Seizure symptoms partial
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My 9 yr old was diagnosed with seizure disorder last week after stress EEG showed multiple abnormal firings in left parietal lobe. MD states that it is most definitely seizure activity/disorder. His symptoms are so vague, though, that we often don't know when he is having a seizure, or what to do. We only seem to know for sure that he had a seizure after the fact, because he sleeps 3-7 hours.
Partial seizures are subdivided into simple partial seizure (in which consciousness is retained); and complex partial seizure (in which consciousness is impaired or lost). Virtually any movement, sensory, or emotional symptom can occur as part of a partial seizure, including complex visual or auditory hallucinations. To know more about this, you can visit this link: http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/TOPIC342.HTM
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Since they start off as complex partial then they are treated as a complex partial seizure disorder. Almost every eplileptic with nocurtnal seizures have 'secondary genralized seizures'.
Keppra well controls most epileptics with complex partial seizures. I transitioned from Tegretol to Keppra this past Spring and have not had a seizure since then.
Ten years later in 1985, I went to the Western Neurology Group for special test for Seizures and it came back possitive for Complex Partial Seizures. Complex Partial Seizures and Simply Partial Seizures can act like the Anxiety Disorder as well. So, if a neurologist does not do special test he or she will simply diagnose it as comon Anxiety Disorder instead of what it really is, Epilepsy.
My wife had partial-seizure normally occuring in every 26-28 days once. She is in treatment for almost 2 years now. But not much improvement. Earlier she was on Keppra 500 and now she is in Oxetol150 and for the last 2 months Oxetol 300 twice in a day. She is having headache every day and always sleepy. She got a rash on neck also after some 10 days taking Oxetol (not sure is it due to Oxetol).
Hello everyone, I am new here, I have been on the MS and Lyme forum but have had some questions regarding the type of seizures that I have. I was dx'd with simple partial seizures after having 5 abnormal EEG's.
According to my Neuro. .. the slurred speech that I have had that would last up to two weeks long are a seizure, and that my brain is misfiring and getting stuck for two weeks.
Just wondering if any of you have ever heard of that?
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I think it worries me a bit as last year I had partial seizure where my leg started failing and collapsing and then my whole left side sort of curled up like a bug over that leg and I couldn’t move. I also had a huge disconnect with that leg. I could see it stumbling and failing but I had no idea why. Like the feedback loop was gone. It lasted a few minutes. I went to the hospital and two neurologists later it was diagnosed as a partial seizure.
Then he tried Dilantin which I was on for a week, but he took me off of it after having one seizure. He did a long term video eeg, but I had no seizures. My eeg was normal so he diagnosed me with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. After that, I saw a psychologist who informed me that I was normal and appeared to have no signs of stress or any inducers of non-epileptic seizures. Then I went to another neurologist who had me do another long term video eeg.
actually I looked it up and the type I was thinking of is "petit mal" seizures.
These are mostly found in children but due to hormonal issues these can be present in a thyroid patient.
Below I copied and pasted the definations of certain types of seizures from my saved file.
These are listed under generalized seizures if you want to read more.
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!
She was diagnosed as having atypical absence seizures and partial complex seizures in sept. of 2006. They mentioned that her seizures were generalized and stronger in her occipital lobe, but they seemed puzzled about it all. She was also diagnosed as having left pulmonary stenosis in 2006. The cardiologist insists, after many tests, that her stenosis was not severe enough to cause her any symptoms. Her seizures are not really noticable to those who don't know her like my self.
Hi,
Diagnosis of temporal lobe seizure is primarily on the basis of the symptoms presented and the results of tests. Diagnosis may include a complete physical examination, including a detailed neuromuscular examination, an EEG (electroencephalograph) or a head CT scan or a cranial MRI may show the location and extent of the lesion.
EEG shows characteristic changes confirming partial (focal) seizures, and may show the focus (location of the cause).
What were the results of your tests?
Your shaking in the bed does appear to be a generalized phenomenon. The seizure usually starts as a partial one, then spreads to be generalized seizure. The partner usually wakes up when you are having whole body movements. They generally miss the initial part of the seizure.
Menstruation is the time when the estrogen hormone is in excess. This hormone is known to increase the frequency and severity if seizures. You will benefit from progesterone during such times.
You may want to ask your doctor to schedule an EEG to check for seizure activity. A type of seizure called Partial Complex Seizure can explain this. Some people have them and not even know it. A lot of times they are caused by fever or a head injury. Sometimes there is no explanation as to why these happen. I have had Epilepsy for 37 yrs, I have the convulsion type seizures but I am also firmiliar with the Partial Complex Seizures as well. Hope ya get an answer soon, and feel better. Take care.
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