Community Forum Archive
Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing
06/2020 | 0 Comments
Hi all, I have noticed that my wife (30 years old) makes lip-smacking sound often when she is asleep with rare jerks, sometimes she wakes up screaming...
06/2020 | 2 Comments
Hi I have been diagnosed with focal epilepsy. However, where that activity originates from seem to be moving around; My first EEG's showed that the...
05/2020 | 1 Comments
So this is probably going to be pretty long (sorry about that) but about a week ago I OD'ed on my medication (Topamax) and ever since then I've been...
05/2020 | 2 Comments
Hello everyone, I had my first ever tonic-clonic seizure last Thursday, before then I now realise I also appear to have been experiencing focal...
05/2020 | 2 Comments
Hello can anyone help with this..my 20 year old daughter has seizures since she was 4yrs old Every time she lets out a loud ‘woowoo’ scream and then...
05/2020 | 2 Comments
Hello, I am fairly new to dealing with seizures. My daughter now has a VP shunt and also has what were diagnosed as complex partial seizures a few...
04/2020 | 3 Comments
Hi there I’ve been experiencing seizures since I was 9. I’m now 20 however I have only just been diagnosed as having epilepsy. My first seizure...
04/2020 | 1 Comments
Hi guys. My name is Andriani , 32 years old, had a brain surgery 4 years ago for removal of a tumor. I wanted to ask if someone experienced something...
04/2020 | 2 Comments
Hi all, I’m new to the forum. I had my very first seizure in 2017 or 2018, I remained fully conscious throughout the seizure, but experienced memory...
03/2020 | 2 Comments
Hello everyone! My son is 10 years now, he has had his first tonic- clonic seizure when he was 4 years old it happened only once but age 5 the...
03/2020 | 5 Comments
8 months ago I woke up after attending wedding and had what I can only describe as a conscious seizure: I remained awake but the muscles in my stomach...
03/2020 | 2 Comments
Anyone else have their eyes very rapidly 'vibrate' side to side during one of the strobe lights? It was as if my eyes were trying to follow two...
03/2020 | 0 Comments
I had an EEG done and it showed a 8-9 Hertz posteriorly dominant rhythm was noted. The rhythm attenuates with eyes open and closed. Occasional left...
02/2020 | 1 Comments
Can anybody who has had a neurology appointment in the uk through the NHS tell me what happens in your first neurology appointment? Will any tests or...
02/2020 | 2 Comments
Hi there, 4 months ago I developed what I think is TLE. My symptoms at the beginning were a extreme deja vu of a dream I’ve never had, extreme fear...
02/2020 | 2 Comments
hi. in 2007 after almost 10 years of seeking help and being medicated with a heart medication I was diagnosed with left temporal lobe epilepsy. I saw...
01/2020 | 2 Comments
I had what I thought was a panic attack, and when I told my neurologist's nurse, she said to go to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist said he thinks it...
01/2020 | 1 Comments
My 10 year old daughter has been having episodes of dream like states when she is awake. She had a sleep deprived eeg before Xmas and they've now...
01/2020 | 2 Comments
I'm 35 and have had absence seizures since I was a child. I was lucky that one was caught on my first EEG. It is managed with Lamictal and I haven't...
01/2020 | 6 Comments
I have been having strange symptoms for almost 3 years. It started off as complex scenic hallucinations that occur in the dark room - mostly at night...