Experiences with

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

has anyone heard of anyone who has had an eeg to test for h. e. ive got onr next week but read anyone mention it on the liver sites. thanks cazer.

I've been diagnosed with epilepsy in July and started on epilim 500 twice a day. I'm now on 800 a day and still having seizures. Every time I go see the doctor they just increase my dose. My ct scan and eeg came back normal. I don't know what to do anymore. Feeling helpless and alone. Please ANYONE

Hello. I happened upon this site because my 19 year old was diagnosed with APS and a genetic blood mutation when he was 16. It's been such a relief just to read about other people's experiences. My son was originally on warfarin and then after about 9 months, we tried Xeralto so we could avoid the monthly

Hello forum world for people with too many issues to fit on an A4 paper! I'm new here.. but not sure if I'll be staying :/ So I've been struggling with cognitive impairment for 2 years now. It started out with loss of notion of time and memory loss with a weird neck/head pain that they called tension

Hi I know this isn't especially thyroid related but I had an EEG this morning following my collapse episodes. It made me incredibly drowsy and my body feels like lead so heavy and tired. I actually had to take a nap when my toddler did- not much improvement now. Seen in forums those with epilepsy had

My dad had a reconstruction done on left foot a couple weeks ago. He went to the the local hospital on last Thursday 10/13 because he was running fever and in pain. His foot doctor decided to remove the metal on his leg because he was afraid of infection that took only 15 mins. Scariest day of my life

Hi all well been a stressful few weeks had the joys of a few bad days and today I had the joys of an eeg which made me sick and a horrible migraine as a result! So yeah I've just had about enough but onwards and upwards hope you are doing well?

Hi my name is Helen and 32 days ago my son had an accident which then led to a heart attack unfortunately by the time he was found and resuscitated there was some brain damage. He was placed in a medically induced coma for 5 days and were told that he would probably not make it. Once they woke him

Hi Everyone, this is the first time I have spoken about my epilepsy and I hope this will give you all the hope to recover from your epilepsy without having to rely on pills. The first time I had a seizure was when I was 17 and my Doctor decided to give me pills to treat my epilepsy but I seem to notice

I have been reading all the interesting posts and want to add my experience. 26th July I had a mitral valve repair and Atrial valve appendage. On 1st August still in hospital my hubby was talking to me and he said I suddenly started talking nonsense and asking where was I etc. I do not remember any of

Does anyone here have myoclonic jerking, shaking (stronger than tremors) weakness in legs, freezing when starting to walk or when having to step over something like a thresh hold, trouble speaking at times? This isn't just once in a while, it is almost constant during the day. Head almost always has

Hello, I went to GP today. I took along my Kardia... Mmmmmmmm, I know, swanky!.... It's been my new toy for a week... So I just showed her it in the box and asked "have you heard of these?" and she had, I opened my iPad and showed her a Kardia ECG I had sent off for analysis (because the Kardia app

Hello everyone, Jules here. I have been reading through the posts from my group of friends on the forum, I want to chat but wanted to update you as to what has been happening to me the last few days. You were all right with your advice, I should have gone to A&E as when I went for the bloods the GP sent

Good morning everyone, Tomorrow I have got to go to Kings College hospital for an EEG, following the second seizure I had in June. The consultant I saw said it may not have been one, but due to the area if my injury I am at a higher risk of them. So this test will maybe show something. The reason I'm

I normally have a blinding headache. It normally start with pain 4rm the back of my head and then moves up to the top and front part. I end up having a nosebleed the next couple or more days. I wonder if their is a link btw d headache and nosebleeds. When i was around 7yrs to 12year i have had regular

Hi, my name is Jason. My grandson was rushed to the ER last Thursday 8/25/26 due to symptoms. Spinal tap confirmed Men B and was placed in PICU here in BR, La. Seizures soon followed with erratic temp. Dr' had him on 4 seizure meds and antibiotics. EEG''s up until now showed electrical seizures present

Hi everyone,. I'm still waiting for my official diagnosis but wanted to know if anyone has experienced whole body jerks and sometimes uncontrollable shaking. This can happen at any time of the day and not necessarily tied to stress. The worst it gets is usually after I've been sleeping for awhile and

I had my first ever EEG scan today. I thought it would be a forality I didn't realise I would rough afterwards. Anyone else feel poorly

Hi everyone, I am writing this post because I have many concerns.... This is not an easy time for me at all and I suspect that my dearest hubby is not going to find what lies ahead very easy to deal with either after I have been reading many posts regarding the same situation of VM. I AM SEEKING ADVISE

Hi all! So the recovery is still on going, feeling stronger and positive day by day but have hit a new hurdle now. I have had my MRI and EEG, just waiting for results and to go back to the neurologist but we are due to travel abroad on the 1 st August, fairly sure I wont get an appointment before then