ yearsI hope this helps

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