Guest guest Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 , Before assuming anything or coming to a conclusion, regardless the EEG report, please check out this article from my web page (http://www.indiana.edu/~pietsch/ras.html). This mom went for years not knowing for certain what was wrong with her daughter. You can contact Trudy from her web page (http://www.stars.org.uk/). I urge you to do so, I think she may be able to help you with the questions you raised your post today. Below are a few more links for you. I'll post more abot the EEG in a few days. This must be so stressful for you. I hope you have some support where you are. Zoe FAQ .... Startle episodes are also mistaken for seizures. These episodes resemble the newborn startle reflex, in which the a child's arms briefly jerk back and forth. ... http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/uhs/epilepsy/faq/question1.html NACD - journal .... Conditions which may be mistaken for seizures include the following: A startle reflex, which is a normal twitch, jerk, or jump in response to a loud, sudden ... http://www.nacd.org/academy/journal/article22.html > My infant son (11 months) went for his EEG today. Hopfully it'll > shed some light as to why he's recently had seizures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 , My daughter, , has had a 48hr a sleep deprived and a routine EEG done. The 48hr and the sleep deprived showed epilepticform activity eventhough I did not see her have any seizures, her routine EEG didn't show any epilepticform activity at all, so there's no telling what exactly they are looking for. I do remember looking at the computer screen they use for the EEGs and I saw a lot of spikes whenever she moved or opened and closed her eyes and I wondered how they can tell the difference between her movements and epileptic/seizure activity. Grace On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 20:19:36 -0000 " deester_s " <deester_s@...> writes: > My infant son (11 months) went for his EEG today. Hopfully it'll > shed some light as to why he's recently had seizures. > > I asked the tech. if he had any seizures during the test. She said > > no. What kind of results would they get with no seizure activity > during the testing? > > Also, just like his last EEG testing when he was having seizues he > did this kinda startle thing in his sleep. His arms would fly up as > > if he was falling. This must have happened 8 times during the > testing. This test was done while he was asleep and not currently > on > any anti-seizure meds. > > When they did the blinking light part of the test, he was woken up > and basiclly started to cry. He had his eyes closed during this > part > of the test because he was crying so much. Is that going to serve > it's intended purpose with his eyes closed? I realise the light are > > to try to bring out a seizure, right? > > Are they able to tell if he has seizures even though he doesn't have > > any at testing time? > > He is suppose to go for one of those 24hr Video EEG's but they can't > > arrange it until sometime in Feb. So they did this standard EEG in > > the meantime. > > I'm pretty new here so alot of this I'm still learning. Anything > anyone can help clearify would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 - Just wanted everyone to know the results came back NORMAL! The neurologist isn't going to continue with further testing unless or untill he has an additional seizure. So I think I could finally relax a bit about this now. Hopefully we won't have to revisit this. Thanks for all your positive thoughts. -- In , " deester_s " <deester_s@y...> wrote: > My infant son (11 months) went for his EEG today. Hopfully it'll > shed some light as to why he's recently had seizures. > > I asked the tech. if he had any seizures during the test. She said > no. What kind of results would they get with no seizure activity > during the testing? > > Also, just like his last EEG testing when he was having seizues he > did this kinda startle thing in his sleep. His arms would fly up as > if he was falling. This must have happened 8 times during the > testing. This test was done while he was asleep and not currently on > any anti-seizure meds. > > When they did the blinking light part of the test, he was woken up > and basiclly started to cry. He had his eyes closed during this part > of the test because he was crying so much. Is that going to serve > it's intended purpose with his eyes closed? I realise the light are > to try to bring out a seizure, right? > > Are they able to tell if he has seizures even though he doesn't have > any at testing time? > > He is suppose to go for one of those 24hr Video EEG's but they can't > arrange it until sometime in Feb. So they did this standard EEG in > the meantime. > > I'm pretty new here so alot of this I'm still learning. Anything > anyone can help clearify would be greatly appreciated. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Hi Denis, It is really great for that little baby. God bless him all the time. you take care of you both regards, Vaibhav Tyagi " deester_s " <deester_s@ .com> cc: Subject: [ ] Re: Went for EEG today... 01/13/2004 08:06 PM Please respond to - Just wanted everyone to know the results came back NORMAL! The neurologist isn't going to continue with further testing unless or untill he has an additional seizure. So I think I could finally relax a bit about this now. Hopefully we won't have to revisit this. Thanks for all your positive thoughts. -- In , " deester_s " <deester_s@y...> wrote: > My infant son (11 months) went for his EEG today. Hopfully it'll > shed some light as to why he's recently had seizures. > > I asked the tech. if he had any seizures during the test. She said > no. What kind of results would they get with no seizure activity > during the testing? > > Also, just like his last EEG testing when he was having seizues he > did this kinda startle thing in his sleep. His arms would fly up as > if he was falling. This must have happened 8 times during the > testing. This test was done while he was asleep and not currently on > any anti-seizure meds. > > When they did the blinking light part of the test, he was woken up > and basiclly started to cry. He had his eyes closed during this part > of the test because he was crying so much. Is that going to serve > it's intended purpose with his eyes closed? I realise the light are > to try to bring out a seizure, right? > > Are they able to tell if he has seizures even though he doesn't have > any at testing time? > > He is suppose to go for one of those 24hr Video EEG's but they can't > arrange it until sometime in Feb. So they did this standard EEG in > the meantime. > > I'm pretty new here so alot of this I'm still learning. Anything > anyone can help clearify would be greatly appreciated. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 , I am very happy for you and I also hope that you won't have to revisit this. Yes, now you can take a deep breath and relax. God Bless! Grace On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:36:57 -0000 " deester_s " <deester_s@...> writes: > - > Just wanted everyone to know the results came back NORMAL! > > The neurologist isn't going to continue with further testing unless > > or untill he has an additional seizure. > > So I think I could finally relax a bit about this now. Hopefully we > > won't have to revisit this. > > Thanks for all your positive thoughts. > > > > > -- In , " deester_s " <deester_s@y...> > wrote: > > My infant son (11 months) went for his EEG today. Hopfully it'll > > > shed some light as to why he's recently had seizures. > > > > I asked the tech. if he had any seizures during the test. She > said > > no. What kind of results would they get with no seizure activity > > > during the testing? > > > > Also, just like his last EEG testing when he was having seizues he > > > did this kinda startle thing in his sleep. His arms would fly up > > as > > if he was falling. This must have happened 8 times during the > > testing. This test was done while he was asleep and not currently > > on > > any anti-seizure meds. > > > > When they did the blinking light part of the test, he was woken up > > > and basiclly started to cry. He had his eyes closed during this > part > > of the test because he was crying so much. Is that going to serve > > > it's intended purpose with his eyes closed? I realise the light > are > > to try to bring out a seizure, right? > > > > Are they able to tell if he has seizures even though he doesn't > have > > any at testing time? > > > > He is suppose to go for one of those 24hr Video EEG's but they > can't > > arrange it until sometime in Feb. So they did this standard EEG > in > > the meantime. > > > > I'm pretty new here so alot of this I'm still learning. Anything > > > anyone can help clearify would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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