I had a 5 day VEEG several months ago, and the only discussion my Neurologist had about it is the single sentence 'it came back normal'.
During the 5 days I did everything I could to induce seizure activity. I pedaled everyday, hyperventilated for 5 minutes 3x's a day (which was required at this center), and I find I am sensitive to lights w/patterns (versus just flashing lights) so I watched animated .GIF patterns on my tablet.
I only had a few episodes: 2 "Simple Partial" (both just deja' vu), a lot of jerking, and a head drop. And only 2 of them (the Simple Partials) were actually recorded/time stamped.
So my questions to anyone who might know...
Does the whole EEG pattern/waves get looked over by a doctor?
Or does only the time stamped EEG pattern get looked over, and things could be missed?
And if the EEG patterns are read, could this mean the jerks and head droop are non-epileptic?
Specifically: do myoclonic/atonic seizures always show up on EEGs because they are generalized seizures (unlike Partials which can be 'too deep')?
During the 5 days I did everything I could to induce seizure activity. I pedaled everyday, hyperventilated for 5 minutes 3x's a day (which was required at this center), and I find I am sensitive to lights w/patterns (versus just flashing lights) so I watched animated .GIF patterns on my tablet.
I only had a few episodes: 2 "Simple Partial" (both just deja' vu), a lot of jerking, and a head drop. And only 2 of them (the Simple Partials) were actually recorded/time stamped.
So my questions to anyone who might know...
Does the whole EEG pattern/waves get looked over by a doctor?
Or does only the time stamped EEG pattern get looked over, and things could be missed?
And if the EEG patterns are read, could this mean the jerks and head droop are non-epileptic?
Specifically: do myoclonic/atonic seizures always show up on EEGs because they are generalized seizures (unlike Partials which can be 'too deep')?