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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

pseudo seizures / non-epiletic seizures

03/2005 | 9 Comments

I need as much information on dealing w/ pseudo seizures as well as "regular" seizures. The meds for "regular" seizures is not controlling them...
MRI

03/2005 | 6 Comments

Hello! My daughter (12 years old), has been fainting for about 5 months. She has had a bad non-stop headache for months now. It doesn't ever seem to...
New..sound familiar to anyone??

03/2005 | 2 Comments

Hello,I am new here and I was wondering if I could run a few symptoms past you guys? I have an appointment with a neurologist next week and a CT scan...
second opinions...?

02/2005 | 3 Comments

i would like to know if anyone has sought out a second opinion after a diagnosis or lack there of, and what were the results...? i'm beginning to...
EEG's

02/2005 | 5 Comments

"Migraines are a vascular problem, but EEGs to not pick up or make any abnormal looking waves from a headache. They don't detect ANY sort of blood...
Please I have another question...

02/2005 | 14 Comments

Thank you so much for the help and support you offered when I introduced myself and my son last weekend (I am Karen, mom of 4, dd (10)absence epilepsy...
Scared, Confused, Please Help Me :(

02/2005 | 6 Comments

The first time I ever "passed out", was when I was 17 yrs old. It was actually in the shower and a very scary experience. I still remember the...
Help again- migranes vs. epilepsy?

01/2005 | 2 Comments

Hi, I posted in late November recounting my experience and having been recently diagnosed then "undiagnosed" then diagnosed again. briefly, i began...
E.E.G Report - TLE or Depression?

01/2005 | 3 Comments

Hi, for years now I have been wondering about the results of an EEG I had done over 10 years ago. The test was needed because I had passed out and had...
Seizures and Fatigue

01/2005 | 3 Comments

I am almost at the end of the 1st 72- hour EEG. I don't know how much the EEG will tell them, but I have learned quite a bit about my seizures and...
Simple Partial Seizures and EEG/EKG

01/2005 | 10 Comments

I have not been diagnosed, but I am beginning to supiscion that I have been having Simple Partial Seizures. Please bear with me, it might take a...
New Diagnosis but no proof

01/2005 | 4 Comments

Hello All - I have recently been diagnosed with Autonomic Seizures, but the EEG, MRI, CT tests have all come out clean. Started with occular Migrane...
can you help

01/2005 | 3 Comments

Hello I just joined. I have had several brain surgeries, 3 Cerebellum, and one deep in the right temporal lobe (aneurysm), that was the last one , 3...
I think I had a seizure!???

01/2005 | 5 Comments

I'm 25 years old, college grad, living alone and working professionally. Not long ago I was a competitive Mountain and Road Bike racer competing in...

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