seizure children

My 9 yr old grandson has a seizure disorder that may be linked to autism. He is on Depakot & Risperdal. The main problem is his inability to realize when he needs to use the toilet, resulting in having bowel movements. He can sit forever until someone notices the odor. It doesn't bother him & his doctors don't seem too concerned. Could the medication w or w/o the disorders have anything to do w/this problem. Or, is it some other reason?

I have epilepsy (though the first and last time I had a seizure was about 5 years ago when I was 18; I still take meds) and my boyfriend stutters. Neither of us care about his stuttering so I don't know much about it but it apparently started when he was around five. None of his other family members stutter. That's pretty much all I know.

Absence seizures are more common in children than adults. Someone having an absence seizure may look like he or she is staring into space for a few seconds. Compared with other types of epileptic seizures, absence seizures appear mild. But they can be dangerous. Children with a history of absence seizure must be supervised carefully while swimming or bathing because of the danger of drowning. Teens and adults may be restricted from driving and other potentially hazardous activities.

For about the last 4 years I have been taking 15-20 50mg pills a day. August 2017 I had my first seizure. I was taken in by ambulance and had a million tests done and nothing came up as to why I had a seizure. Obviously I know it is from the Tramadol but no one else knows I am addicted. After having every test possible, the doctors wanted me to go on 1000mg Keppra. I chose not to because I knew it was from the Tramadol and am terrified of the Keppra side effects.

and stop medication till that time no more seizure. Currently he had several episode of SVT , one of them aborted by Adenosine . He is under care of our cardiologist. on Atenolol 25mg bid , His is hight and weight 95% for age, He had last episode yesterday while playing football in school, for about 5 minute and aborted spontenously. I consulted our cardiologist , advice to bring his his clinic tomorrow, His Echo normal , Thyroid function is normal .

Sometimes people will just have one seizure and never have anymore. My daughter had a seizure back in 2007 . We had the tests which came back clear then as more things where happening we had a sleep deprived EEG which did show up epilepsy. I do have an uncle who has epilepsy. As you have been given the all clear, fingers cross no more seizures will occur. I wish both your daughter and yourself good health.

I have a friend who had a random seizure one morning after she had been vomiting and had diarrhea all night before. She also had not been sleeping well or at all some nights the whole month before. I took her to the emergency room and she had blood work done and a CT scan done both came back just fine. The doctor told her it was probably that she was dehydrated, and had lack of sleep that put too much stress on her brain. He also told her to consult a family doctor.

She has had one 48 hr EEG test that did not show any abnormal activity--when you mentioned that many of these children with abdominal seizure do show activity on EEG is that when they are only having symptoms or can it also show activity when they are symptom free?

I don't know if this is the right forum or not but I need answers. On Saturday night (July 6th) my fiance's son was running a little warm, we figured it was due to playing outside all day (it was about 90 out) and from it being warm in the house. But he generally "runs warm" and everyone calls him "The Human Heater." Around 3:30 Sunday morning, my fiance and I got up so we could take his father to the airport and Brandyn was awake.

His father saw a doctor a few years ago and he was put on a seizure medication. About 1-1/2 yrs ago he was suddenly taken off of them because they had never "seen one". The seizures were only witnessed by his mother, siblings and me when he was living with his mother. They seemed to happen more when he was tired and we were in the room with him. He comes from a horribly dysfunctional family life, with parents who fight and step-brothers & sisters in both homes.

Hi I am the grandmother of a four year old boy. Back in Feb. he had a seizure like episode which I did not see. He was staying at his other grandmother's. Took him to the er and after everything they thought it was night terrors. Then about a month ago he had another this time I seen this one. No doubt it was a seizure. I know cause my daughter which is his aunt had them most of her life due to ts. So his doc sent us for an mri. Got the call yesterday that they found something.

This may be an example of petit mal seizure, sometimes called absence seizure. His doctor should be informed so he can have a referral to a pediatric neurologist.

Feb of 2008 she was 18 months old and picked up a virus. She threw up and had a seizure within a minute after. Went to ER again and temp was still 102.5 -2 hrs later. Discharged and sent to pediatrician for followup. He sent us to a pediatric neurologist who felt she had 2 febrile seizures. We went for an EEG (sleep deprived) and it came back normal. June 2008 she was 22 months old and had a virus again. She threw up and I gave her Tylenol.

Long-term outcomes show that children of patients with seizure disorders may have lower IQs and higher rates of developmental delay. Syndromes related to several of the AEDs, and to specific abnormalities observed in patients with seizure disorders, are not known to affect rates of chromosomal abnormalities.

I am a 43 healthy female. I had a gran mal seizure in 2004 where I fell backwards stiff as a board and cracked my head open on concrete. I lost all consciousness and could not tell where I was when I came to. I do not remember falling. God blessed me that day as I was about to drive my husband and 2 children home from vacation from San Antonio to Houston. I could have killed them and another driver.

My very healthy 3 year olds son recently had a grand mal seizure and is now having drop seizures. His MRI showed a cerebellar tonsillar ectopia and adenoid and tonsil enlargement. Does anyone know if this combination could cause a seizure? Or whether the cerebellar tonsillar ectopia alone could cause a seizure? Thanks!!

Hello, my 21/2 year old son recently had several seizures ,he was told this by the emergency room doctor who said he had a partial complex seizure. A friend of mine told me that seizures can be caused by the chemicals in carpets. My husband recently removed the carpets upstairs-could this have caused seizures? Please let me know if anyone has heard of this. thank you!!

now 4 years later i have had one tonic nighttime seizure which severly injured my neck-clicked it out.and get simple partial seizures everyday usually about 3 a day.i get periods of extream fatigued where soemtimes i cant even stand, also a lot of blurred vision and muscle twitches. i've started taking magnesium which appears to be helping.do you think i need medication .im concerned as i work in a pool as a swimming teacher in the water. and i want to feel well again,im sick of this!

Hi, How is your son? One type of seizure disorder, absence seizures, are characterized by a brief impairment of consciousness that lasts for a few seconds.This is more common in children than in adults and often with an abrupt onset and prompt recovery. If the EEG results were both abnormal, it is best that he take the medication as prescribed. Absence seizures usually can be controlled with anti-seizure medications. It is best that you discuss this with his doctor to ease any doubts.

I am 32 years old. I have 2 beautiful children. Both born premature; my first child born at 26 weeks, my second at 36. I've been told by my doctor that when it comes to being pregnant, it is always going to be very high risk for me because of my seizure disorder. (I had seizures in both of my pregnancies, by the way) Would it be safe for me to have a 3rd child? what do you think?

I had a gran mal seizure and another seizure(not granmal) during the eeg. they now say I have been having them for years and did not know. I started on topomax and could never sleep so they changed my meds six days ago to depakote and still cannot sleep. should I wait another week until my appointment or should I see my neuro now??? what do you think???

Thats what I thought to a seizure but I dont think they can have seizure so little and I was thinking scared by this tome I was just laying there and shake my baby go's

Almost 2 years ago she had what appeared to be a tonic-clonic seizure. We live in a very rural area. By the time we got to a hospital and an EEG was performed (about 3 hours after the episode) the only abnormalities appeared to be a slowing of brain waves. Around that time frame, I began to notice she would have "spasms" involving her entire body. She has had them every since, but I am noticing more frequency since she began menstruation.

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