Hi Veronica,
Welcome to our group. Yes, a lot of things sound familiar but
not for me-- so I will let whoever experience them tell you.
I've had EP for 47 years but have learned so much in this group.
I also want to say in case the EEG comes out negative -- that
doesn't mean he doesn't have EP. That has happened to quite a few.
Millie
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> Hi everyone!! Thanks for letting me join your group.
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> I have a few questions and I hope you can all help me out here.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Veronica Davidson
> http://www.veronica
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