Re: eeg and ASD

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son was 8 when he had an EEG. We had to shorten his sleeping time

the night before, so he would be sleep deprived. Of course, with

ADD/Asperger's (undiagnosed at the time), he didn't appear sleepy at

the time of testing, so he was given a liquid to help him sleep; this

was based on his weight.

Then, the electrodes were pasted on, over 15 on his head. I sat in the

room while he slept in a recliner, and the tech observed him thru a

window while in a separate room with the computer. At one point,

intense light flashes were produced.

Beth

[Guest guest]

My son had an EEG for another reason, he's not the one with AS, He was

fine, compared to MRI it's easy. Anyway, I think if you want to bring

on the facial tics during the procedure, you'll probably have nothing

to worry about since your son most likely will be nervous, which brings

on the tics

>

> Hi guys,

> I don't know if you'll all remember but I posted a while ago about my

sons facial tics. Well we've been to see the ped and he is concerned

with our sons inconsistent memory patterns and the facial tics that he

might have epilepsy so he wants to do an EEG. I was wondering if any

of you have had a child go through an EEG and what it's like? My son

is only 6 I am worried about how he'll handle the whole thing. I am

also not sure how to bring on the tics while we are in there.

>

> Beck J

>

>

[Guest guest]

OK so this is completly unrelated, but my 12yr

old son is in the hospital with unexplained fluid by

his heart. They have been doing ekg's to see if there

is any changes. No changes. Is there a problem with

our AS kids having extra fluid around the heart? Evan

has been having chest pains for about 2 months. My

ex-wife brought him to see a doctor, they did a ekg

found fluid around the heart, sent him down to a

Sacramento hospital. He's been at the hospital most of

the week. He will be back on sunday, no surgery.

Maybe it's normal for our kid's to have extra

fluid around the heart.

I'm 47. When I was about 8 my parents brought me

into a hospital for a eeg because they thought I had

epilepsy. They wanted me to close my eyes and relax. I

was to curious to cooperate. If you want to get a

child to cooperate explain exactly what you expect

from him.

Hope someone with medical expierance can shed

some light.

Bob in northern California

--- Sandy <sandy1122@...> wrote:

> My son had an EEG for another reason, he's not the

> one with AS, He was

> fine, compared to MRI it's easy. Anyway, I think if

> you want to bring

> on the facial tics during the procedure, you'll

> probably have nothing

> to worry about since your son most likely will be

> nervous, which brings

> on the tics

>

>

> >

> > Hi guys,

> > I don't know if you'll all remember but I posted a

> while ago about my

> sons facial tics. Well we've been to see the ped

> and he is concerned

> with our sons inconsistent memory patterns and the

> facial tics that he

> might have epilepsy so he wants to do an EEG. I was

> wondering if any

> of you have had a child go through an EEG and what

> it's like? My son

> is only 6 I am worried about how he'll handle the

> whole thing. I am

> also not sure how to bring on the tics while we are

> in there.

> >

> > Beck J

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> >

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Beck J: We've had a few different EEG's.

If this is his first, they'll probably have you sleep deprive him and

do a 1 hour test-monitor him awake, then fall asleep and after a few

minutes, you'll wake him up. They may also have him do a strobe light

test and hyperventalation, which can sometime provoke seizures. I think

there were 12-18 indiviual leads to be glued. Later you'll wash out

residual glue. Not painful but irritating to skin, possibly.

There are also video EEG where he's on camera 24/7 in the hospital or

ambulatory, or the 23 hour (extended version of 1 hour) EEG.

Keep in mind that the EEG can be abnormal, yet not have any seizure

acivity. This is a common finding in kids with neurological issues.

-ANn (Grant 5 Asperger's & Linae 2, dev delay)

[Guest guest]

Hi There! All three of my kids have had EEGs at different times

growing up, for different reasons. Did they tell you to keep him up

all night? At the one hospital in our town, that is a requirement

before the EEg...they have to stay up all night, if you can't stop them

from falling asleep, then they only want them to get 2 hours of sleep.

UGH, it's exhausting...but anyhow, when they do that, then all kinds of

things come about..I would imagine the tics would too then. When Kati

was 4 they ordered her first eeg...it's funny now, but boy the girl had

me worn out then. She stayed up all night, when we got her laying down

and the wires all attached..she still wouldn't go to sleep, so they

gave her some valium, I believe, and she STILL didn't go to sleep. Well

the doc had ordered that she was to be asleep during the test, so they

sent us home (why they didn't just administer the test at nighttime,

I'll never know), but when we got to the front door of the

hospital...she collapsed and was asleep. lol, i can laugh now, but

then I was so frustrated and thank goodness she has outgrown SOME of

that stubborness of hers. Good luck with the test.

Ginger

[Guest guest]

Beck,

My son has had multiple eegs. They were all sleep-deprived eegs,

where we kept him up for all or some portion of the night and took

him in early in the morning. They put electrodes on his head (didn't

hurt) and he went to sleep. After some time passed, they woke him up

and flashed a strobe light at him. This made him VERY cranky and he

wouldn't cooperate at all. By the way, my son did have absence

seizures when he was little, but doesn't have them any more.

Liz in Boston

On Dec 2, 2006, at 5:33 PM, Mark son wrote:

> Hi guys,

> I don't know if you'll all remember but I posted a while ago about

> my sons facial tics. Well we've been to see the ped and he is

> concerned with our sons inconsistent memory patterns and the facial

> tics that he might have epilepsy so he wants to do an EEG. I was

> wondering if any of you have had a child go through an EEG and what

> it's like? My son is only 6 I am worried about how he'll handle the

> whole thing. I am also not sure how to bring on the tics while we

> are in there.

>

> Beck J

>

>

[Guest guest]

The painful/discomfort part for my son was the leads being applied

to/from skin near ears; very sensitive area. Actual EEG part is not at

all painful, or shouldn't be. Let us know how it turns out.

KA