Experiences with

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Hi all, I've not long ago had a operation on my lung ( you might have seen me on the asthma site) well my husband and friend have started to notice that when I have bad days due to pain so I'm not sleeping as I should and grab a nap in the day when my husband says to me he is off out i acknowledge

I'm new here. I had sudden woozy feeling then numbness and tingling to face and extremeties. I went to the ER, they think TIA(mini stroke). I saw a Neurologist who ordered EEG, EMG, VER. Only showed Carpal tunnel. MRI of spine pending ? M.S. However, the episodes continue. No warning, anytime i.e. Just

Hi today my brother had an appointment with his specialist I was unable to go due to being on hols 2 months ago the specialist told me he had decompensated cirrhosis while he was in hospital since being home I have had him at doctors nearly every week with something different he has just had a eeg scan

Hi everyone, this is my first time writing to any forum after 5 years of torture. I hate writing a book about these things so I'll make a long story short. 5 years ago this month i started getting weird feelings of slight denationalization/brain fog throughout the day, and started waking up like it.

Hello I have had 2 seizures where I go stiff then start shaking the first one lasted 5 minutes and the second lasted 1 minute including the stiffness. These seizure happened 6 months between each other. During the second seizure I bite the side of tongue but in the first seizure I didn't bite my tongue

So got letter through from DWP and for assesssment and see them in three weeks time. I'm terrified! Anyone who knows me knows I hate doing nothing and would love to work and even have been offered to do apprentiship at pre school but because health is so up and down because of this stupid disease i can't

Hey I've got a copy of my eeg and I've tried to translate it (in lay terms) so I can understand it. But I need to know if my lay translation is accurate or not. I don't get to see my consultant until Dec. can anyone tell me who I can ask in the meantime - the dept are short staffed as people are on

Hello last year I was diagnosed with vasa vagal syncope which I now take a tablet for to reduce the events and it works as I have not had a a episode for a year. However after a year of being free from any events I had a seizure the other day which lasted 5 minutes. I first went rigid and then my arms

Hi Ive newly been diagnosed with epilepsy. The diagnosis totally threw me. The EEG indicates I have partial epilepsy. I had two brain operations last year and the partial epilepsy is in the area of damaged brain. Initially the cons neurologist said she suspected simple partial seizures (before I

Wow, read so many post here and lots sound like myself. Except one thing, I don't have any conditions (not sure if that would be the correct word or not) I am a 45 year old male now but my problems started about 15 years ago. I am so tired and bored with life now, I don't have the energy to do anything

Hello Today was diagnosed with 2 types of vasa vagal syncope which is controlled with Fludrocortisone and lisinopril. My last episode was more like a seizure. The seizure get lasted between 5 and 7 minutes. I have a implantable cardiac monitor implanted to see if it was any heart rythme disturbances

I am so frustration with the whole healthcare issue with FND. According to doctors there is nothing wrong with me, I am completely healthy, but when I go to the only Neurologist I can find here in my State here in the US he diagnoses me with FND/FMD, but can't do a dang thing for me. I can be referred

I have been taking Pregabalin and Tramadol at night along with co-codamol,diazepam and an antihistamine.I started having what a hospital consultant called some form of seizure.I have had and eeg and a brain scan which was normal and am due to see the Neurologist 0n 7th August.My husband has been so concerned

Just been to regular RA clinic and been told I have APS.I have had mass problems with body spasms that I couldnt walk only held onto my husbands arm.Body spasms and face tics and mouth stretching.This has lessened but still get.I have had an aggressive biological Ritoximab drug in june and I thought

I was wondering if anyone on here has had periods of severe dizziness and equilibrium problems due to stress and anxiety. The past few weeks I have been feeling very off balance when I walk. My calves also feel very tight like I just ran on a treadmill for an hour. This is constant. Does this sound

I have been struggling with sleeping problems for the past 5 years. It has gotten worse within the past couple of years. I have a hard time relaxing at night. I also develop pains, such as in my abdominal area and that makes me worry. Also, I woke up from a nap with a pounding heart and feeling short

Today I go to visit a neurologist due to fitting induced by the flashing of a light by Specsavers when photographing my retinas. Had a year of petit mal which ceased 23/06/2014 with me going right out and falling off a kitchen stool meaning my face looked as though I'd let Tyson use my fizzog as a punch

Just finished an ambulatory EEG. Seems I'm having mini seizures. Doc wants to put me in the hospital to do a epilepsy monitoring over 3-4 day period. He seems to think, most if not all my neurological symptoms are caused by the mini seizures. I have APS, but wondering if these seizure are happening

Hi all. Really long post, I apologize. I'm 20 years old and since I was 3 years old I've had faints/mainly seizures. The first time it happened at 3 I had a temperature. Since then I've had a seizure at least every year, apart from once when I went around 2 years without one. Since 3 I've had seizures

Hi all I hope you are well. I came here a few weeks ago for some advice after my possible seizure activity got worse. (Seeing lights & visual disturbances/vertigo/out of body sensations/ absences/ loss of consciousness/ intense nausea/ de ja vu and odd rising sensations- to name a few!) Thanks to