seizure symptoms autism

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?

My 4 yr old son was diagnosed with seizure disorder 7/2012. Genetic and metabolic work-up turned out negative. MRI did show cortical dysplasia, Left Temporal Lobe. We've done monotherapy with Trileptal and failed, and have recently added Keppra on the regimen. So far, he hasn't had his night time seizures but he has these episode in the morning where he gets startled, starts grunting, his arms gets stif; it lasts just a few seconds so I could never get a video of it.

My daughter has been diagnosed with complex partial disorder, high functioning autism, etc. In the past couple of days she has had uncontrollable muscle twitching all over her body. It is not at the same time. It is as if her muscles take turns, but it is one after the other. It is very odd to watch. Most of the twitching is taking place in the backbone and knees. It also takes place in her arms and legs or just all over. She says it hurts her shoulders sometimes.

My son is 21 has Downs Syndrome and Autism and lives in a residential college on a 1-1 staff ratio. He had a congenital heart problem which resulted in 3 holes and a ruptured valve being repaired when he was 5 months old - the mitral valve has aupper end of moderate eccentric regurge leak and at some point will need a replacement.

My pediatrician believes my 3-year old had a seizure recently, but we have to wait several weeks to get into the neurologist's office to have an EEG. She also is diagnosed with mild atypical autism. I was walking with her holding her hand, and she suddenly became completely limp. Her knees dropped to the ground and I could barely lift her.

i took to pedi and he said to take my nephew to a neurologist. mentioned this could be autism or seizures. however, he shows no ther signs of autism. he had a problem 1 year ago after a vaccine that he started blinking uncontrolled for a full day. the pedi said this was ok. the vaccine was hep b, flu shot and chicken px vaccine all done together. please let me know your thoughts on this.

Autism has also been linked to people with a history of Epilepsy and other seizure disorders. A woman with Epilepsy will have a chance to conceive a child with Autism. Other things such as environmental, auto immune, nervous system disorders, and certain genetic disorders such as downs syndrome have all been linked to Autism. I have slight Epilepsy, and was not diagnosed until I was 23 years old. My son who has Autism also has seizures, they are minor but very noticeable.

m not familiar with seizure disorders. As far as the autism, it can get better with therapy. Usually speech, occupational and physical therapies are used with success, Autism can be hard to diagnose because there is no absolute test for it. It is a diagnosis based on observations and educated opinions. Autistic people can have a very high quality of life and a normal life expectancy. I don't feel like I was very helpful, but you might get more info from a website like Autism Speaks.

On the ther hand, patients with complex partial seizures will have abnormal consciousness and may or may not remember any or all of the symptoms or events surrounding the seizure.

He was then rushed to the local ER where he was given heavy doses of anti seizure medication that did absolutely nothing to stop the seizure. He seized for approximately 8-10 minutes! When convulsions stopped, he proceeded to be combative and violent towards everyone including my mother, which at this point he did not recognize. Eight hours passed and toxicology reports indicated nothing wrong, no critically low levels, no overdose. Emergency sedation was required due to his combative state.

Believe it or not, many of the symptoms you have described are those of a child suffering from severe anxiety. In fact, some of the latest research in this area is indicating that children suffering from anxiety are "behind" emotionally and have a lot of difficulty with self-regulation issues. The only item you mentioned that does not indicate anxiety is the "seizure" issue.

I am writing for answers for my 15 Year old son with Autism. He has been on Risperdal for about 5 years now and was taking 4mg x 2 daily, HIGH, I KNOW. He is 5'10" 165 lbs. For about the past 6 months he has started with some new behaviors. I relayed these to his Psychiatrist and she has had no comment on them. I researched them myself and found they mimic Tardive dyskinesia in many ways. I have found a new Psychiatrist but can not get in to see her for approx 2 more weeks.

My son is 9 w/ "severe autism" ,type 1 diabetes,DD,hypotonia..etc he does NOT have a dx of epilepsy or a history of seizures. I did see him have one seizure(no trigger) in Dec,his EEG showed continues eptilform discharges that increased during sleep,that were coming from the left frontal lobe and excess overlying beta range activity (he was NOT sedated).He had a MRI yesterday(will know the results of that tomorrow).

have they tried pediatric neurologist or a different speech therapist outside of school? she doesnt have a seizure disorder or anything? i have worked with kids who we didnt think would ever talk. had never had a voice even when they cry and then all of a sudden u hear a word from them.

Hi, I am sorry to hear what your son is going through. I just posted about my daughter. She has not had a seizure, that I know, of but here are her EEG results, was told they were "abnormal" too. Some background, she has Down syndrome and Autism.

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone know's of a link between Aspergers (Autism), Prosopagnosia (face blindness) and Epilepsy? - I believe I have AS (my GP also thinks this) though I'm unable to attain a diagnosis due to lack of diagnostic funding for adults (in my area). - I am however currently being assessed for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.

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old son has High Functioning Autism and OCD. He has been hospitalized twice for visual and auditory hallucinations. Since then, he has lost a large percentage of his short term memory. The psychiatrist feels this is part of the psychosis. I would like to know if this will last for weeks,months, years??? He is so miserable with this and it's causing the anxiety to go up yet another level.

my son is 7 and born hard of hearing. He had his first seizure in school and his teacher said she used to have them when she was young too. He was in class in the morning and didn't hear well and didn't act normal, stay on topic. He his body had 3 full short shakes and eyes forward and opened. About 10 seconds. Then after he wasn't hearing well, slurred speech, walking funny, about 2 hours he was anxious and later he wrote a lot of flipped numbers, more than usual.

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?

For example, I treated my autistic daughters knee abrasion with a bandage. Perhaps this patient had a seizure disorder sa wel as autism, which is not uncommon. In any case, it would be nice to see a more complete medical history of the patients.

My son has congenital hydrocephalus and started having grand mal seizures when he was 8. He was also diagnosed with autism at age 3. In the beginning, he had one or two a year. We tried various medications, but Keppra seemed to work the best for him. Fast forward to today, he’s still having them but more frequently, every 2 months or so. He is always hospitalized for 48-72 hours as more times than not, has to be put on a ventilator. After each episode, his Dr.

We brought it up to his ped about it a year ago and they evaluated him for autism. He passed with flying colors and no form is suspected. We also had a 3 day EEG done that showed normal brain activity during these episodes. My husband and I still worry that some sort of behavioral thing is going on. Looking for advice or guidance or personal experiences.

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