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Abnormal EEG-

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 14:25
A few months ago, my daughter (8) had a sleep study to test for possible sleep apnea. As a result of that test, we were told she had several spikes in her brain while she was sleeping and we were ordered a sleep deprived EEG to follow up. The result of that test showed more spikes. I was told she doesn't necessarily have epilepsy but that she's possibly as risk for it and we were referred back to the neurologist. Because she's considered a new patient, all new patients appointments are scheduling way out right now. The nurse said she was going to talk to the dr (who is on vacation this week) because my daughter needs to be seen right away and they'll have to fit her in as soon as possible. We have never noticed any type of seizure behavior from her. I've conferred with her teachers and they've not noticed anything either. No muscle spasm, no staring off, no tics, nothing. I did do some reading on this site and saw people posting about dizzy/fuzzy spells, so I'm going to gently ask her if that's ever happened to her. I guess my questions are: 1. Is this unusual to have the spikes but no seizure activity? 2. Are there other symptoms that I don't know about that she could have had that I missed? 3. Should I be concerned that they want her in ASAP or is that standard? 4. Most importantly: What questions do I need to make sure I ask at the appointment? I want to make sure I get all the info that I need and usually take pen and paper to appointments. I'm definitely worried but not panicking. Just trying to wrap my head around this and get all the info I can so I don't walk into that appointment unarmed. Thank you!

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The sleep study was done

Submitted by Suse850 on Mon, 2017-10-30 - 10:41
The sleep study was done because I had noticed she has excessive snoring, hard to wake up in the mornings, tired in the afternoons to the point where she would have melt downs in school.  My husband has sleep apnea and his father most likely had it too so we figured she had it too.  Sleep study showed slight apnea but not enough to be a concern.  I don't have the report in front of me, but I think her number was 2.something and they look for anything above 5, I believe. I try to ask my daughter about different things she may be feeling but I don't want to put ideas in her head as she can be dramatic and over exaggerate things if she thinks I am looking for a specific answer.

The sleep study was done

Submitted by Suse850 on Mon, 2017-10-30 - 10:53
The sleep study was done because I had noticed she has excessive snoring, hard to wake up in the mornings, tired in the afternoons to the point where she would have melt downs in school.  My husband has sleep apnea and his father most likely had it too so we figured she had it too.  Sleep study showed slight apnea but not enough to be a concern.  I don't have the report in front of me, but I think her number was 2.something and they look for anything above 5, I believe. I try to ask my daughter about different things she may be feeling but I don't want to put ideas in her head as she can be dramatic and over exaggerate things if she thinks I am looking for a specific answer.

She has been diagnosed with

Submitted by Suse850 on Mon, 2017-10-30 - 10:53
She has been diagnosed with ADHD within the last year.  Are you saying the waves could be that or could it be in addition to?  Interesting...and that just led to a bunch of other questions to ask and research. Fortunately work is super slow today so I'll be able to do more reading.  I have poked around the learn section a bit but I'll look more and see what I can find.This would be my first time to the neurologist but I've heard he's excellent.

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