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I'm doing this in a few weeks I'm just wondering what it was like and whether it had any impact on your current treatment.
Thanks.
I always cleaned patients head til there was no evidence collodion! Baby shampoo was given the patient to wash hair of any residue!
My doctor and team have decided the best next step for me would to have a intracranial grid electrode implantation eeg. Has anyone had the same procedure done? I have yet to decide on when I want to do this since I am pretty nervous. any advice would be appreciated
@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member, thank you for taking the time to explain. I have had a few 48-hour video EEGs, with no activity. I hope that this one works or it's on to step two
I'm sure that you must be… read more
Morning and no you posted tht 10 hours ago so it was about half 1 in the morning ha ha lol wat time was is it there?
I have to a video eeg done. I have watched some YouTube videos, but still have questions. Will they just stop all my medications as soon as i am in the hospital? Or what?
It all depends on how long the EEGV is . For one day, they won’t do a thing with meds.
From 4 - 7 days they will decrease your meds little bit at a time everyday
They want to try and get as big of… read more
EEG and MRI are usually done to diagnose the type of seizure or the part of the brain affected... I haven't had either done for about 30 years now, but due to get them done soon.
I have a hard time remembering and it might not be EEG. It is a 5 day 4 night test in the hospital to help with my seizures.
That’s a long EEG, which they do to see if there are patterns for when they happen to you.
I was diagnosed with complex partial seizures in 2005. It was with an EEG test. I have had a couple since then that didn't catch any seizure activity. was told by the head of Neurology that EEG's weren't really a good tool and were archaic. I moved to another state, had another EEG which showed nothing. And now they want me to have another one to catch the seizure I had earlier this year and as lately as Thanksgiving. If they don't capture anything, they will take me off my medications. So… read more
I have a rare type of epilepsy - generalized absence status. They don't show up on sleep EEGS etc. Years ago, I had an excellent neurologist who told me to tell family & friends to call him if they… read more
I have grand mal seizures Myoclonic seizures but my neurologist and I have gone through every test in the book to find where the seizures misfire in my brain. We can not find it, no where? Any ideas?
Going off of what Peanuts said, and I'm not sure where you're located because my everywhere has the technology. But you can go through a process. You probably have done an EMU stay (epilepsy… read more
when I yawn or stretch my hands and arms and feet will go all spastic like and I noticed my left eye always closes real tight aswell just my left eye it's quite confusing and I don't know if anyone else experiences this also, I'm concerned especially with my left eye as when it closes that tight it feels my eye ball is sinking in I do have a problem with my eye shape its not normally round like most people's eyes my eyes are oval I have mild Astigmatism and Farsightedness (hyperopia)
I just… read more
Very well put Margery.
I've been instructed to slowly decrease my medications in a 6 week time frame for EGG test I need to get done , i just wanted to know has anyone had to do this and what side effects did you feel during that process.
I decreased my meds gradually despite the neurologist's response. I was taking 2000mgs x 2 every day. It was overkill and I requested to reduce but his response was " Do you want another seizure"… read more