Seizure video monitoring
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Video EEG. Video EEG records seizures on videotape and on computer so that the doctor can see what happens just before, during, and right after a seizure. This test can be very helpful in finding the specific area of the brain that the seizures may be coming from. It is also helpful in diagnosing psychogenic seizures, which may look like real seizures but do not affect the electrical activity in the brain.
If that comes up negative, then it may need to go back to the neurologist for video-EEG monitoring. When reading your posting, my thought was seizure activity.
I was told by the specialist in Phila., PA, that since my Video/Audio EEG monitoring showed no true "epileptic activity" on the monitoring, that it had to be NES. I hv pain & discomfort originally on left side head down to toes.
I feel likr my body joints are rubber like and very flexible after a seizure with all of the activity that had taken place. I have numbness and tingling regularly.
I want to thank you for your input.
Did you have seizures and get diagnosed or exactly what happened? I understand you are prone to them but have you had a video monitoring eeg without meds? What are your seizures like?
At the Cleveland Clinic, we generally divide surgical evaluation into phases such that the first phase involves video EEG monitoring without grids which gives us an idea of where the seizures are coming from. Various imaging studies such as PET scan and/or a SPECT scan done at baseline and then again in the midst of seizure help us to further localize the seizure focus.
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You have done a good job by bringing this to the forum. There is a possibility of a partial seizure. But you should also consider something called as eye tics. These are not so uncommon in infants.
You may need to get an EEG done. A video EEG is preferred. It has the advantage of letting us see the brain waves during such an episode or up rolling of eyes.
Did he have any significant birth complications?
Even in PNES, for which EEG video monitoring allows for near-certain diagnosis, psychiatrists tend to disbelieve the diagnosis. A useful approach to combat this skepticism is to provide the treating psychiatrist with video recordings of the findings, can be more convincing than written reports”.
Taken from website http://www.emedicine.com/NEURO/topic403.
Under certain circumstances this can precipitate an actual epileptic seizure. Or a medical condition somewhat short of a complete seizure. The same thing can happen from the flickering of sun through an aircraft propeller blade. Certain animations and CRT configurations exacerbate this phenomena. The "flicker" affects the brain. How exactly a seizure is induce is not clear. This medical problem has been well-documented and researched.
My husband is 30 and yesterday had a severe seizure. His body tensed up, and his eyes rolled in the back of his head and then he started compulsiving and spitting up. I believe this was a seizure. After wards he became very combative and was very confused. He doesn't remember the seizure at all. The doctor said that it was due to substances abuse.
I am a Type II diabetic (diagnosed 10 years ago) on metformin (1,000 mg. daily) and prandin (2 mg with meals). I have been diagnosed with a heart problem and have been exercising regularly as part of cardiac rehab. I have been experiencing frequent sugar lows, resulting in blurred vision and dizzyness. Last week, I awoke in the hospital after having diabetic seizures. I remember feeling weak and taking some glucose tablets. Apparently these weren't enough to ward off the seizure.
When you say you were tested, you mean you had a video EEG monitoring where they captured your spell and looked for evidence of seizures on the EEG?
The advantage of the EEG is that it can read the electricity patterns being generated by the brain, so when a patient has any activity which looks like a seizure, the EEG can tell us whether the patient was having a n electrical distubance in the brain which could account for the motor activity/convulsive activity seen.
I could literally see it in my arm, it was actually fluctuating almost like viabrating, id describe it as a mini seizure. I have absolutely no clue why this is happening, but its recently been happening a lot to my neck and back.
If anyone could shed a bit of light on this, that would be great. Thanks for reading this.
It was suspected by his doctors that his episodes were seizure related, but after hospitalization and EEG/Video monitoring, no seizures were found. It is believed to be that the has a a periodic paralysis disorder. Which is unrelated to his Autism Spectrum Disorder. I did find articles on PubMed that verify his symptoms are related to his myotonic muscle disorder.
i have heard you could have seizures going off these meds if not careful....how could i know if i had a seizure that might be causing these headaches....or would a seizure cause a headache,,,i didnt black out or anything im just scared...i also have chronic sinusitis,,,and maaybe my headaches is fronm that and stress from going off my meds....i just wonder about if you could have a seizure and it not affect the brain....or if im way offf on all this..
My disorder is called Simple-Partial seizures with Aura. The symptoms are much like those of a severe panic attack only panic attacks don't have the Aura. The aura is where you start feeling REALLY weird like your going to go crazy, feel like your going to die right before you seizure, limbs with pins and needles, numbness, especially in my lips/face, headache, my muscles will burn, freezing, profuse sweating, and this could last all day before I have a seizure in the evening.
I am a 35 yr old female that 2 yrs ago starting having seizure like activity I have had several EEG's and did a 5 day EEG video monitoring. Apparently I was physically having seizures but EEG did not show one. I still physically have seizures or something that looks like a seizure. Mostly I do not loose contiousness however I am not always able to communicate depending on what part of my body is seizing.
Then I went to another neurologist who had me do another long term video eeg. I had a seizure on it which did not show up on the eeg and did not possess any resemblance to epileptic seizures. I had just been kicked out of school due to the fact that my seizures were "disturbing to the other students". After that, I went and saw a psychologist who kept changing the reasons for my seizures. I stopped seeing him after he began trying to sell me his "stress tapes".
at the time he was playing a video game. we found out this day that he had a smaller type seizure at a friends house about a month ago that he did not tell us about. during both times he was playing video games. he also complains of periodic headaches, but they are not bad. EMS was called and he was taken to the ER. at first they did a cat scan with contrast that was normal. the next morning they did an MRI with contrast. they found a 1.1cm right temporal lobe 'lesion'.
He is unable to chew on his left side anymore and I was trying to get a video of him chewing a piece of gum and coincidentally, he had the seizure in the process and I was able to get the whole thing on camera. What kind of seizures are commonly seen with chiari, if any?
I showed his pedi the video and he had me take him to the ER to be admitted and run some test. They did a 30 minute EEG and it came back abnormal and said he "may" have seizure tendencies.
at the time he was playing a video game. we found out this day that he had a smaller type seizure at a friends house about a month ago that he did not tell us about. during both times he was playing video games. he also complains of periodic headaches, but they are not bad. EMS was called and he was taken to the ER. at first they did a cat scan with contrast that was normal. the next morning they did an MRI with contrast. they found a 1.1cm right temporal lobe 'lesion'.
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