I have a few questions and I hope you can all help me out here.
First i want to say that this is to do with our 18 year old son... soon to be 19. Wed. night we got a call from his friends that he had a seizure and we had to come get him. My husband and i jumped out of bed and rushed over to get him. HIs friends mother is a retired RN and his friend is currently and RN. They told me that our son had felt a bit dizzy so they told him to sit down. He sat down, body went stiff and his eyes rolled back in his head. THey said he made some weird gergling noises with his mouth and they tried to wake him up. They told me he was out for about 1 to 2 minutes tops. When he came around he was slurring his speach and didn't know what happened. . HE was also very tired and staggering around.
We took him right to the ER where he told the ER dr. that he was seeing sparkling lights in his vision for awhile and he kept asking for something to drink and wanted to go to sleep. He was also very hungry. THe ER dr. checked blood and urine for anything that shouldn't be there, meaning drugs and alcohol, as well as checking for infection, high blood sugar, and electrolytes. They did a CT scan to see if he had a tumor or brain bleed but everything checked out fine. THe ER dr. was convinced that he did indeed have a seizure and thought it could have been brought on by his medication Abilify since that was just increased to 30mg's.
The ER thought that our son was not in any danger so sent him home wiht us telling us to keep an eye on him, get him to a neurologist and get an EEG done.
This was all wed. night so thrusday morning I had our son call his psychiatrist and tell her that he had a seizure and she told him to stop his meds ASAP. I then got him an appointment with a neurologist who squeezed him in for Friday.
THe neurologist is convinced that our son simply fainted. BUt wants to get an EEG done to make sure. I'm not all that convinced that he simply fainted. Dr. said that since our son stood up and then felt faint it was most likely that his BP was low and the sudden standing up made him faint, blood rush etc. Our son feels now that he did simply faint.
The day after this insident is what gets me. YOu don't have a full day or more after a faiting spelll where your so tired you can barely function and you sleep all day. He also was extremely hungry and thirsty the next day. Reminded me of our german shepard which had seizure disorders and would drink execessively the day after a seizure. Found him face down in the toilet drinking all the time... not that our son has done this lol... But he drank quite a bit on thursday and did nothing but eat, drink and sleep.
I myself have had mild electrical brain surges which showed up on an EEG many years ago. This was before i was diagnosed with MS. In my case i would be allert but unable to distinguish what was being said to me. I felt disconnected from my body and when people spoke to me it was as if there was a plate glass window between us. I could see the person talk to me but didn't know what was being said. Almost like being under water in a pool filled with screaming kids.
Anyway, i was wondering if anyone had a similar experience as my son did. I'm certainly going to take him for an EEG. I just want to know if anything he experienced would sound familiar and if so how do you know what to look for in the future?
Veronica Davidson
http://www.veronicaslavishlathers.com
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