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Any help or insight would be GREATLY appreciated. My younger sister, now 24, has had fainting spells for years. they would occur every so often for no reason. She went to a nuerologist who stated she was fine they preformed an EEG on her. Next it was off to the cardiologist, the preformed a tilt test and stated she had POTS. A disorder where all the blood rushes to her feet and makes her pass out. Well on that medication for a while and she continued to faint. She would get an indication it was coming, numbing face and her chest would tighten. After several trips to the ER, she was sent to have the overnight EEG test. After a couple of days they were able to pick up one small seizure. According to her cat scan she had something on her right frontal lobe. The dr (supposively a great dr here in NJ) stated she had complex partial seizures from her right frontal lobe. This diagnosis happened in February of this year.
The neurologist started her on Gabbapentin, since then she expericed more and more seizures, later becoming more violent. They went from not being able to detect them to full out convulsions in a matter of a few days. What use to be her fainting is now her falling to the floor choking on her own spit.
Over the weekend she was placed back into the hopstial after several weeks of having 8 or more a day. Some lasting as long as 4 minutes but most 2-3. After another round of video EEG, the neurologist is saying she is now having psudo seizures. They let her have one for 30 minutes before giving her that Advant (spelling it wrong I am sure) drung and another for 15 minutes.
My question is has anyone else had episodes like this where they started off with fainting and after given AED meds have gone haywire. Not all of her seizures are psudeo seizures, they are saying that the gabapentin is controlling the little partial seizures.
The freaking hospital released her today. Still seizing 8+ times a day. We still do not know how to tell the difference between the two different types of seizures. She is stil on the gabapentin other drugs have been taken away.
Has anyone had any experience with DR Wu from Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, NJ?
Her seizures seemed to have gotten MUCH worse with being on the gabapentin then they were untreated.
She went from being functioning to not being able to function at all. My mom has already fished food out of her mouth at least 20 times because she was seizing while eating.
ANY help would be greatly apprecaited.
The neurologist started her on Gabbapentin, since then she expericed more and more seizures, later becoming more violent. They went from not being able to detect them to full out convulsions in a matter of a few days. What use to be her fainting is now her falling to the floor choking on her own spit.
Over the weekend she was placed back into the hopstial after several weeks of having 8 or more a day. Some lasting as long as 4 minutes but most 2-3. After another round of video EEG, the neurologist is saying she is now having psudo seizures. They let her have one for 30 minutes before giving her that Advant (spelling it wrong I am sure) drung and another for 15 minutes.
My question is has anyone else had episodes like this where they started off with fainting and after given AED meds have gone haywire. Not all of her seizures are psudeo seizures, they are saying that the gabapentin is controlling the little partial seizures.
The freaking hospital released her today. Still seizing 8+ times a day. We still do not know how to tell the difference between the two different types of seizures. She is stil on the gabapentin other drugs have been taken away.
Has anyone had any experience with DR Wu from Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, NJ?
Her seizures seemed to have gotten MUCH worse with being on the gabapentin then they were untreated.
She went from being functioning to not being able to function at all. My mom has already fished food out of her mouth at least 20 times because she was seizing while eating.
ANY help would be greatly apprecaited.