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6 Month old thrashes head while sleeping?????
Mon, 01/31/2005 - 12:27Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth
Hi, I was diag. at age 13 with epilepsy, now I'm 23 and have two children one is 6 the other is 6 months. I've noticed in the last month or so that my 6 month old Ashley has been thrashing her head side to side while sleeping. At first it didn't alarm me untill she did the same thing while in my arms awake. Does this sound like it could be infant seizures? She has a doctors appt. tomorrow. Any advice whould be great! Thanks
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RE: 6 Month old thrashes head while sleeping?????
Submitted by smedly107 on Mon, 2005-01-31 - 12:27
HiI was just wondering what the final result was with your daughter? My daughter started having seizures before she was a day old and is now two months on medication that appears to be working but has just started turning her head from side to side in a repetitive motion.Thanks MR'sMom
RE: 6 Month old thrashes head while sleeping?????
Submitted by batman on Thu, 2005-01-13 - 13:39
Best advice I can think of and highly recommend is to explain what you've said here, and all else possible, to the doctor. Keep track with it, even by writing it down for records, to show, explain and describe it all to the doctor. Ask for everything necessary about first aid, no matter if your daughter is having a seizure or not.
Just to take a glance over the different seizures listed on this website, go back to this website's home page www.epilepsy.com, then in the menu on the left side of the page just point your mouse arrow on the very first choice titled "ALL ABOUT EPILEPSY & SEIZURES". A sub-menu with additional listings will appear so point and click on the one titled "Types of Seizures". Next page and again along the same left side menu will be a list of multiple types of seizures. Point and click on any one and take a browse to see if any happen to match more to what appears to be similiar to how your daughter is acting and moving while sleeping.
If the doctor does give a diagnosis of her having a particular seizure, treatment by antiepilepsy drugs, etc. then just do some more browsing through this website and others for more detailed information.
Wish the best of luck.
Bruce J
Best advice I can think of and highly recommend is to explain what you've said here, and all else possible, to the doctor. Keep track with it, even by writing it down for records, to show, explain and describe it all to the doctor. Ask for everything necessary about first aid, no matter if your daughter is having a seizure or not.
Just to take a glance over the different seizures listed on this website, go back to this website's home page www.epilepsy.com, then in the menu on the left side of the page just point your mouse arrow on the very first choice titled "ALL ABOUT EPILEPSY & SEIZURES". A sub-menu with additional listings will appear so point and click on the one titled "Types of Seizures". Next page and again along the same left side menu will be a list of multiple types of seizures. Point and click on any one and take a browse to see if any happen to match more to what appears to be similiar to how your daughter is acting and moving while sleeping.
If the doctor does give a diagnosis of her having a particular seizure, treatment by antiepilepsy drugs, etc. then just do some more browsing through this website and others for more detailed information.
Wish the best of luck.
Bruce J