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Need help interpreting ambigous EEG results

Thu, 02/14/2019 - 20:26
Hello, I have been having temporal lobe epilepsy symptoms in the past few months. I had an EEG earlier this week which was prescribed by my primary care doctor. I've yet to see a neurologist about this. Today the results came back and say: ** Slowing within the left temporal region sometimes assuming sharp contour but does not appear definitively epileptiform** I'm crossing my fingers and toes this is an indicator that something can be named. Not that I'm asking for issues - I just want to know what's happening to me so I can start treatment and return to work.

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So TLE symptoms aren’t always

Submitted by Amy Jo on Sat, 2019-02-16 - 11:11
So TLE symptoms aren’t always TLE - my child had what looked like TLE symptoms and the neurologist was very surprised when nothing came up on the MRI, sclerosis would have been an indication for surgery and it really seemed to fit. Year or so later there were new seizure types and evidence of a genetic epilepsy. So without more evidence, even a neurologist shouldn’t jump to any particular diagnosis. And the EEG says it didn’t see anything definitive from what you included. Sure hope you will get a follow up with a neurologist and you can ask if a longer EEG might help. If you record any info about your episodes then you may uncover triggers more specific to you.

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