Experiences with

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Hi everyone, I have read others accounts of having seronegative Lupus so it must exist. My diagnosis on paper is - ? Seronegative connective tissue disease ? After a year of being practically house bound I have managed to get to see a rhuemy. It has not been easy. I am now on 2 x 200 planquinel

Hello, recently my 18 month old son with Cerebral Palsy has been having Epilepsy type symptoms. He has had an EEG to try and diagnose. Typically within the hour he did not show the symptoms. It seems to me that we need a scan over a longer period like a whole day. Ive been reading around and came across

Hi there, just thought I'd introduce myself this seems like a good forum to be part of! I've had an awful start to the year and on 15th Feb I was diagnosed with SLE with Antiphospholipid Syndrome after developing a DVT in each calf.... With no risk factors since I'm only 19! The diagnosis came about

I will try to convince them I need lots of tests as last time I had major tests for my migraine was a long time ago (apart from blood tests), so: a new blood test, is it worth asking for an electroencephalogram (EEG)?

I am new to this website, but thought I would share my story. My mum has recently been diagnosed with Corticobasal Degeneration at the age of 49. For over 6mths me and my sister had been back and forth to her local GP, only to be told she was suffering from depression. Understandably this was

I had 3 faintings in the last 2 years. The first time in my life that I ever faint, I am very healthy and only use HRT because I am in my Menopause. All three times I fainted, I first get a strong feeling of DEJAVU, then I pass out for about 30 seconds and when I wake up I feel a bit confussed. My Gp

Well my "new" neuro had me go through yet another 24 hour EEG because of my seizure symptoms. I wasn't sure why b/c I had been through about 5 different types of EEGs already by other neuros only to be told they were normal. Guess what? This one showed a few "sharp waves" during the times I indicated

Hi there, I've been diagnosed with epilepsy a week ago, and to be honest - have no idea what to think about it yet! I've been living with Bipolar Disorder for almost 10 years now, just to be told that it could actually be Major depression linked with epilepsy. All the moodswings and irritation linking

Before being diagnosed with M.E or after being diagnosed what clinical investigations have people had done.... For example: CT / MRI Scans, EEG tests, Blood tests etc...

My son was diagnosed with myocarditis and then pericarditis in July this year. He was lethargic for a while before this happened and has had joint pains for as long as I can remember. He had an MRI of the hands and synovitis was seen in his right hand. He has Raynauds phenomenon and inflammation of

Well, I had another series of episodes this morning. Each lasting about 1-2 minutes - for a total of about 20 minutes all together. Yes, I have had several MRIs and an MRA. All were normal. For a long time it was thought by many doctors that I had MS. I am on Plaquenil as well as Warfarin. I am

In June 2011 I started having unusal movement episodes - very similar to seizures, although I was always aware of my surroundings before, during and after each episode. My episodes usually start with eye blinking, then sometimes to jerking motions in my body and head. I have had many EEGs - 24 hour

Hi, 2 years back my son was effected by Meningistus and due to that he lost his eyesight, speech,hearing and could not hold his neck straight. In short only heartbeat was there and rest was not in workabale condition even he couldnot move his single finger I just want to know if there is any possibility

Daniel had an appointment with his neuro Monday morning. Commented to her that I thought he had and a sezure Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. Had an eeg and sure enough during the 2 hour procedure there were plenty of tiny sezures going on. It's happening on the left side. the side he's complain

I got the results from my eeg this morning. It appears that all is normal. They had me on 10 mg's of Valium 3 times a day along with 1 mg of azilect,3 doses carbidopa 25mg/levodopa 100 mg, requip xl 4 mg and 1 carbidopa 50/levodopa 200 cr at bedtime. They seem to think the blackouts were from the valilum

epilepsy misdiagnosis my story starts in 1980 i was 20 at the time after having a couple of faints after a visit to the hospital i was diagnosed with having border line epilepsy but i was told this could be controlled by drugs and i was given a drug called tegretol a few days after taking this i

hi guys - sorry for not posting for ages, its been really mad here - michael isnt great but he isnt bad enough to be in hospital (although 6 months ago this would have been bad!! funny how much the docs trust me!!) so he isnt at nursery which is making everything difficult! his hayfever has kicked in

sorry for not posting in ages! its been a mad few weeks Michaels breathing is same old same old, even with the azithromycin (he seems to be coughing ""drier"" now though) About 3 weeks ago, he passed out at home aftrer complaining of chest pains. ambulance was called but by the time we got to hosp, he

My 19 year old son who has had chronic asthma since he was born had a really bad asthma attack a couple of months ago and I need some help. He had bad asthma for about 3 days resulting from being around too much smoke. He was not taking his corticosteroid inhaler at the time and was just using his ventolin

When I have a flare I get quite used to getting pleuritic pains. This time round they were different. No pain on inhalation, but instead I had burning sensation under bust and to left of sternum radiating into neck, jaw and shoulder. Purposefully I ignored it for some time as I am aware of the