Today, my husband had his second tonic clonic seizure, after having his first ever one last month. CT done in the ER the last time showed nothing. MRI done a couple of days later had a clean reading. Blood panels normal. EKG done today, normal. Scheduled to consult with a cardiologist next Friday, just to make sure, but there are no indications to expect anything. Meeting with a gastroenterologist to deal with a hiatal hernia that causes choking with the first few bites of food.
Yesterday, he had an EEG done, with sleep deprivation the night before, and then, subjected to hyperventilation and strobe lights. The results shared with us by the attending physician at the ER today showed some abnormal activity in the left temporal lobe.
The neurologist suspects my husband's premature birth and a concussion experienced from a car accident at age 2 months caused microscopic scarring that is now playing a role. Really?!
My husband also has had episodes that sound like absence seizures leading up to and in between the two tonic clonic seizures. He describes them as light-headedness and losing his train of thought for 15 to 30 seconds. I have not been present during one of these, so I do not know if he stares.
Something else that may be a contributing factor to a lowered seizure threshold is suspected obstructive sleep apnea. He has periods when he does not breath for multiple seconds, then sharply inhales to resume his normal breathing pattern. This happens repeatedly throughout the night.
Also, he had been neglectful of his water consumption, eating habit, and had been severely sleep deprived leading up to his first seizure.
I honestly don't know if what the neurologist suggests makes sense, this long after birth. Has anyone else been told this?
Immediately following the active phase of his seizure today, he became somewhat violent physically and exhibited attempted foul language -- I say attempted, because a single recognizable curse word repeatedly was accompanied by gibberish, all while trying to yank me down to the ground where he was lying. He clearly was not aware of his actions. This did not occur with his first seizure.
We filled a prescription for Lamictal yesterday, but he had his seizure before he even had a chance to start. We gave him the first pill in the ER today.
I am afraid these seizures will limit his ability to continue functioning as an effective instructor, which is his current position at a local college. As we slowly boost his dosage over the months to come, I hope the medication helps to stabilize his seizure activity. Otherwise, we will have to change our entire lifestyle to accommodate our new reality.
Yesterday, he had an EEG done, with sleep deprivation the night before, and then, subjected to hyperventilation and strobe lights. The results shared with us by the attending physician at the ER today showed some abnormal activity in the left temporal lobe.
The neurologist suspects my husband's premature birth and a concussion experienced from a car accident at age 2 months caused microscopic scarring that is now playing a role. Really?!
My husband also has had episodes that sound like absence seizures leading up to and in between the two tonic clonic seizures. He describes them as light-headedness and losing his train of thought for 15 to 30 seconds. I have not been present during one of these, so I do not know if he stares.
Something else that may be a contributing factor to a lowered seizure threshold is suspected obstructive sleep apnea. He has periods when he does not breath for multiple seconds, then sharply inhales to resume his normal breathing pattern. This happens repeatedly throughout the night.
Also, he had been neglectful of his water consumption, eating habit, and had been severely sleep deprived leading up to his first seizure.
I honestly don't know if what the neurologist suggests makes sense, this long after birth. Has anyone else been told this?
Immediately following the active phase of his seizure today, he became somewhat violent physically and exhibited attempted foul language -- I say attempted, because a single recognizable curse word repeatedly was accompanied by gibberish, all while trying to yank me down to the ground where he was lying. He clearly was not aware of his actions. This did not occur with his first seizure.
We filled a prescription for Lamictal yesterday, but he had his seizure before he even had a chance to start. We gave him the first pill in the ER today.
I am afraid these seizures will limit his ability to continue functioning as an effective instructor, which is his current position at a local college. As we slowly boost his dosage over the months to come, I hope the medication helps to stabilize his seizure activity. Otherwise, we will have to change our entire lifestyle to accommodate our new reality.
, i hope that it all works out for him .