I've been lurking for a few months and have actually posted a few times already. I'm so happy I have found this forum.
My 4 yr old daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy on March 21st after her 2nd grad mal seizures within a week. She has since had 7 within just a few months. Three were all in one day just 2 weeks ago after being on keppra for a little over 2 months. We just had her MRI and EEG this past week and got the results. The dr said she has generalized epilepsy and she is having 3 out of the 4 seizures that fall under that. They saw a few episodes of absence seizures on her EEG. He said she is also having myoclonic seizures in her sleep. She is on keppra and he has now put her on zarontin to help control the petit mal seizures. He didn't really tell me how many it showed on the eeg or where they were coming from in the brain. He then told us her results from her MRI showed that her brain sits lower than the average brain and her left center pocket/cavity was a little larger than average. He thinks these were just incidental findings that she was born with and he does not think it is the cause of her seizure disorder. Has anyone else heard of these findings with the brain? I really hope it's not why she is having the seizures and she still has a chance to grow out of them. Before the eeg results I thought she was having the absence ones but wasn't certain.....if I cannot tell she is having them then how will I know if this new medicine is helping to control them? Thanks in advance for any advice!!
My 4 yr old daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy on March 21st after her 2nd grad mal seizures within a week. She has since had 7 within just a few months. Three were all in one day just 2 weeks ago after being on keppra for a little over 2 months. We just had her MRI and EEG this past week and got the results. The dr said she has generalized epilepsy and she is having 3 out of the 4 seizures that fall under that. They saw a few episodes of absence seizures on her EEG. He said she is also having myoclonic seizures in her sleep. She is on keppra and he has now put her on zarontin to help control the petit mal seizures. He didn't really tell me how many it showed on the eeg or where they were coming from in the brain. He then told us her results from her MRI showed that her brain sits lower than the average brain and her left center pocket/cavity was a little larger than average. He thinks these were just incidental findings that she was born with and he does not think it is the cause of her seizure disorder. Has anyone else heard of these findings with the brain? I really hope it's not why she is having the seizures and she still has a chance to grow out of them. Before the eeg results I thought she was having the absence ones but wasn't certain.....if I cannot tell she is having them then how will I know if this new medicine is helping to control them? Thanks in advance for any advice!!