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First Seizure and Episodes?

Tue, 01/30/2018 - 11:37
Looking for help so I’m reposting this here to see if any other women have similar experiences. One update to this post is that my Ambulatory EEG came back clear, and the neurologist suggested doing an extended stay eeg to determine whether or not my episodes are seizures. I had my first grand mal seizure on December 16. My husband woke up to me having it and called an ambulance. All scans and mri came back clear. Eeg scheduled for Friday. I have no family history of epilepsy, and no head trauma. Perfectly healthy 24 yr old in other respects! I am on no medications. My main question in this is about my other “episodes” that I’ve had for 3 years now. I am conscious during them. They started out as heart palpitations, and have gotten increasingly worse and more frequent. They started also including dizziness, the feeling of falling, intense loudness, everything speeding up, tightness in my chest, and a difficulty to function through the attack. I can speak, but it is difficult. I usually need to sit down. Sometimes I have buzzing in my head or a tingling feeling in my face. (Edited to update- Last night the left side of my face and my left arm went numb although not your typical numbness. I could feel things but felt like something was covering the inside of the skin. Hard to explain.) I am very calm during these episodes. They only last 8-10 seconds, but can happen 4-5 times daily. I usually have at least one daily, with a rare day of none. I am a worrier by nature, and have been told they sound like panic attacks. But I have a hard time believing there is no connection between them and my grand mal seizure, since I have no other health problems. Does anyone have any thoughts about this? I will be speaking with my neurologist more about this after the EEG, hopefull

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Thank you for your reply!

Submitted by theworleygirlie on Fri, 2018-02-02 - 09:17
Thank you for your reply! That means a lot! 

Thank you for your reply! 

Submitted by theworleygirlie on Fri, 2018-02-02 - 09:17
Thank you for your reply! 

Sounds like you need an

Submitted by mjanzur on Fri, 2018-02-09 - 09:39
Sounds like you need an extended EEG, perhaps a 72 hour ambulatory EEG to see if you can capture this episode on the  EEG, even if it's just the pre symptoms of the episode.  It also sounds like you need a full cardio work up.  Remember, an EEG only captures what is happening at that moment in time, so you can have 4 normal EEG's and then the 5th one be abnormal.  But a lot of times there is an underline abnormality which helps explains things.  But talk with your doctor and be patient.  Good luck!!!

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