Hi all- I also posted this in the welcome area....

My son has been sick for 2 weeks. At first it seemed like just the flu.virus--fever, weakness, stuffiness. He got better, and then several days later came down again with a sore throat. He kept complaining for days about the throat. On the day in question, I urged him to please get in the car for school, because he had already missed too many days, and he couldnt stay home just for a sore throat, and I had given him an advil. He just kept STARING at me. I asked him, "What is wrong? Just your throat? Is it your head? Do you have a headache?? Do you feel weak?" He couldnt really explain. I told him he must go to school--because he'd missed about 6 or 7 days already this year. He said weakly, "I can't."

I said, "What do you mean, you can't? You can't go to school? Why?"

"I just can't."

"Why are you saying you can't? Is it because you're sick? Do you feel feverish?"

"I don't know."

"Well, tell me what is wrong......." 

And he stood there in the same spot for 10 minutes, and just kept saying....."But I can't."  

Later he told me that he had been confused. He wanted to talk to me and explain but it was hard to. He also had what he calls "A white out" where everything in his vision faded white, for about 2 seconds. He complained of a headache, and he was irritable and didnt want to talk.

I took him to the Dr and she diagnosed strep throat, and gave him antibiotics. She also said to see a neurologist. He has continued to feel weak, irritable and complaining of eye pain and headache. When we ask him to describe the headache, he describes it as more of a feeling inside his head....that he finds it hard to recall information, and he is sometimes confused, and doesnt want to think or talk. 

Yesterday he had another "white out" and generally felt horrible (and weak) and the Dr sent him to the ER room. They said his strep was better, but that he might be "seizing" or have PANDAS. He also told me that over the past few days, he's had the white out several times, and/or had several short periods of "mental confusion." He said his legs feel heavy too, and he is "fatigued".

I am totally confused. Does this sound like epilepsy to you?