Abdominal Epilepsy?

[daisy.girl]

Anyone ever heard of abdominal seizures/epilsepsy?
I am in the process of a 3 day EEG right now. I had one 20 minute EEG that showed spikes in my left parietal lobe.

So, I have been researching and came across abdominal epilepsy. It has something to do with the vagus nerve.

When I was young...11 and up. I would get 'sick' about every two to three weeks or so. No fever or real illness.

I would usually wake up in the middle of the night with severe abdominal cramps...then I would have severe diarrhea and vomit at the same time. I would be sitting on the toilet with my mom holding the trash can for me to vomit it. I would go back to bed and wake up like nothing ever happened, other then a headache/

That is right around the same time I began to have migraines. The abdominal cramps and vomiting lasted into my eariler twenties. In my 30 and 40's, I just get the abdominal cramping and diarrhea....and not very often anymore.

I went to gastroenterologist as a child, underwent many tests....and they determined I had a 'nervous stomach' and IBS.

Nothing ever helped and I still have the migraines and now maybe seizures.....I wonder if I really have been having seizures all my life?

Any thoughts??

 

[Nakamova]

Yes I think a few other folks here at CWE have experienced abdominal E, or their children have. There also is a strong link between a gluten-allergy and seizures, especially in kids. I don't know if you've tried the gluten-free diet yet, but you might want to consider it to see if it helps with the GI stuff and the seizures.

 

[aboizd1]

Hi--

I've never heard of abdominal seizures/epilepsy...but I've wondered about it because I myself, when I feel like I'm going to pass out/seizure, also need to use the washroom. And I've never seen a doctor for this directly as I thought it was a bit silly, but I have found it to be directly related as everytime I need to use the washroom, and have that odd fuzzy feeling in my head..i tend to pass out.

I also have had nights when I have muscle spasms in my stomach and feel like I will seize because of it.

Not sure how it all relates! But I'm pretty sure it does somehow...

 

[Nakamova]

You can check out this link for more info about abdominal epilepsy:

http://www.meridianinstitute.com/abepilep.htm

 

[Molly97]

I too had the problems with "abdominal seizures." I went on the GARD and I haven't had one in over a year. I have other sensory related seizures; temporal lobe kind of stuff. I'd try changing your diet.

If I remember rightly, Edgar Caycee was the one who talked at length about such seizures; reading his papers validated what was going on with me. I never did his therapy routine. The diet saved me.

 

[daisy.girl]

What is the GARD??

 

[carlos.fonke]

daisy.girl, my partials are abdominal. I've had them for several years now. They're mostly controlled with Carbatrol. There have never been bladder or other problems; they're just painful.

 

[epileric]

What is the GARD??

http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/index.php?p=glutimate-aspartate-gard

 

[RobinN]

Check these links out:

http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f22/seizures-induced-eating-1445/

http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f23/abdominal-migraines-basiler-artery-migraine-2649/

http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f22/abdominal-brain-2344/

 

[princesssuperstar2]

i was already diagnosed with epilepsy and went to the doctor with these seizures and he told me i had a spazmodic colon - not sure if this helps?

 

[RobinN]

i was already diagnosed with epilepsy and went to the doctor with these seizures and he told me i had a spazmodic colon - not sure if this helps?

I am curious as to the cause of the spazmodic colon and what the doctor suggested that you do about it.

 

[princesssuperstar2]

he never mentioned a cause, but gave me some anti-spazmodic medication. my consultant at the neuro clinic suggested that it was more of a side effect from the medication that i was taking at the time though.