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Diagnosing temporal lobe epilepsy
Sat, 12/28/2019 - 03:45Hi,
I am currently waiting for my neurology appointment after what is now 16 episodes in just over a month. Symptoms are extreme dejavu (feeling like I’m watching a dream in my head I’ve had before that I havnt had before), this is then followed by fear and anxiety, extreme nausea and sometimes sickness, ear ringing or buzzing and then a very low mood for a few hours, I mean very very low.
What I’m asking is the neurologist will probably order a EEG and/or MRI. What if these both come back clear? I’m almost sure I’m having temporal lobe seizures and just want to get some meds to get rid of them. Will they diagnose just on symptoms?
Also any information of driving in the uk with just focal seizures and no other symptoms would be appreciated thank you :)
My Epileptologist would not
Submitted by kwmfc0730 on Mon, 2020-02-24 - 20:12
My Epileptologist would not make a diagnosis on the basis of symptoms. However, he is treating the symptoms, for which I am truly grateful. He said that in this State, a person can't legally drive within 6 months of an episode of altered consciousness. Without a diagnosis, would an episode be diagnosed as altered consciousness?