Seizure aura without seizure
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I don't think people who have a seizure remember the seizure, but he definitely had something. Maybe it's a thyroid problem. He needs to be seen, but an ER is the slowest, most expensive and least efficient way to do it.
Probably the heart monitor gives the most value: eg, a way to indicate the number of episodes in a single day and the severity/length/type (eg partial, tonic-clonic, myoclonic, absence: I get all of these and it is important to note the difference. and their placement in time relative to each other.
I was driving along when I started to get light headed, I pulled over in a parking lot and started having a small seizure (an aura without losing consciousness). After it stopped and I felt better, I started home (yes, I know what everyone is thinking, but I've done it many times before. I always wait 'til I feel 100% again, which with me only takes a few minutes. I've had these since I was a month old, so I know how they tick.) Suddenly I just couldn't move.
Docs always told me it was an anxiety attack but come to find out I was having simple partial siezures with aura. I remain conscious, have the seizure and then fall asleep. Completely wipes me out and most of them occurred in the evening or with lights/sound triggers. Antihistamines caused mine too. Hope this helps!
The second episode appears to be seizure related since there is an aura and a post ictal phase of confusion and tonic clonic involuntary limb movement including heavy head hitting against the wall. Consult a physician, preferably neurologist for evaluation of symptoms and EEG to rule out epilepsy. cardiovascular evaluation including blood pressure record, rhythm evaluation with holter, blood sugar profile, blood indices and hemoglobin studies, MRI brain, etc.
There are different types of epilepsy with different characteristics like grand mal epilepsy you have tonic clonic generalized muscle contractions, frothing, unconsciousness, twitches, metal confusion, some may lose bladder and bowel control, usually preceded by an aura of impending seizure. aura is a strange feeling of muscle stiffening, hearing weird sounds, smelling strange smells etc. absence seizure manifest as brief staring spells where the person is cut off from the surroundings.
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Headache may be associated with epileptic seizures. It can occur before, during or after a seizure. It generally gets unnoticed due to the more prominent neurologic manifestations of seizure.
Preictal and ictal headaches are generally of short duration. Rarely a headache may be a sign of an impending seizure. It is then considered pre-ictal and is a type of aura. They are generally brief and throbbing, steady, or sharp.
I had a grandmal seizure and has been seizure free for 12 years. Currently on 750mg of kepra and 20 mg clobazem. In august I had and episode where the left side of my body went numb, my face drooped and I was unable to speak for 2 hours. I also experienced sharp pain at the back of my left year and my skull. The hospital tests CT, ECG, EKG and bllod work showed no stroke.
The relationship between migraine and epilepsy is poorly understood but is thought migraine can infrequently represent a type of aura or warning that one is about to have a seizure. That said, obviously not everyone with migraine headaches is having an aura or is at risk for seizure, however the seizures do occur somewhat more in patients with migraine and visa versa.
I would try to see a neurologist as soon as your able.
she is on seizure medication but that isnt helping her at all. please help. i will check my posts after 3:30. thanks.
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The video EEG will be able to help differentiate btween the migraine aura or an underlying epileptic aura. The presence of spikes and waxing and waning patterns may suggest a migraine aura.A migraine aura may sometimes present with spike activities almost smilar to a seizure. However ,EEG reading is a complex procedure that requires an expert to properly diagnose the underlying diagnosis.
But from a couple of days i have been seeing visual aura which is assosiated with migraines without any pain in only my left eye. The aura lasts only for 10 min everyday and then dissapears. I just had my eyes dialated by an opthamologist and she said that my eyes were perfect. Do you probably know whats causing these symptoms out of the blue.
First, some history - about 8 years ago my husband had a tension-pneumo thorax and had a chest tube placed. Several hours later he woke from sleep complaining of extreme nausea and being "hot" then suffered a syncopal episode along with what appeared to be a "seizure." Upon further evaluation the neuro determined it was a vasovagal reaction to the chest tube.
I am a 42 year old female who suddenly started to have grand mal seizures. I had my first one in March of this year, another 10 minutes after the first and my 3rd in March, (all of them at or around the full moon....I must be a lycanthrope........aaaaaawooooooo!). All of my tests came back normal, (except for an acoustic neuroma and an Arnold Chiari malformation of the skull...both of which are NOT the cause of my seizures.). After starting Topamax, I began to have complex partials daily.
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