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Second guessing everything
Wed, 04/18/2018 - 19:14I'm really hoping someone can help me. I have been having weird symptoms for years now (tremors, memory loss, blind spots), and recently started having convulsive episodes-i am awake, aware, just not really able to communicate. I saw a neurologist who did MRI, CT scan, blood tests, and a sleep deprived EEG. Everything came back normal except the EEG. It showed two occurrences of seizure activity, complex partial seizures. My neurologist is telling me that she thinks it is mostly anxiety that I am experiencing, and is not willing to diagnose anything. I feel like I'm in limbo. I have anxiety and panic attacks, and that is NOT what this is. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is it normal to not be diagnosed after having an EEG confirm two seizures?
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two occurrences of seizure
Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2018-04-20 - 18:58
two occurrences of seizure activity <<< seizure activity is not a seizure. It is abnormalities in the electrical output in your brain. Abnormalities can let electrical impulses hit wrong. Those wrong hits can cause a chain reaction which would be a seizure.Is your neurologist a specialist in epilepsy? If not then you might want a second opinion If this were me I would get copies of the tests and visit with a neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. They are also called epileptologists. If you go to one then take your copies of the tests and that might help you with a diagnosis.I hope this helpsJoe
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Submitted by just_joe on Thu, 2018-04-19 - 12:34
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