Guest guest Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 My son had abnormal EEGs and had these kinds of behaviors. They never called them seizures but put him on seizure precautions, diastat, and Lamictal. i woudl have it checked out by a neurologist to be safe- I am a worry wart but our kids are 30% more likely to have seizure disorders and if they go uncheck and they hit puberty with an unknown seizure disorder it can be a sudden onset of worse symptoms. From: srt12780 <srt12780@...>Subject: Speaking of seizuresAutism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:34 AM Any of your children ever have staring spells? At least that is what we always called it. My son when he was younger and confined to a high chair or car seat (when bored) would start shaking his arms and legs wildly strait out in front of him in his high chair/ booster. His eyes were fixed, his face was in a grin/smile, we could talk to him (not that he responded, he didn't) but if we yelled we could jerk him out of this pattern. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Everyone I've talked to so far is clueless? He has been to a neuro dr. I (Mom) have a significant seizure history. My daughter (his sibling) has had one HUGE seizure and one smaller seizure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 This is really interesting--- glad I read this. My 14 year old AS son had the " grin/smile " episode when he was an infant--- I freaked out but my doctor told me it was nothing. But recently, at an assessment, the doctors noticed he rolled his eyes up into his head in a disturbing way (he says his eyes were just watering and want us to get an EEG. Does anyone else's child roll their eyes up unexpectedly for brief periods of time? The doctors were quite disturbed by it, but again, my son insists that he was trying to keep his eyes from watering. But my husband says that my son sometimes does this for no apparent reason,just in the middle of a conversation. Any input would be appreciated! On 11/24/2010 2:14 PM, Jadczak wrote: > My son had abnormal EEGs and had these kinds of behaviors. They never called them seizures but put him on seizure precautions, diastat, and Lamictal. i woudl have it checked out by a neurologist to be safe- I am a worry wart but our kids are 30% more likely to have seizure disorders and if they go uncheck and they hit puberty with an unknown seizure disorder it can be a sudden onset of worse symptoms. > > > > > From: srt12780<srt12780@...> > Subject: Speaking of seizures > Autism and Aspergers Treatment > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:34 AM > > > > > > > Any of your children ever have staring spells? At least that is what we always called it. My son when he was younger and confined to a high chair or car seat (when bored) would start shaking his arms and legs wildly strait out in front of him in his high chair/ booster. His eyes were fixed, his face was in a grin/smile, we could talk to him (not that he responded, he didn't) but if we yelled we could jerk him out of this pattern. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Everyone I've talked to so far is clueless? He has been to a neuro dr. > > I (Mom) have a significant seizure history. My daughter (his sibling) has had one HUGE seizure and one smaller seizure. > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 My daughter, when she was small, would have staring moments where she appeared not to be present. She'd come out pretty quickly, especially when spoken to loudly. They just stopped as we began focusing more on God. I learned relatively recently that they are called 'absence seizures' The eeg was inconclusive. There was no body movement with it, nor rolling of eyes with my daughter. I had a friend named Judy as a child who could roll her eyes up so that only the whites showed, and she used to do it on purpose. I remember being fascinated by it. Francine Speak with Him Thou for He hearest. Spirit with Spirit can speak. Closer is Love than breathing, Nearer than hands and feet. (with appreciation for Tennyson) Speaking of seizures > Autism and Aspergers Treatment > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:34 AM > > > > > > > Any of your children ever have staring spells? At least that is what we always called it. My son when he was younger and confined to a high chair or car seat (when bored) would start shaking his arms and legs wildly strait out in front of him in his high chair/ booster. His eyes were fixed, his face was in a grin/smile, we could talk to him (not that he responded, he didn't) but if we yelled we could jerk him out of this pattern. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Everyone I've talked to so far is clueless? He has been to a neuro dr. > > I (Mom) have a significant seizure history. My daughter (his sibling) has had one HUGE seizure and one smaller seizure. > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 My son does this, we video taped it for the neuro to see, b/c he never happened to do it on the EEG. Here's the link to the video, it's important to note we had closed the computer screen so even though you can hear the sound in the background he's not actually watching it after a few seconds in.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_5Ox0dl7I--- On Wed, 11/24/10, Jadczak <bjadczak@...> wrote:From: Jadczak <bjadczak@...>Subject: Re: Speaking of seizuresAutism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 5:14 PM My son had abnormal EEGs and had these kinds of behaviors. They never called them seizures but put him on seizure precautions, diastat, and Lamictal. i woudl have it checked out by a neurologist to be safe- I am a worry wart but our kids are 30% more likely to have seizure disorders and if they go uncheck and they hit puberty with an unknown seizure disorder it can be a sudden onset of worse symptoms. From: srt12780 <srt12780@...>Subject: Speaking of seizuresAutism and Aspergers Treatment Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:34 AM Any of your children ever have staring spells? At least that is what we always called it. My son when he was younger and confined to a high chair or car seat (when bored) would start shaking his arms and legs wildly strait out in front of him in his high chair/ booster. His eyes were fixed, his face was in a grin/smile, we could talk to him (not that he responded, he didn't) but if we yelled we could jerk him out of this pattern. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Everyone I've talked to so far is clueless? He has been to a neuro dr. I (Mom) have a significant seizure history. My daughter (his sibling) has had one HUGE seizure and one smaller seizure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 Francine, LOL about your friend Judy---I used to do the same thing myself, whenever my mother tried to get a good picture of me. She got very frustrated! About absence seizures---- all of my kids stare off into the distance in what I call a "brown study" but it's not a seizure; they're just thinking about something. How do you tell the difference between this and an absence seizure or petit-mal seizure?My son does not seem aware that his eyes are rolling up into his head-- at least most of the time. That's what's alarming. I questioned the doctors about this and they said it's definitely not a tic of some sort.He has an EEG scheduled; we'll see what it shows.--monica > > > From: srt12780<srt12780@...> > Subject: Speaking of seizures > Autism and Aspergers Treatment > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:34 AM > > > > > > > Any of your children ever have staring spells? At least that is what we always called it. My son when he was younger and confined to a high chair or car seat (when bored) would start shaking his arms and legs wildly strait out in front of him in his high chair/ booster. His eyes were fixed, his face was in a grin/smile, we could talk to him (not that he responded, he didn't) but if we yelled we could jerk him out of this pattern. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Everyone I've talked to so far is clueless? He has been to a neuro dr. > > I (Mom) have a significant seizure history. My daughter (his sibling) has had one HUGE seizure and one smaller seizure. > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 I used to get absence seizures. The difference between them and what you call " brown study " ( I used to do that too, we just called it day dreaming), is that during a seizure, you cannot get the person to respond to anything. When you're just staring off into space thinking about something, usually SOMETHING can get your attention. Yelling loudly, hands clapping, someone touching you, etc. With a seizure, nothing can get the persons attention--only time will pull you out of a seizure. > > > > > > > > > From: srt12780<srt12780@...> > > > Subject: Speaking of seizures > > > Autism and Aspergers Treatment > > > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:34 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any of your children ever have staring spells? At least that is what we always called it. My son when he was younger and confined to a high chair or car seat (when bored) would start shaking his arms and legs wildly strait out in front of him in his high chair/ booster. His eyes were fixed, his face was in a grin/smile, we could talk to him (not that he responded, he didn't) but if we yelled we could jerk him out of this pattern. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Everyone I've talked to so far is clueless? He has been to a neuro dr. > > > > > > I (Mom) have a significant seizure history. My daughter (his sibling) has had one HUGE seizure and one smaller seizure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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