Robert,
I'm wondering if you have petite mal szs since they only last a min or two.
There are 25 different kind of seizures. I have had EP for 50 years. They
started when I was pregnant with my 2nd and 3rd daughters. I don't have them
often. I have been on Dilantin and Phenabarb for over 20 years. My last
sz was 5 years ago.
It has never bothered me what causes them. I find that it is best to just accept
that I have sz. I was told when I was first DX that I would be on meds the rest
of my life. I've been on a few different meds but Dilantin and Phenabarb work
for me. That doesn't mean they would work for anybody else. Everybody has
to find the med that takes care of their szs.
Millie
----- Original Message -----
From: robert jones
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 11:22 AM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Lack of 02
---In 1993 I was diagnoised with seizures caused by a blood clot to the brain from open heart surgery. I took meds for 12 years worked everyday with only one event and then all of a sudden said I was okay. Two years later I had 2 events which were thought to be a heart issued and I had a pacemaker installed. Since then I have had what are diagnoised as seizures but no reason can be found. They are short lived and the few times I have fallen I have never hit my head, MRI's in 97 prior to the pacemaker, and Cat scans since and EEG's have failed to show any problems. I know I am lucky compared to many of you but I have lived a very active life and at age 74 it is hard to adjust to a different life style. I have one every 4 are 5 months on the average since they started in 1997, they said they would put me in the hospital for a period of maybe 6 months if I wanted, so they might be able to see something on the EEG. I have even had one at the hospital while walking hallway but before they can do anything I'm okay. Even had one outside infront of a doctor. They last anywhere from a second to a minute or 2. I asked my neuro doc as pulmoniary test showed a significant drop in my 02 level after going up and down a flight of stairs That is the reason for my question about 02. I wanted to know if anyone else has had what might be the same problem
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Thomas <par_thomas@...> wrote:
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> They can tell that in an EEG where they have you hyperventalate the lack of oxygen to your brain is what caused you to seize
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> Rebecca
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