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From what I've been reading, this type of epilepsy is generally thought of today to be exclusive to children, and quite rare at that. But a little digging revealed that gastrointestinal symptoms once were considered one of the key symptoms among those suffering from epilepsy.
Researching abdominal epilepsy I found this:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1856820/
Previous reports 1,4 have suggested that the most common findings on EEG recording in patients with abdominal epilepsy are a burst of sharp waves and/or spikes from one or both temporal regions.
A sustained response to anticonvulsants has been accepted as one of the criteria for the diagnosis of patients with abdominal epilepsy.4
Here are the results of my latest EEG (video). Why my neurologist is calling this normal, even though she used the word 'abnormal' in the report, is beyond me.
IMPRESSION
This is an abnormal 6 hour video EEG due to the presence of 2 left frontotemporal sharp waves seen during the recording. These findings suggest epileptiform potential. No ictal events are identified. No video events were recorded. The patient complained of some right-sided head pain, as well as a weird feeling in her right calf without electrographical correlate.
Interestingly, my gastrointestinal symptoms seemed to instantly improve once my seizures were discovered and I was put on anticonvulsants. Never completely though, and over the last several months they've actually been so bothersome that I'm wondering if abdominal epilepsy might be the culprit? I seem to alternate between light-colored bowel movements and severe constipation. Already had 3 colonoscopies for these symptoms and refuse to have another. I just recently went 4 days without a bowel movement. Painful bloating. And the bloating doesn't seem to even be related to meals, or even to the constipation...often times my least-bloated days are days I skip a bowel movement, like this 4-day stretch I just mentioned. Also, I have this incessant salty salty salty taste in my mouth that not a single doctor has been able to explain. No vomiting whatsoever since I started Lamictal though. Ideas?
Anybody else taste salt 24/7? Sudden, severe bloating, even on days you've yet to eat? I'm starting to think I have some sort of rare disease.
Researching abdominal epilepsy I found this:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1856820/
Previous reports 1,4 have suggested that the most common findings on EEG recording in patients with abdominal epilepsy are a burst of sharp waves and/or spikes from one or both temporal regions.
A sustained response to anticonvulsants has been accepted as one of the criteria for the diagnosis of patients with abdominal epilepsy.4
Here are the results of my latest EEG (video). Why my neurologist is calling this normal, even though she used the word 'abnormal' in the report, is beyond me.
IMPRESSION
This is an abnormal 6 hour video EEG due to the presence of 2 left frontotemporal sharp waves seen during the recording. These findings suggest epileptiform potential. No ictal events are identified. No video events were recorded. The patient complained of some right-sided head pain, as well as a weird feeling in her right calf without electrographical correlate.
Interestingly, my gastrointestinal symptoms seemed to instantly improve once my seizures were discovered and I was put on anticonvulsants. Never completely though, and over the last several months they've actually been so bothersome that I'm wondering if abdominal epilepsy might be the culprit? I seem to alternate between light-colored bowel movements and severe constipation. Already had 3 colonoscopies for these symptoms and refuse to have another. I just recently went 4 days without a bowel movement. Painful bloating. And the bloating doesn't seem to even be related to meals, or even to the constipation...often times my least-bloated days are days I skip a bowel movement, like this 4-day stretch I just mentioned. Also, I have this incessant salty salty salty taste in my mouth that not a single doctor has been able to explain. No vomiting whatsoever since I started Lamictal though. Ideas?
Anybody else taste salt 24/7? Sudden, severe bloating, even on days you've yet to eat? I'm starting to think I have some sort of rare disease.
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