Faking seizure in er

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Avatar n tn Hi, A person having an epileptic seizure is unaware of his/ her immediate surroundings. There is a possibility of faking in this case.
Avatar f tn ll start from the beginning. In 9th grade I was sitting in the living room home alone when I had what seemed like a seizure. I was completely conscious, I was all tensed up, and convulsing uncontrollably. I went to google and read about seizures. I quickly learned that for that kind of seizure I would have been unconscious. I never told anyone about it because of that thinking it must have just been in my head. It kept happening though. I was always alone.
Avatar f tn I was diognosed with MS in Nov.of 08. I have been having "seizures" for years. I am married with 2 children & 3 grandchildren.Every time I have a seizure, my husband gets mad & if I wind up in the hospital, he surely gets mad.He thinks just because when I went to ER a few time & they called them phsudo seizures, that I'm not having them. My nuerologist at Shepherd told him I could be having seizures & them coming fom my brain & it not show up on the MRI.
Avatar f tn We had to get help to put her in our van. I took her straight to the ER, thinking she was “faking” or on drugs. After about 2 hours and a blood test and CT, she was still out. She was admitted to the PICU and had an MRI and EEG. All of the results were good and normal except the EEG. After a visit with her neurologist, we were told she has a seizure disorder. Her seizures are not noticeable to someone looking at her, they are not normal epilepsy.
Avatar f tn i pray they are right,i dont want to have a seizure as i have said i have never had a seizure in my life,,,,,,,this is not the drug for me i already ahve anxiety and depression and this is making it worse..
8223616 tn?1397108384 I do believe that having a doctor accusing you of faking is not worth your time. What area do you live in? I am a patient advocate, it sounds like some of your very basic patient rights were violated. I would like to help you get connected with a better neuro team.
Avatar f tn My daughter has been diagnosed with Migraine and placed on Topamax which they say can help with the seizure like activity. We have been to the ER multiple times due to these episodes and even spent 3 days in the hospital and was discharged with a diagnosis of convulsions, migraines and conversion disorder. Each episode has been a little different in nature but they all have the same starting symptom of a headache, dizziness, nausea, dilated pupils, flushing and blurred vision.
5394463 tn?1367323852 It would be best to go back, explain to them what happened and they could determine if further follow up tests are needed and what they find. Also ask them for a referral to an outpatient neurologist, once they address this concern, who can follow up with this on a regular basis.
Avatar f tn I had a seizure at the gym last Thursday! Never had one before. My potassium level was "really low" according to the ER nurse. Can a low level of potassium cause a seizure?
Avatar n tn Mostly I do not loose contiousness however I am not always able to communicate depending on what part of my body is seizing. I have lost contiousness one time and went to ER doctor said it was a seizure but EEG's come back normal.....What could this be? With in the last week I have had 2 seizures and really would like some answers. I was also diagnosised with Chiari Malformation in 2001 and I had an MRI done last March of 10 and the radiologist said no signs of Chiari?
979425 tn?1251403163 I try not to tell people too much how I am feeling because I have been accused in the past of faking or exagerating or trying to get attention, and that is the last thing I want is for people thinking I'm that way. I try really hard to keep it to myself unless I feel so sick I can't stand it, but even then I feel really guilty if I have to ask for help. It is hard to do because if I'm not feeling well or dizzy I just want to sit down and rest.
Avatar n tn Has he seen in a neurologist?Not just in the ER, I mean, but for a more extensive workup. It's not impossible that he has a seizure disorder (e.g., some form of epilepsy) that is not related to his diabetes. An electroencephalogram (EEG) could be helpful, even, if necessary, a 24-hour one if they couldn't otherwise catch the seizure activity. Good luck.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar n tn After 3 weeks he had only one absence seizure, but then he had his first gran mal seizure. That was in August 07, he was in the shower. He continued to have some absence seizures, but with exercise and showers he would have a gran mal's. We saw a pattern with the exercise and hot showers, we stopped his sports. Now he just has gran mal in showers or immediatly after . I am a nurse, and I just felt very concerned that this could be something else.
Avatar f tn she is wding without tapering take her to an er and get her into an addiction program
Avatar f tn Then during that day I regained some strength, but my facial muscles and extremities were very weak. I went to the ER and the doctor thought I was faking the whole thing. My blood pressure is usually very low like 100/60, but was like 159/92 at the ER and he said I just wasn't trying hard enough to squeeze his hand. You see they gave a CT scan and it was normal and it made me look a fake and I still want to cry sometimes just thinking of my whole experience.
498656 tn?1213446919 Since, she has been drinking as ussual and had a seizure a month ago and then experienced double vision. CT Scan showed nothing and then vision cleared. Last week her boyfriend (enabler) found her inthe floor and took her to the ER. Mild heart attack. While on the cardiac floor the 1st day started seizures and has been having them since 8 days. She was on life support and seizures stopped for 35 hrs or so and I called her in the ICU and she had a seizure today while I was on with her.
733588 tn?1242932059 Hi, I was on Depakote ER for over three years at 1500mg. It did stabilize me as well, but in those three years I have gained over 100lbs. I also began having bad tremors, so bad that I could not write cursive anymore and I would not eat in public because my hand would shake so bad that the food would fall off and make a mess. Just about a month and a half ago my pdoc weened me off Depakote and put me on Stavzor 1000mg 2x a day and I lost 11lbs so far and I do not shake anymore either.
Avatar f tn my 16 yr old son who suffers from autism cerebral palsey ocd servere to profound hearing loss and epilepsy has suffered 3 seizures in 2 weeks, 1 tonic seizure may 2, 1 grand mal may 7 and 1 grand mal may 17. he is now taking 1000mg depakote. his depakote level is 105 (he weighs 98 lbs) since his last seizure on may 17 he now cries for hours before he falls asleep, and wakes during the night crying. i think his meds r affecting him. can u please give me an idea to help him?
1563022 tn?1296332599 Went to listen to live music at 7. Thought it would b nice to remember a weekend nite. Sat down and WHAM like I got smacked in the back of the head with a hammer. Was texting, started shaking REAL bad. Dropped phone. Lost it for 1-2 minutes. Acutuley aware of what was going on but was paralyzed. Is this a seizure? Spoke to a friend who has an epileptic friend and he said spots in front of your eyes is a good indicator one is coming. Had that at 5:30 or so. Worst in my life.
Avatar m tn d like me to receive ultra-sounds from now on, unless an emergency situation necessitates a CT. How do you know your friend is faking his kidney-stones? Just curious if he's producing them, or if they're magically "disappearing". It's pretty hard to fake a CT. Doctors can 'see right through that' (no pun intended). If you present in the hospital with a kidney-stone, and they CT you, and a stone shows up, that's not fake.
1086730 tn?1258451978 But Id wait til you were seen. I think they should want you in for the week stay, or until they get a seizure reading in the eeg. do be careful tho and keep your self safe until they can get you in. I often tell people that Having a Seizure is Like being hit with a Stun Gun. It does Exactly the Same thing. Rippling mussels, the pain and tiredness that gos with it. I can take me days or even a week to recover from a bad one...
Avatar m tn I had laser surgery 2 days ago to correct a small tear in my retina of my right eye. The retina specialist gave me what I believe to be the numbing drops no more than 2-3 minutes before he started the procedure. During the procedure I could feel very uncomfortable stinging in the back of my eye along with the pressure from him holding the lense in my eyey. I was also seeing very bright Red, White and I belive Green lights when he used the laser.
Avatar n tn But it is all saying it is do to stress.Maybe so but I noticed when I was in the hospital with my daughter that 2 more kids came in with seizures.Both were girls and one was around 15 or 16 and the other was only 4.And they have not experienced them before.Sometimes I wonder if it has something to do with something that may be in all the school systems you know.Any way good luck and keep me informed I will do the same.
Avatar n tn I WENT AND SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND HE WAS AS PALE AS A GHOST, CALMY, AND STARTED TO PASS OUT AGAIN. KEEP HIM UP GOT IN THE CAR TO TAKE HIM TO THE ER AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN ALL OF HIS COLOR CAME BACK AND HE WAS ACTING AND LOOKING FINE. SO I CALL THE DOCTOR AND WENT IN TO SEE HER TODAY AND SHE THINKS IT MIGHT BE SOME KIND OF SEIZURES AND REFERRED ME TO A NEOULOGICAL SPEALIST WHICH I AM GOING TO TAKE HIM TO HOPEFULLY RULE OUT SEIZURES.
Avatar m tn My moto had always been, never fake it otherwise you're steering him to do the wrong thing, and he'll keep doing that so you'll have to keep faking it. So I never used to. I've been sleeping with my partner 2-3 years now. It's passionate and he's hot. I love the visual. I can come when he gives me oral but a big thing for me is the mental, I cannot come unless I can quickly switch off.
Avatar f tn Two days after writing me, she tells one of his friends that she is pregnant with twins. This is still in her 5 weeks of pregnancy. She claims that nothing fits and she is in her 5-6 week of pregnancy and she is supposedly due in August. I'm not familiar with pregnancy or twins. Does this sound right? I want to eliminate all doubt. I've talked to my boyfriend about it and he claims that she complained their whole trip (headaches, stomach aches,-- basically menstruation problems).