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Becci90

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Hi all,

I haven't been on here for ages, but I've recently got some EEG results back & don't know what to think. These were my results:

'Moderately well formed alpha rhythm at 10Hz, intermixed with some slow wave activity.
There is an increase in slow wave activity in response to hyperventilation. Occasional irregular mixed frequency, slightly sharpened activity is seen. This is generalized but more prominent on the right and sometimes contains tiny spikes.'

Anyone have any idea what this means exactly? I know its abnormal, but I'm not sure if its normal for an epileptic.

At the bottom of the letter is says 'these abnormalities raise the suspicion of an idiopathic generalized epilepsy.'

Can anyone interpret? I was told by a neurologist that I was having hallucinations but my epilepsy specialist has always said it was epilepsy.

Don't know what to think anymore. :zacepi:

Thanks Rebecca
 
I dont know what each wave means but idiopathic generalized epilepsy just means that they don't know what is causing your seizures & that they either involve or are spread to the whole brain instead of remaining in one part.

idiopathic generalized epilepsy
 
Could the results still mean it might not be epilepsy and it could be pnes though?
 
I wouldn't think so. Psychogenic seizures don't show up on an EEG & these did, throughout your whole brain.
 
Okay, at least I know which neuro to listen to now. It's horrible having two people saying completely opposite things from one another. Thank you Epileric! :tup:
 
& I've just seen that it's your Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC!!! :woot:

:bday2::wave:
 
Becci90 said:
& I've just seen that it's your Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC!!! :woot:

:bday2::wave:
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Thanks so much Becci, it really was a good one with family. My 2 yr old niece had hers yesterday so it was a lot of fun for us both.
 
I was just diagnosed with 'generalized seizure disorder'. Here were my results...

http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f23/72-hour-eeg-results-please-help-me-interpret-12762/

I'm guessing this means my seizures were starting as simple partials, but spreading into complex partials? I'm still confused as to what 'generalized seizure disorder' means myself, to be honest. I know mine involve complex partials for sure, and the funny taste/dizzy spell episodes that precede them I'm assuming are simple partials. I'll tell you this though - much of this activity is occuring in my sleep, probably why I've lost so many years of memory and it took years to get a diagnosis. In fact, I'm happy I crashed my car. (Did I just say that?)
 
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