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Hello All! Quick Question For You Guys. My 14 Yr Old Is Having Extreme Vertigo With Arm Jerks. Anyone Else Ever Experienced This?
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posted January 11
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I’ve experienced Vertigo, but it was from an overdose on an AED ( Anti Epileptic Drug ) medication .

posted January 12
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Thank you for your responses. I got a call into the Dr and they want her to go to ER for a MRI, so we are here waiting to start.

posted January 12
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

No never had vertigo before. Make sure his medication levels are ok. One my phenobarbital was low and it made me very dizzy.
Zina

posted January 11
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

In the past I've hit my head hard, during a seizure & as a result had vertigo that lasted several weeks or months.

posted January 11
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I never had vertigo but the arm jerks were my epilepsy. It began at puberty.

posted January 11

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