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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

EEG Results

09/2019 | 2 Comments

I have been diagnosed with Temporal lobe epilepsy since 2008. I have partial seizures that are well controlled by meds, however I have approximately 6...
epilepsy or not

08/2019 | 1 Comments

good afternoon, I needed your help. First of all I want to say that I used google translator to help me in this. I had 2 sensations like deja vus...
EEG Strobe Lights

07/2019 | 1 Comments

Hi I had an EEG the other day, and during the strobe test I was xompletely in awe and couldnt stop staring. Is this the normal response? Also, after...
EEG

07/2019 | 2 Comments

I've had EEG AND VEEG and everytime no seizures cN be detected does this mean I don't have epilepsy but I don't think that would be accurate. During...
mutation GABRA1

07/2019 | 1 Comments

Hi all. please help. Who know something about gabra1? My son has this epilepsy. With drugs are better?
Is it all in my head?

06/2019 | 1 Comments

Hello:) I have been having these episodes for a while now where I completely space out. Sometimes I'm aware of what's going on around me but...
Schizophrenia vs TLE

04/2019 | 1 Comments

Hello all! It's been awhile since I've been here, but the diagnostics have gotten sticky. My diagnosis needs context, and the story is long, but if...
MRI BRAIN EPILEPSY STUDY

04/2019 | 2 Comments

Hi, I'm very new to all of this and I hope you can forgive me for asking maybe a very silly question potentially! Some background info-I have been...
Possible epilepsy please help (pt 2)

04/2019 | 3 Comments

Continuation of post with same title: The iffy stuff: For a number of months after a fainting spell, I find myself hyper-prepared for the possibility...
Possible Epilepsy please help (pt 1)

04/2019 | 0 Comments

TLDR 21 y/o f, history of random episodes of weakness/shakiness/numbness/nausea/impending doom/disorientation, wonders if its possibly seizures...
Does this sound like seizures

04/2019 | 0 Comments

Hello, getting desperate so going far-reaching. I'm 17 and female and have been having these weird episodes I don't know what causes them but they're...
Upset about invalidation

03/2019 | 1 Comments

I live in an assisted living facility and lately I've had many seizures in the past week well in the past month and a half, really, because the nurses...
Abnormal EEG and sleep deprived EEG

03/2019 | 0 Comments

Hello, Wondering if anyone can tell me what a left-sided neuronal dysfunction is, or left posterior dysfunction? I recently had both a EEG and a sleep...

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